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**Update**Political Hot Deals poll, --YOU have spoken! Political deals are officially *Dead*-- Archived From: Hot Deals

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   posted: Sep. 15, 2008 @ 8:17p

Dan88 said:PCMerlin said:tbyte said:FW got rid of OT : PI, don't know why political ads that are clearly not deals are allowed.
If FW got rid of OT, then what's being posted here: http://www.fatwallet.com/forums/off-topic/?

They weren't saying "Off Topic" is gone, they are saying OT : PI is gone. That was, Off-Topic Political Incorrectness. (I think that's what it was called)

Yes, exactly. Now that OT : PI is gone, the politics just spills out into the other sections.


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   posted: Sep. 15, 2008 @ 8:55p

TM1 said:How about looking at the problem, which is not the deal itself, but the wankers thread crapping these deals.

I AM NOT A WANKER! i seek equal representation. that is all!
(i don't think any of them belong, they are NEVER hot ... but, if one is allowed, you must have the other side too.)


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   posted: Sep. 15, 2008 @ 9:00p

pecanpie said:TM1 said:How about looking at the problem, which is not the deal itself, but the wankers thread crapping these deals.

I AM NOT A WANKER! i seek equal representation. that is all!
(i don't think any of them belong, they are NEVER hot ... but, if one is allowed, you must have the other side too.)

ditto!


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   posted: Sep. 15, 2008 @ 9:14p

Lock em. There are thousands of other sites out there if you want to play politics.


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   posted: Sep. 15, 2008 @ 9:29p

I come here to shop.
Make a separate forum for political "deals" if you must.


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   posted: Sep. 15, 2008 @ 9:38p

I find racist threads about Barack Obama extremely offensive. I'd say the same thing if anyone made light of John McCain's age or military service.

Some things are too tasteless even in this hostile environment. Race based jabs are so off limits, people making them really lack any credibility or respect.


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   posted: Sep. 15, 2008 @ 9:59p

tjsynkral said:Let people post what they feel is a hot deal freely, and let the users bury the post with (-) if they disagree that it is a hot deal.

Weather the posted deal is hot or not really doesn't make a difference. The problem is that those posts often lead to a site expressing a particular political view which has nothing to with what we're here for. I say keep the forum politics free.


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   posted: Sep. 15, 2008 @ 10:08p

JesseLivermore said:I find racist threads about Barack Obama extremely offensive. I'd say the same thing if anyone made light of John McCain's age or military service.

Some things are too tasteless even in this hostile environment. Race based jabs are so off limits, people making them really lack any credibility or respect.

Have you missed the 30,000 threads about how old McCain is? Or the 300,000 about Palin? I'm not saying any of them are right, I'm just saying they are there.


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   posted: Sep. 15, 2008 @ 10:16p

There's a lot of off topic discussion in postings of firearms deals as well-- so are we going to look at banning those next? I'm not suggesting that mods take that action, just using that as an example.

Whether it's a deal about SUV's, guns, or 1080p vs 720p, there will always be individuals who do not realize that this isn't the appropriate forum to air their biases. In my opinion, we should allow political deals as long as they are deals. I think it's the mods job to make sure that the thread stays on topic. If a member submits an off topic posting, delete it and then warn them. If a member submits a blatantly racist comment, then ban them. We're an online community dedicated to finding deals, not spreading hate.

If someone has an issue with political deals being posted, then just use the "ignore" feature in the forum. That's what it was created for.


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   posted: Sep. 15, 2008 @ 10:37p

wvtalbot said:If they are an actual deal sure. Too often people post crap up in order to get their message out.

(Like anyone not in a cave isn't already sick of hearing about politics this year)You think Bin Laden likes hearing about politics?

-cd


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   posted: Sep. 15, 2008 @ 11:04p

Lock 'em, they cause WAAAAY too much dissension.


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   posted: Sep. 15, 2008 @ 11:16p

BlindMelon said:Tim Storm for President...!

Uh... I'll pass thanks. too many politicians in politics.


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   posted: Sep. 15, 2008 @ 11:26p

FatWallet.Com said:BlindMelon said:Tim Storm for President...!

Uh... I'll pass thanks. too many politicians in politics.
And you probably wouldn't be happy with the cut in pay, either!


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   posted: Sep. 16, 2008 @ 12:25a

the key should have been thrown away long ago. but you already knew that, didn't you


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   posted: Sep. 16, 2008 @ 12:37a

I'm tired of GOP supporters posting McCain/Palin deals. If you are trying to mobilize people to vote for McCain, then you guys are doing a horrible job.


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   posted: Sep. 16, 2008 @ 2:37a

Maybe you should handle these "political deals" in the absolute worst way imaginable: Allow people to post opinions and insults thinly disguised as "deals," but immediately place the threads under moderation so that the originators of those threads can effectively give a big middle finger to people who can't even respond. Oh, wait... you're already doing that.


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   posted: Sep. 16, 2008 @ 4:41a

Keep'em! I am still looking for a mooseburger shirt!


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   posted: Sep. 16, 2008 @ 5:01a

There aren't that many political hot deals. Why get rid of them? Besides, chances are most of the hot deals don't interest most of us anyway, so why treat political ones any differently?


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   posted: Sep. 16, 2008 @ 6:12a

political hot deals are troll magnets.


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   posted: Sep. 16, 2008 @ 6:44a

JesseLivermore said:I find racist threads about Barack Obama extremely offensive. I'd say the same thing if anyone made light of John McCain's age or military service.

Some things are too tasteless even in this hostile environment. Race based jabs are so off limits, people making them really lack any credibility or respect.

ummm, what exactly does that have to do with the question asked about POLITICAL HOT DEALS???


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