Political leanings on the USMB Board

It would seem that of late, the population of this board has taken a rather pronounced turn to the right.

New members have typically been right-wing oriented, and the posts have taken a decidedly right-wing talking point direction, including much in the way of repetitive spam.

It seems that many of my fellow posters on the left-hand side of things, have found this unpalatable and are posting less and less..

It would be unfortunate to see USMB turn into a right-wing echo chamber, ala Townhall.com.

Perhaps folks on both sides might want to talk about this issue and express their political leanings to see if my assertion has any validity whatsoever.

I, myself, am a leftie.

USMB has always been a right wing echo chamber run by bitter old white men with government health insurance who don't want anyone else to have it.

Ouch!

Yeah it does astound me how many retired military personnel like to lecture us about how grand capitalism is and how anybody who questions anything about our society must be a commie.

How the fuck would they know what capitalism is like?

They've been beneficiaries of military socialism their entire careers.
 
It would seem that of late, the population of this board has taken a rather pronounced turn to the right.

New members have typically been right-wing oriented, and the posts have taken a decidedly right-wing talking point direction, including much in the way of repetitive spam.

It seems that many of my fellow posters on the left-hand side of things, have found this unpalatable and are posting less and less..

It would be unfortunate to see USMB turn into a right-wing echo chamber, ala Townhall.com.

Perhaps folks on both sides might want to talk about this issue and express their political leanings to see if my assertion has any validity whatsoever.

I, myself, am a leftie.

Really. Why is it that the lefties that permeate this board always have that same, lame accusation?

This board leans neither way, nor will I allow it to. Everybody gets to say what they want and only the retards get squashed.

Questions?

How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop?

Heh ... a few ... :badgrin:
 
It would seem that of late, the population of this board has taken a rather pronounced turn to the right.

New members have typically been right-wing oriented, and the posts have taken a decidedly right-wing talking point direction, including much in the way of repetitive spam.

It seems that many of my fellow posters on the left-hand side of things, have found this unpalatable and are posting less and less..

It would be unfortunate to see USMB turn into a right-wing echo chamber, ala Townhall.com.

Perhaps folks on both sides might want to talk about this issue and express their political leanings to see if my assertion has any validity whatsoever.

I, myself, am a leftie.

Really. Why is it that the lefties that permeate this board always have that same, lame accusation?

This board leans neither way, nor will I allow it to. Everybody gets to say what they want and only the retards get squashed.

Questions?

I agree with Gunny!!

*****waits for pos rep*****:eusa_whistle:
 
It would seem that of late, the population of this board has taken a rather pronounced turn to the right.

New members have typically been right-wing oriented, and the posts have taken a decidedly right-wing talking point direction, including much in the way of repetitive spam.

It seems that many of my fellow posters on the left-hand side of things, have found this unpalatable and are posting less and less..

It would be unfortunate to see USMB turn into a right-wing echo chamber, ala Townhall.com.

Perhaps folks on both sides might want to talk about this issue and express their political leanings to see if my assertion has any validity whatsoever.

I, myself, am a leftie.

Really. Why is it that the lefties that permeate this board always have that same, lame accusation?

This board leans neither way, nor will I allow it to. Everybody gets to say what they want and only the retards get squashed.

Questions?

How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop?

Three licks and one bite. At least that's what the owl says.
 
It would seem that of late, the population of this board has taken a rather pronounced turn to the right.

New members have typically been right-wing oriented, and the posts have taken a decidedly right-wing talking point direction, including much in the way of repetitive spam.

It seems that many of my fellow posters on the left-hand side of things, have found this unpalatable and are posting less and less..

It would be unfortunate to see USMB turn into a right-wing echo chamber, ala Townhall.com.

Perhaps folks on both sides might want to talk about this issue and express their political leanings to see if my assertion has any validity whatsoever.

I, myself, am a leftie.

I just run through the first page or so in the top topics and look to see who started the thread for a general idea how the whole thing will go. Often it's an invitation for all the Obama bashers to weigh in on some singular non-issue (and I'm always right, er correct), so I just move on.

That said, there's a lot of angst and the natives are restless, so severe Obama bashing is to be expected. After all, it feels better to be able to blame one person than the collective body of contributors to the myriad messes the country is in today.
 
It would seem that of late, the population of this board has taken a rather pronounced turn to the right.

New members have typically been right-wing oriented, and the posts have taken a decidedly right-wing talking point direction, including much in the way of repetitive spam.

It seems that many of my fellow posters on the left-hand side of things, have found this unpalatable and are posting less and less..

It would be unfortunate to see USMB turn into a right-wing echo chamber, ala Townhall.com.

Perhaps folks on both sides might want to talk about this issue and express their political leanings to see if my assertion has any validity whatsoever.

I, myself, am a leftie.

USMB has always been a right wing echo chamber run by bitter old white men with government health insurance who don't want anyone else to have it.

Ouch!

Yeah it does astound me how many retired military personnel like to lecture us about how grand capitalism is and how anybody who questions anything about our society must be a commie.

How the fuck would they know what capitalism is like?

They've been beneficiaries of military socialism their entire careers.
Oh shut the fuck up. Capitalism is what makes this country strong.

I'll put my bank account up against yours any day.

Christ, liberals are fucking idiots!:cuckoo:
 
USMB has always been a right wing echo chamber run by bitter old white men with government health insurance who don't want anyone else to have it.

Ouch!

Yeah it does astound me how many retired military personnel like to lecture us about how grand capitalism is and how anybody who questions anything about our society must be a commie.

How the fuck would they know what capitalism is like?

They've been beneficiaries of military socialism their entire careers.
Oh shut the fuck up. Capitalism is what makes this country strong.

I'll put my bank account up against yours any day.

Christ, liberals are fucking idiots!:cuckoo:

reading for comprehension is a good thing.
 
It would seem that of late, the population of this board has taken a rather pronounced turn to the right.

New members have typically been right-wing oriented, and the posts have taken a decidedly right-wing talking point direction, including much in the way of repetitive spam.

It seems that many of my fellow posters on the left-hand side of things, have found this unpalatable and are posting less and less..

It would be unfortunate to see USMB turn into a right-wing echo chamber, ala Townhall.com.

Perhaps folks on both sides might want to talk about this issue and express their political leanings to see if my assertion has any validity whatsoever.

I, myself, am a leftie.

USMB has always been a right wing echo chamber run by bitter old white men with government health insurance who don't want anyone else to have it.

Ouch!

Yeah it does astound me how many retired military personnel like to lecture us about how grand capitalism is and how anybody who questions anything about our society must be a commie.

How the fuck would they know what capitalism is like?

They've been beneficiaries of military socialism their entire careers.

Hey Vast!..My left wing fellow former warrior. You wanna set this loony lib straight, buddy?

LMAO!
 
It's not just this board, bub.

Those of us who are not Progressives (i.e. ranging from Moderate to Conservative) are not going to be silenced by the hyper Left. Your end of the spectrum has controlled the mainstream media and academia for years - and you begrudge us having a voice.

Tough Shit.

Why are you so hostile?? Why can't you righties treat people the way you want to be treated?? You are the ones that always start shit. Always. Nobody said anything to you that would make you respond like that. Grow up.

Right, because there are no leftwing lunatics on this board. :eusa_whistle:

They are fewer, 'tis a given, and they usually can be found in the flame zone or conspiracy theories.
 
Ouch!

Yeah it does astound me how many retired military personnel like to lecture us about how grand capitalism is and how anybody who questions anything about our society must be a commie.

How the fuck would they know what capitalism is like?

They've been beneficiaries of military socialism their entire careers.
Oh shut the fuck up. Capitalism is what makes this country strong.

I'll put my bank account up against yours any day.

Christ, liberals are fucking idiots!:cuckoo:

reading for comprehension is a good thing.
Oh, I comprehend del. Capitalism has made me quite a wealthy man in between two stints in the military. Yeah, us former military sure don't understand capitalism allright...LMAO!
 
It's not just this board, bub.

Those of us who are not Progressives (i.e. ranging from Moderate to Conservative) are not going to be silenced by the hyper Left. Your end of the spectrum has controlled the mainstream media and academia for years - and you begrudge us having a voice.

Tough Shit.

:lol: Because the right doesn't have a stranglehold on radio? Or a foothold in television?

Let me guess, the left "controls the internet" too? :lol:

Hey, it was Al Gore's brainchild. :eusa_whistle:

If you hadn't added the whistle, I would have guessed you said that tongue-in-cheek. Gore didn't "invent" the Internet and he never said he did. He facilitated its existence, period. Aren't you happy about that? Otherwise, we wouldn't be having this or any other discussion on the Internet.

snopes.com: Al Gore Invented the Internet
 
Why are you so hostile?? Why can't you righties treat people the way you want to be treated?? You are the ones that always start shit. Always. Nobody said anything to you that would make you respond like that. Grow up.

Right, because there are no leftwing lunatics on this board. :eusa_whistle:

They are fewer, 'tis a given, and they usually can be found in the flame zone or conspiracy theories.

Wrong.
 
Al Gore's a friggin' fraud.

Preaching all his global warming BS while he flies around all over the place in his emmisions spewing private jet. And then to top it off, that Tipper nutjob drives a friggin' Escalade. And the sheep buy their bullshit hook, line, and sinker. It's beyond laughable.
 
Yeah it does astound me how many retired military personnel like to lecture us about how grand capitalism is and how anybody who questions anything about our society must be a commie.

How the fuck would they know what capitalism is like?

They've been beneficiaries of military socialism their entire careers.

If you weren't such a goddam pussy...you could have served your country as well...and maybe even grown up a little in the process. Now shut you fricken piehole about military retirees.
 
:lol: Because the right doesn't have a stranglehold on radio? Or a foothold in television?

Let me guess, the left "controls the internet" too? :lol:


Air America failed because nobody wanted to listen to it. You could have supported it if it were important to you. NPR receives government handouts and has a very liberal editorial viewpoint. It's not the right's fault that the left can't run a viable business on the radio.

A foothold in television is just that "a foothold" - the majority of editorial content on TV is left leaning.

The internet, thank GAWD, is wide open territory. The low overhead of running a website makes it the most "democratic" form of media on the planet - anybody can post news stories and commentary. We should all hope it stays that way.

Air America failed because it didn't have the backing of a huge conglomerate capable of bringing it into every living room in America. It could only be heard on a few stations, and by the time they figured out that they needed the entertainment factor to keep it interesting, they'd lost their best people to more visible arenas.
 
Oh shut the fuck up. Capitalism is what makes this country strong.

I'll put my bank account up against yours any day.

Christ, liberals are fucking idiots!:cuckoo:

reading for comprehension is a good thing.
Oh, I comprehend del. Capitalism has made me quite a wealthy man in between two stints in the military. Yeah, us former military sure don't understand capitalism allright...LMAO!

there was nothing in the original post criticizing capitalism.

as i said, reading comprehension is a good thing.
 
:lol: Because the right doesn't have a stranglehold on radio? Or a foothold in television?

Let me guess, the left "controls the internet" too? :lol:


Air America failed because nobody wanted to listen to it. You could have supported it if it were important to you. NPR receives government handouts and has a very liberal editorial viewpoint. It's not the right's fault that the left can't run a viable business on the radio.

A foothold in television is just that "a foothold" - the majority of editorial content on TV is left leaning.

The internet, thank GAWD, is wide open territory. The low overhead of running a website makes it the most "democratic" form of media on the planet - anybody can post news stories and commentary. We should all hope it stays that way.

Air America failed because it didn't have the backing of a huge conglomerate capable of bringing it into every living room in America. It could only be heard on a few stations, and by the time they figured out that they needed the entertainment factor to keep it interesting, they'd lost their best people to more visible arenas.

I offer the opinion that you are both partially right.
If there had been enough people that wanted to listen to it, Air America would have gained the backing of a huge conglomerate. If there had been a profit to be made, this would have been the case. When there is no profit to be made, private businesses have no reason to back anything.
 
:lol: Because the right doesn't have a stranglehold on radio? Or a foothold in television?

Let me guess, the left "controls the internet" too? :lol:


Air America failed because nobody wanted to listen to it. You could have supported it if it were important to you. NPR receives government handouts and has a very liberal editorial viewpoint. It's not the right's fault that the left can't run a viable business on the radio.

A foothold in television is just that "a foothold" - the majority of editorial content on TV is left leaning.

The internet, thank GAWD, is wide open territory. The low overhead of running a website makes it the most "democratic" form of media on the planet - anybody can post news stories and commentary. We should all hope it stays that way.

Air America failed because it didn't have the backing of a huge conglomerate capable of bringing it into every living room in America. It could only be heard on a few stations, and by the time they figured out that they needed the entertainment factor to keep it interesting, they'd lost their best people to more visible arenas.
Actually, Air America failed because only 21% of our citizens identify with their loony agenda. Advertisers weren't going to pony up to reach such a small fan base. After all, biznezz is biznezz!
 
It would seem that of late, the population of this board has taken a rather pronounced turn to the right.

New members have typically been right-wing oriented, and the posts have taken a decidedly right-wing talking point direction, including much in the way of repetitive spam.

It seems that many of my fellow posters on the left-hand side of things, have found this unpalatable and are posting less and less..

It would be unfortunate to see USMB turn into a right-wing echo chamber, ala Townhall.com.

Perhaps folks on both sides might want to talk about this issue and express their political leanings to see if my assertion has any validity whatsoever.

I, myself, am a leftie.

Perhaps what they find unpalatable is defending this administration. Hey, some on the right know their pain, it just took many of them longer to see the light. So I think those on the left who aren't going to follow in those footsteps deserve applause.:clap2:

Defending this administration isn't a prerequisite, obviously. But Rinata is correct in saying that some of the usual people on the right who post here are unnecessarily becoming more "hostile and unreasonable" when in fact they really don't need to push the envelope so far since the OA is already under fire and faces a guaranteed uphill challenge. Why, for example, is it necessary to add insulting things like calling Barack Obama, who, like it or not, is the President of YOUR United States, "Sheikh Hussein Obama"??? That kind of crap CAN be found on hostile message boards, but I've come to think of THIS ONE as being more adult-oriented.
 
It would seem that of late, the population of this board has taken a rather pronounced turn to the right.

New members have typically been right-wing oriented, and the posts have taken a decidedly right-wing talking point direction, including much in the way of repetitive spam.

It seems that many of my fellow posters on the left-hand side of things, have found this unpalatable and are posting less and less..

It would be unfortunate to see USMB turn into a right-wing echo chamber, ala Townhall.com.

Perhaps folks on both sides might want to talk about this issue and express their political leanings to see if my assertion has any validity whatsoever.

I, myself, am a leftie.

No one is stopping you from posting. In fact, I wish you to post your ideas so that we can throw them in the shredder of logic, reason, and normal human thought processes.

He does, and whenever I see you stick around in a specific thread, you usually go down kicking and screaming, a clear indication that there are always two sides to every issue.
 

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