Posted on 08/02/2022 12:32:43 PM PDT by Phoenix8
My entire original answer:
“ Because a dozen or so major cities with a majority of the nations criminals, drug users, welfare recipients, misfits and radicals would control the country. Plus the great % of sparsely populated but productive part of the country would have little say on how they are governed.
The original framers of our constitution wanted a truly representative democracy where all peoples/groups/minorities would have a say in their governance.
They didn’t want mob rule.
PS
of course i realize the mega cities have many, many decent and productive people living in them”
As some of you know I am banned permanently on Craigslist was temporarily banned on Facebook and am now being treated harshly on Quora for my conservative views.
The question was asked “Why doesn't the US abolish the electoral college and vote the president based on the popular vote only?” I replied as shown above.
I was given an insulting reply by a leftist:
“ Typical ignorant US country hick .. Where does all the MONEY come from? The cities Who are the most dependant upon Federal funds? That's right - the “republican hick lands that hate education & social justice. Um”
First if all how ridiculous is that? ALL the money comes from cities? Not tax revenues from factories outside of cities, natural resources, farming, government owned land, casinos and resorts….all our tax money comes from cities???
So he called me…a HICK, IGNORANT, COUNTRY, HATE EDUCATION AND SOCIAL JUSTICE all of which are pure opinions.
I replied:
“ and you are another brainwashed leftist useful idiot “
I then gave him 4 sources that showed how the largest US cities are high tax consumers, have huge debts and drug problems etc etc. I backed up my statement with references.
I called him a IDIOT and said he was BRAINWASHED. He first called me an IGNORANT HICK and I hate education (???).
Guess what happened? In under 1 hour My comment was removed and I was warned I had broken Quora policy. Specifically I had violated their “rude content policy”.
HIS COMMENT IS STILL POSTED despite me writing them 2 days ago showing and complaining about the obvious unfair treatment. I honestly cannot understand how calling someone an ignorant hick is not offensive but replying after their insult they are a useful leftist idiot is. Especially since he initiated the insults.
It’s been 2 days and I’m still awaiting their reply.
PS Moderators if sharing personal stories is not allowed please delete
PSP I decided to wait another full week and see if the moderators would remove his comment as I flagged it offensive. Quoras last comment to me was:
“ Retaliation is never a justification for violating this policy. If you see content that is objectionable, we suggest you either report or downvote it. You can report questions, answers, comments, and messages by clicking on the "..." option located at the bottom of the content, then selecting "Report".”
Again I reported it and they have decided it’s not offensive or argumentative….but mine was.
I honestly don’t see how this is anything but selective and biased against one side of the political spectrum.
Thank you for reading this.
They’re not interested in facts, just Stalinazi/globalist/Sodomarchy propaganda. Don’t expect fairness from any of these websites.
You will only achieve aggravation by engaging with these vile scum.
Well of course they’re biased, unfair and dishonest. That’s the only way they can win.
Next time reply calling them ignorant hicks.
Don’t fret over pixels on a screen.
They said… I said…
It doesn’t matter at all.
If you’re going to play on these very rigged fields, it’s best to stick to your subject matter and the points you wish to make. Resist insults and retaliation. They may still ‘zot’ you for simply holding the opinion that you do; but at least that will be clear, and not muddied by any insults that you used.
Just use the old standby:
“Well bless your heart, thats such a special viewpoint”.
Thats a southern “dog whistle” calling someone an idiot.
Then post the references if you want to waste your time on someone that can never be convinced.
The answer they posted is hate-speech.
But they are unaccountable (more or less).
They not only have home-field advantage, they also choose the referees.
Facebook/Quora/Craigslist: All leftist/commie run organizations. You should be proud to be banned from there.
Founding Fathers after approving Electoral College method of electing the President: “I prithee that our posterity do not think of us as hicks.” /sarc
Plus, if you’re an actual hick, you likely have a great skill set for the near-future post-apocalyptic America, unlike the bong-huffing Ding Dong who tried to insult you.
Quora is located in San Francisco. All their coders and policymakers are there. Suggest you forget them for political discussions.
Actually, Quora has become pretty nonsensical. They are mostly used by Indian and Pakistani college students to get people to do their homework and take-home tests for them.
There is no accountability, no fairness. I learned that as a non-leftist online, you have NO rights that are to be respected or allowed.
I'm guessing it was craigslist's forums section?
Here's the problem. The left tend to be younger and/or more tech savvy. I'm in rural MO and if I had to guess, I'd say most people over 40 here don't use the internet. They may have a phone and use text messages and occasionally visit a website, usually a retail store's website etc. But they generally don't converse with other people, aside from the texting thing.
So you're outnumbered. Also the people who run most platforms are Left leaning. Since you're basically a 3 percenter on the Left's platforms, you're screwed. Why waste the time and energy? How many people's hearts have you changed?
I didn’t realize that.
Makes a little more sense now.
The firing of conservative employees has been going on in Silicon Valley for 20 years.
We learned to survive by NOT talking politics.
The GOP-e could have addressed it 20 years ago if they didn’t declare war on the world and embrace H1b.
Well, technically, "hicks" would be inapplicable, since they are from a metropolitan area.
My suggestion: Try "big-city jaspers", instead!
Really gets under their skin, every time!
Regards,
One can state conservative views in these forums without triggering their bot controls. Their controls trigger on certain key phrases which are fairly predictable. Of course their systems are not fair but they are what they are. State facts without name-calling, threats of violence, etc.
I got banned from NextDoor for a week for telling a black supremacist that the solution to racism, the way to fight division and find unity, is through faith in Christ.
“It is as useless to argue with those who have renounced the use of reason as to administer medication to the dead”. —Jefferson—
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