Freedom of association on BB, and the "ignore, or not to ignore" thingy, is all about setting a clear line of demarcation between those who want to come here to post things like "Is it possible "our" Captain Howdy is the child molester this news story refers too", and those who want to discuss ONLY the issues, and not to have the page pushed by the aforementioned unnecessary childish BS, or by a collection of repetitive posts, like with the dems' poll numbers for example, or Fred Phelps.
Of course it's no coincidence that those that object to all of this, are the very same ones engaging in the conduct objected too. What is particularly amusing and telling about all this is, is that these very same people already engage in similar conduct themselves, given the number of posts that indict the things they've long supported, go unresponded to by them. Just look down this page for validation of that-- if they aren't all gone by the time I post this.
It's all about noise-making, avoiding any substantive debate, and trying to control the dialogue with BS---- like those on the "right" side of the facts, or who hold the most easily argued and defended povs, need to resort to such.
Of course they don't, but the need of the noise-makers is clear-- avoid what you can't defend, and push it off the page as soon as possible, so that they aren't reminded of that inarguable fact.
There's a reason why a chess grandmaster can beat 40-50 other so-called players simultaneously (even blindfolded sometimes) --- it's because "X" times zero, no matter the magnitude of "X", still equals zero. The same is true here.
AT the end of the day, when all you have is an hour or two of Fox News, or the reading of such sites as drudge or newsmax, you are going to be hopelessly outgunned, and unarmed for all practical purposes.
This is really the bottom line of the problem under discussion here--- the at the least, subliminal awareness that they really have no business in the "debate" to begin with.
Afterall, their party and their tearless leader have been exposed as the total failures that they are, so the debate/game is already lost--- which is why they want a license, to play all the other games their limited minds can conjure up.
They aren't even bright enough by and large to understand that the dem polls number they've posted dozens of times in recent days, is every bit as much a repudiation of what they have supported, as it is the dems leadership.
If they aren't smart enough to figure that out after all of this time, then they aren't smart enough to invest much text in here. It takes a collection of real geniuses to advertize and constantly repost, a repudiation of "their" policy.
SO it seems to me that most of them should be ignored, on the basis of brainlessness alone, all the other BS notwithstanding-- if competitive debate is your goal. As we all learned from the "was Plame covert" issue alone-- even when the facts are incontrovrtible, many of them will insist otherwise.
SO in many ways, I guess it all depends upon how much beating of your head against the proverbial wall you are willing to endure, just to have a discussion or "debate" with those that lack the required skill set, and knowledge of the subject at hand. In my experiences here, most of them have huge deficits in both departments, which is why they resort to the posting habits being objected to.
I applaud all those who are coming to the realization that with many, this is entirely the case, and who choose to ignore the worst offenders, who correspond to and are,the most inept, and intellectually dishonest and unarmed p[osters here.
It is after all, hardly and ego builder, to beat a paraplegic or quagraplegic, in a foot race.
