bobquasit | The Askville Nanny Rules

Askville has instituted "guidelines" that state that any complaint - anyone who says they are insulted, hurt, or offended by a post or answer - will be basically accepted as valid. The offending comments will be deleted, and the author will be warned. Repeated offenses will lead to suspension or banning.

This seems really stupid to me. But then, Askville management doesn't seem that smart when it comes to actually dealing with the interpersonal dynamics of maintaining a smoothly-functioning community.

Because any post can basically vanish at the first whine, I'm going to by copying anything that I'd regret losing here. Here's a comment in response to a question that asked "Do you think that the news media has been a little too obvious in their support of Obama?".

Nonsense.

I'm not supporting either McCain or Obama; I'm one of those people who is "throwing their vote away" on a third-party candidate. So I don't have a dog in this fight. And between McCain and Obama, I have to say that the bias and stupidity in the press has been fairly equal in favor of both candidates. Both of them have done some sleazy, corrupt and dishonest things, and the media has pretty much covered it up on both sides. Which makes sense; both candidates are really working for the big money interests of this country, the same interests that own the media. It's all one big corrupt party.

I find a certain comfort in the thought that whoever wins, America will get the leadership and fate that it deserves.

In any case, I find this sort of question rather contemptible. It's such obvious propaganda; the phrasing requires the acceptance of a postulate that is by no means proven.

It takes a certain degree of contempt for the intelligence of others to post this sort of push-poll question...but then, that's what I've come to expect from partisans. They really do believe that they can somehow dazzle everyone with BS, and we'll all fall down foaming at the mouth and screeching the party line. "Down with Brand X!"

If the American people can't learn to think for themselves and cut through the fog of BS generated by the parties and the media, they deserve what they'll get.