Forum rule question: How can you talk about politics without talking about the social implications?

XinZhao2WinNhao·May 25, 2016·1 votes·581 views

Apparently you're now allowed to talk about politics, but you're not allowed to talk about the social implications of things that related to politics (religion, gender, welfare, discrimination.)

I don't get how it's possible as those topics literally tie in hand in hand. For example if you're talking about a political topic, such as the bathroom bill, it's almost impossible to not go into religion, gender and discrimination.

11 Comments

aj502 OneillMay 25, 20161 votes

Why couldn't you? That seems kind of stupid...Not like I'd do anything but make fun of anything political anyways, but tstill, the two kind of go hand in hand, no?

XinZhao2WinNhaoMay 25, 20161 votes

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Why couldn't you? That seems kind of stupid...Not like I'd do anything but make fun of anything political anyways, but tstill, the two kind of go hand in hand, no?

Yeah that's what I was asking. Apparently I had a post about why certain things are/are not protected by law - I think the law is a political topic (I can't go into detail since it was deleted) but it was deleted for being too much on the social issues side, apparently.

I personally think it's because people think that super controversial posts become "rage bait", but its because people are passionate about their believes, not because it's rage bait designed to purposely make people rage. It's supposed to bring out people's passions in their ideas (which might include rage, but might not), not bring out rage for the sake of rage.

aj502 OneillMay 25, 20161 votes

I hate breaking out the "Nazi" card, but seems the "Forum Nazis" are trying to censor your/our opinions...

Hell, is LoL NOT in itself responsible for some people's "social implications"? ...At least to the more immature people that play.

Again, not that I'd partake in political talk, w/o calling them all lying POS', but politics and "social implications" are pretty much one onto another...

Lame.

XinZhao2WinNhaoMay 25, 20161 votes

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I hate breaking out the "Nazi" card, but seems the "Forum Nazis" are trying to censor your/our opinions...

I never said anything like that. All I said is that the forums are becoming more and more homogeneous in terms of content because other types of content is being banned, and a lot of older boards posters who have been around for a long time and used to enjoy a diverse sort of content don't like the new restrictions.

aj502 OneillMay 25, 20161 votes

I know you didn't.

I speak for myself. ;)

VerxintMay 25, 20161 votes

It honestly seems like a terrible attempt to appeal to the professional victims while trying to appear to not be censoring discussion

Like most attempts to satisfy rabid radicals without appearing to be one, it fails miserably

XinZhao2WinNhaoMay 25, 20161 votes

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It honestly seems like a terrible attempt to appeal to the professional victims while trying to appear to not be censoring discussion

Well since it's a private forum they do have the right to censor, but doesn't mean it's a good idea. honestly I think that the censorship one of the reasons why the legitimate discussion section of the forum seems to be dying and is being replaced with fluff like anime and memes. It used to have a good percentage of all: memes, anime, serious discussion, jokes, etc. But now a lot of jokes are considered inappropriate, and a lot of serious discussion is too controversial, so all that's left is memes and anime.

VerxintMay 25, 20162 votes

Memes, anime, and my favorite:

Endless legions of bronze and silver players either posting terrible balance suggestions, complaining about Zed, or complaining that they deserve a higher rank

eastcoastblazeMay 25, 20161 votes

Tbh i agree with you 100% and just want to add my own personal experience: i got a ten game chat restriction, then after serving it i got my hextech back after 3 days. Like you i agree this was 100% worth and i would recommend doing it as a way to blow off steam.

ZielmannMay 25, 20161 votes

Flat answer to your opening question: You talk about the facts surrounding current politics, not opinions or predictions on what the implications are. So very flat discussions like "Trump just won the <state> primary", or "bathroom bill was just passed" or whatnot.

My actual opinion: Such topics limited to essentially factual statements are meaningless. It basically just becomes a newsfeed, not a discussion. So if they want to restrict political topics at all, they should remove all of them (I can get my political newsfeed elsewhere). Or else allow actual discussion of topics.

XinZhao2WinNhaoMay 26, 20161 votes

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Flat answer to your opening question: You talk about the facts surrounding current politics, not opinions or predictions on what the implications are. So very flat discussions like "Trump just won the <state> primary", or "bathroom bill was just passed" or whatnot.

My actual opinion: Such topics limited to essentially factual statements are meaningless. It basically just becomes a newsfeed, not a discussion. So if they want to restrict political topics at all, they should remove all of them (I can get my political newsfeed elsewhere). Or else allow actual discussion of topics.

I agree with you.

I guess I'll stay away from politics for now, but it's really sad how the forums don't support opinionated discussion.

It's not called flamebait, it's called a discussion of passionate beliefs. Passionate beliefs is what made our Founding Fathers in the first place. I really hope this rule changes imo.