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How biased is this forum?

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  1. Housepaint

    Housepaint Banned

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    Is this forum tilted to the left? The right? And if so, by how much?

    And how does the political lean here compare to that of other forums {Mod Edit - Rule 15}
     
    Housepaint, Jul 8, 2015
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  2. justonemorevoice

    justonemorevoice Well-Known Member

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    Prediction:

    The left will say it's a rightie board.

    The right will say it's a leftie board.
     
    justonemorevoice, Jul 8, 2015
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  3. Talon

    Talon Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Stick around a while and find out, Housepaint.

    Welcome aboard. :beer:
     
    Talon, Jul 8, 2015
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    smallblue Well-Known Member

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    The forum doesn't post any material. It's just your standard non-AI based vBulletin.
     
    smallblue, Jul 8, 2015
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    This forum seems fairly well balanced in my experience. I tried city data years ago. It seemed slanted to the right in comparison to this one. Back around 2000 I used to frequent a forum that was slanted left, but I can't remember what it was called. I'm satisfied with the balance here. I am and have always been independent, so I appreciate a wide spectrum of views on politics.
     
    ChiCowboy, Jul 8, 2015
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  6. sharik

    sharik Banned

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    the West... everything here is taken from a Western point of view which has a distorted picture of affairs.
     
    sharik, Jul 8, 2015
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    FreshAir Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    it's pretty evenly divided I think
     
    FreshAir, Jul 8, 2015
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  8. Russ103

    Russ103 Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    I'd say it's 65% right/35% left

    Though the most far left lefties tend to get themselves banned.

    Welcome aboard btw.
     
    Russ103, Jul 8, 2015
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    This forum is dominated by left wing extremists.
     
    Albert Di Salvo, Jul 8, 2015
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  10. Housepaint

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    Wow. That's not a even divide at all, if what you say is true...

    - - - Updated - - -

    How so? What "extremist" things do they say?
     
    Housepaint, Jul 8, 2015
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    I don't think the forum is tilted one way or the other. Just about everybody on this board it biased hard, however.
     
    Phoebe Bump, Jul 8, 2015
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  12. Brewskier

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    Why? Are you not able to post unless the political makeup of the board is a certain way?
     
    Brewskier, Jul 8, 2015
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    I believe it is 35.679% Liberal 42.444332% Republican 12.346% Rastafarian 3.235% Certifiable
     
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  14. Talon

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    Versus your own Russian point of view which has a distorted picture of affairs. ;)

    What were you expecting from an English-language forum, anyway? If you want a Kremlin Troof Team™ perspective I'm sure you can find plenty of that in any number of Russian-language forums.
     
    Talon, Jul 8, 2015
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  15. dairyair

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    Freedom. Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness to all people. Those leftist things are extreme to some.
     
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    It seems pretty even, with a few die hard nut jobs on both sides. Add in the usual Russian propaganda crowd sent by Putin and you have a lively place to exchange ideas and thoughts.
     
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    Except no 20 ounce sodas. Not allowed.
     
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  18. dairyair

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    Really? I bought one not more than an hour ago.
    Actually, it was 32 oz.
     
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    The board isn't one way or the other there are various people with various political views from far left to far right to wacky populists to libertarians The latter appear to be a bit over represented but that is true of the entire net.
     
    garyd, Jul 8, 2015
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    Brewskier, Jul 8, 2015
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  21. sharik

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    mine - distorted?.. could you elaborate on this please?

    you see, i speak English, but can you speak Russian or any other language? Western 'democracies' want to spread there influence all over the world while staying biased and ignorant; you think this is nice?
     
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    Its pretty fair, which is why I stick around. If it was dominated too much by one side, I'd be gone. The extremists on the left do seem to become raving lunatics and get banned often. I'm more concerned with the bots from certain websites that try to drive traffic and those used by a certain party that will go un-named. You can spot them easily because they never address YOU directly. Its just a script reacting to keywords with canned responses.
     
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    I can give you a pretty none bias opinion being a Palo-conservative libertarian leaning.

    It depends on Mods and which ones are viewing your posts. In most cases they try to be fair. I guess that's all you can ask for.

    But don't you dare attack homosexuals or Muslim for that matter in same manner Christians get attack here. I've notice homosexuals and Muslim are protected species meanwhile their is no bag limit on Christians.

    Happy hunting......
     
    Conan, Jul 8, 2015
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  24. Talon

    Talon Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Don't play coy with me, sharik.

    You didn't answer my question, and I haven't learned a thing from the biases and distorted views of the Kremlin Troof Teamers who spew their propaganda and xenophobia on this board.
     
    Talon, Jul 8, 2015
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  25. justonemorevoice

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    Crap. My calculator is tired...do those add up to 100%? :)
     
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