What Political Forums do you belong to and recommend? -Slide Rule

[Slide Rule]

The title says it all.

This question was posted on another forum I belong on.
It appears the sub-forum of that site may very well
change its rules to mandate using your real name in
posts.

That would decrease its value for me as I have no
desire to commit suicide.

[mystery-ak]

The title says it all.

This question was posted on another forum I belong on.
It appears the sub-forum of that site may very well
change its rules to mandate using your real name in
posts.

That would decrease its value for me as I have no
desire to commit suicide.

  I recommend this forum... 

[Slide Rule]

AZBilliards

It is primarily a pool site and has an active subforum called NPR for non pool related.
You have to be a member to see these postings. I have been a member there and if it
continues I will post there. If they wish that I post under my name that will stop.

This is the best one that I know of. Plus it has an outstanding discussion of pool on
the main and in the table maintenance subforum. Member since 2009.

forums.azbilliards.com

The GOP Briefing Room
I have been a member since 2012.

It has divided the political discussion into several subtopics. It is an excellent
forum. The focus is conservative and GOP areas.

gopbriefingroom.com


The Tree of Liberty
I joined it since my brother was libertarian and I wanted to educate myself. I find
they have few libertarians there. I have been a member there since 2011 but hadn't
posted there in a number of years. It has changed its membership significantly. It is
more of a wide-open place. I have posted there recently but it is not a place I would
recommend to a friend.

thetreeofliberty.com

[Slide Rule]

I recommend this forum... 

So do I and I have. I have more time invested in another forum but the idea occurred to ask the
same question here.

I don't mean to harm, but as I posted a similar response there there could be members checking
out this site.

Perhaps an opportunity, but that could also bring some who stir. They will
be known by their acts.

One of the two who caused me a short ban has themselves been banned.
Goes around type of thing.

If you prefer, PM me.

Thanks

[Slide Rule]

So do I and I have. I have more time invested in another forum but the idea occurred to ask the
same question here.

I don't mean to harm, but as I posted a similar response there there could be members checking
out this site. Perhaps an opportunity, but that could also bring some who stir. They will be
known by their acts.

One of the two who caused me a short ban has themselves been banned.
Goes around type of thing.

If you prefer, PM me.

This is an excellent site.


Thanks

[libertybele]

Kind of an odd question to post. I recommend THIS forum.  I have belonged to several  other forums in the past (one I was banned from) and once I found this forum I have never left as it seems to be a cut above the rest as far as the caliber of members.  I posted in one of the old forums that I belonged to probably 6 months ago -- I stayed in there for maybe all of 10 minutes -- just doesn't have the appeal and the topics and responses in there ... meh, not for me.

[Smokin Joe]

Kind of an odd question to post. I recommend THIS forum.  I have belonged to several  other forums in the past (one I was banned from) and once I found this forum I have never left as it seems to be a cut above the rest as far as the caliber of members.  I posted in one of the old forums that I belonged to probably 6 months ago -- I stayed in there for maybe all of 10 minutes -- just doesn't have the appeal and the topics and responses in there ... meh, not for me.

Same here. I was posting on a couple of others after leaving TOS (class of '99), and while I can still post on TOS, have only posted a prayer request there in the last couple of years. The other fora I have posted on just don't have the character(s) this one does, so I spend an overwhelming amount of time here.

[XenaLee]

The title says it all.

This question was posted on another forum I belong on.
It appears the sub-forum of that site may very well
change its rules to mandate using your real name in
posts.

That would decrease its value for me as I have no
desire to commit suicide.

Using your "real" name is an invasion of privacy and a threat to your safety and that of your family.   We know how these leftists roll, after all.   So any forum mandating that can KMA on Fifth Avenue, right in front of the moronic "mural".

[Hoodat]

Using your "real" name is an invasion of privacy and a threat to your safety and that of your family.   We know how these leftists roll, after all.   So any forum mandating that can KMA on Fifth Avenue, right in front of the moronic "mural".

You mean to say that your real name isn't XenaLee?  I feel so disillusioned.

[XenaLee]

You mean to say that your real name isn't XenaLee?  I feel so disillusioned.

Lol....

smart ass!   

[Slide Rule]

Using your "real" name is an invasion of privacy and a threat to your safety and that of your family.   We know how these leftists roll, after all.   So any forum mandating that can KMA on Fifth Avenue, right in front of the moronic "mural".

My post was moved and finally I found it. General Discussion

I agree with the invasion of privacy is a major concern when people are being doxed
and can find a crowd harassing you at your home, or place of business. It also places
family and friends in jeopardy.

For me it is a no go. I like the people there and have sent PM to two members and
I may send it to a handful of others who are adults.

I like the feeling that I can say something obvious here and be treated as an adult
by other adults. That is not a given at the other site.

Al

[Slide Rule]

You mean to say that your real name isn't XenaLee?  I feel so disillusioned.

I am also disillusioned.  :)

[240B]

Posting under your real name is dangerous on many levels.
Not only the threat of violence, but it can affect employment, IRS, police, everything.
And it does not matter what you post. Anything anybody posts is 'offensive' to someone.
There is no way to be neutral because society is not neutral and does not allow that.
If I post, "Hey, you know, maybe we should stop murdering infants?"
With that statement, I have thousands of people who want to kill me and see me dead.

[Slide Rule]

Posing under your real name is dangerous on many levels.
Not only the threat of violence, but it can affect employment, IRS, police, everything.
And it does not matter what you post. Anything anybody posts is 'offensive' to someone.
There is no way to be neutral because society is not neutral and does not allow that.
If I post, "Hey, you know, maybe we should stop murdering infants?"
With that statement, I have thousands of people who want to kill me and see me dead.

I have met that guy on the other forum.

[corbe]

   I roam many right leaning sites and yes, a few left, throughout my day, when time allows, gathering Topics to share with my Briefer Friends. Every site has it's problem childs AND it's 'Crazy Mods'.  IMHO, what separates TBR from the others is that I feel in my Heart that Myst and Cyber truly work to maintain an OPEN Forum, where almost all debate is allowed and even encouraged.

   O/T though depression is not something that finds a home in me, for very long, this constant pounding of bad news each day is taking it's toll, and as the numbers here indicate, I am not alone.  So I went to my book shelves and randomly selected a book yesterday and read the whole damn thing



   I was disappointed that the plot involved race relations in year 2120 (Spoiler Alert: we lose). 

   This morning I picked this one.



    Oh yea, I switched from Bourbon to Vodka, so that seems to help, also.

 

[LegalAmerican]

Posing under your real name is dangerous on many levels.
Not only the threat of violence, but it can affect employment, IRS, police, everything.
And it does not matter what you post. Anything anybody posts is 'offensive' to someone.
There is no way to be neutral because society is not neutral and does not allow that.
If I post, "Hey, you know, maybe we should stop murdering infants?"
With that statement, I have thousands of people who want to kill me and see me dead.

 

[Slide Rule]

   I roam many right leaning sites and yes, a few left, throughout my day, when time allows, gathering Topics to share with my Briefer Friends. Every site has it's problem childs AND it's 'Crazy Mods'.  IMHO, what separates TBR from the others is that I feel in my Heart that Myst and Cyber truly work to maintain an OPEN Forum, where almost all debate is allowed and even encouraged.

   O/T though depression is not something that finds a home in me, for very long, this constant pounding of bad news each day is taking it's toll, and as the numbers here indicate, I am not alone.  So I went to my book shelves and randomly selected a book yesterday and read the whole damn thing



   I was disappointed that the plot involved race relations in year 2120 (Spoiler Alert: we lose). 

   This morning I picked this one.



    Oh yea, I switched from Bourbon to Vodka, so that seems to help, also.

 

I read every day. I am working on The Life of Samuel Johnson, by James Boswell.
I am about half way through. Samuel Johnson wrote the first english dictionary.
He was genius and his friend Boswell captured much of what he said and said
in letters.

A friend recommended the book as that chosen to have one book on a desert
island. It is exceptional.

I read about 50 books a year. Though I lost ground with an operation and
the virus.

Al

[corbe]

  I haven't read a book since last fall, this is my last one.

[Hoodat]

So I went to my book shelves and randomly selected a book yesterday and read the whole damn thing

My ADD simply won't allow that.  It takes me several months to complete a book.  Currently, I am almost done with Dune by Frank Herbert, after which I will start on Tolstoy's War and Peace.

[Cyber Liberty]

My post was moved and finally I found it. General Discussion

I apologize for that, @Slide Rule!  I moved it, because "Editorials," where it was originally, is for internet published Editorials.  This is "Original Content," and that usually goes into General Discussion or one of the Exclusive Content Categories.  No offense intended!

[Gefn]

My ADD simply won't allow that.  It takes me several months to complete a book.  Currently, I am almost done with Dune by Frank Herbert, after which I will start on Tolstoy's War and Peace.

Always a good read with Heinlein. Personally my favorite book by Tolstoy is Anna Karenina.

I know Asimov’s Foundation and Huxley’s Brave New World are both coming out as made for TV movies shortly.

As for Boswell, best line in his book, “ but he is a very fine cat, a very fine cat indeed” about Hodge. 

[corbe]

   Heinlein loved Cats, and writes of them often throughout his novels. 
   Never understood that years ago when I first read these books but have sense become enlightened.  @Gefn

[Gefn]

   Heinlein loved Cats, and writes of them often throughout his novels. 
   Never understood that years ago when I first read these books but have sense become enlightened.  @Gefn

I had a paperback of “The cat who could walk through walls” by Heinlein. It was the last book I read of his before he shuffled off his mortal coil.

Personally I liked his short stories better. His “roads must roll” which I read in a Hugo anthology I think, really stayed with me since Junior high when I first read it. It was my introduction to Heinlein.
@corbe.

[Gefn]

Btw, today is National Kitten Day.

(I thought we had an off topic emoji)

[Cyber Liberty]

Always a good read with Heinlein. Personally my favorite book by Tolstoy is Anna Karenina.

I know Asimov’s Foundation and Huxley’s Brave New World are both coming out as made for TV movies shortly.

As for Boswell, best line in his book, “ but he is a very fine cat, a very fine cat indeed” about Hodge. 

I'd like Foundation!  I've read the series more than twice.