Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
Is this the thread where we complain about being victims of people trying to be victims?
You're talking about a pretty homogenous bunch at this place. Everyone for the most part is firmly either in the middle or upper class of society. We are gated from most other elements of society that fall into the buckets we judge the most.It's all relative. You can't look at other people's lives solely through your own lens.
You have to take a step back and objectively look at things from a different perspective. Or at least be willing to try.
And you think that happens on this board?
You're talking about a pretty homogenous bunch at this place. Everyone for the most part is firmly either in the middle or upper class of society. We are gated from most other elements of society that fall into the buckets we judge the most.It's all relative. You can't look at other people's lives solely through your own lens.
You have to take a step back and objectively look at things from a different perspective. Or at least be willing to try.
And you think that happens on this board?
that guy had it comingI once got banned from the r/soccer subreddit for making a fantastically funny joke about Bernd Leno.
i think what people mean by it is that accountability is lacking in general, maybe?Can someone explain how ”victim mentality” is destroying Western society, and the US specifically? What is being destroyed, and what what will ultimately happen if this phenomenon is unchecked?
I agree with what urban said as well. It is important for those who live a more comfortable life to understand and show compassion to those who are in more dire circumstances. There but the grace of God go I.You're talking about a pretty homogenous bunch at this place. Everyone for the most part is firmly either in the middle or upper class of society. We are gated from most other elements of society that fall into the buckets we judge the most.It's all relative. You can't look at other people's lives solely through your own lens.
You have to take a step back and objectively look at things from a different perspective. Or at least be willing to try.
And you think that happens on this board?
I agree with everything that you wrote above.
I don’t think this board is a safe place to have free thought. At all.
I agree with what urban said as well. It is important for those who live a more comfortable life to understand and show compassion to those who are in more dire circumstances. There but the grace of God go I.You're talking about a pretty homogenous bunch at this place. Everyone for the most part is firmly either in the middle or upper class of society. We are gated from most other elements of society that fall into the buckets we judge the most.It's all relative. You can't look at other people's lives solely through your own lens.
You have to take a step back and objectively look at things from a different perspective. Or at least be willing to try.
And you think that happens on this board?
I agree with everything that you wrote above.
I don’t think this board is a safe place to have free thought. At all.
I disagree with what Steady said. I do believe this place is safe to express your free thoughts, as long as you don't launch personal attacks against other posters. It is akin to 2 fan bases watching the same game on CBS/ESPN and having them simultaneously say "The announcers are against my team!" Conservatives will think the board is biased in favor of liberals, and liberals will think the board is biased in favor of conservatives. I have not seen many topics shut down because this board doesn't agree with it. The threads I've seen shut down were usually because people started attacking each other, or posters were deliberately trying to troll and enflame. Mind you, I can proudly say I never posted in the Political Forum so my experience is limited to the FFA.
Just because people disagree with our viewpoints does not make this board an unsafe place for free thought.
The FFA is no different than any other message board or social media platform. People don't consider other points of view and love to pile on if they don't agree with your opinion.
I don't fit into the majority demographic of this board and have been on the receiving end of this behavior plenty of times. Don't kid yourself into thinking FBG's are some sort of enlightened bunch. The OP is as guilty as anyone else in other threads and topics.
i actually agree with this post, except that i don’t know jayrod’s posts enough to know his history. if you stray ever so slightly here off the accepted answers and replies, you will be ganged up on and likely reported. i have had this happen to me. i may not agree with your point of view, maybe i didn’t convey it in the best way, but in no way am i trying to be disrespectful. here, i try to avoid anything remotely controversial to discuss. i have learned that the ignore button is my friend.The FFA is no different than any other message board or social media platform. People don't consider other points of view and love to pile on if they don't agree with your opinion.
I don't fit into the majority demographic of this board and have been on the receiving end of this behavior plenty of times. Don't kid yourself into thinking FBG's are some sort of enlightened bunch. The OP is as guilty as anyone else in other threads and topics.
You should move to Italy or something.i actually agree with this post, except that i don’t know jayrod’s posts enough to know his history. if you stray ever so slightly here off the accepted answers and replies, you will be ganged up on and likely reported. i have had this happen to me. i may not agree with your point of view, maybe i didn’t convey it in the best way, but in no way am i trying to be disrespectful. here, i try to avoid anything remotely controversial to discuss. i have learned that the ignore button is my friend.The FFA is no different than any other message board or social media platform. People don't consider other points of view and love to pile on if they don't agree with your opinion.
I don't fit into the majority demographic of this board and have been on the receiving end of this behavior plenty of times. Don't kid yourself into thinking FBG's are some sort of enlightened bunch. The OP is as guilty as anyone else in other threads and topics.
all that said, this country has the name united in its name, but nothing could be farther from the truth. this is a nation of hate and anger. this is also a nation of bucketing. we are no longer people, we are now classified down to the minutia. white, straight, no kids, good income, blah blah.
so, two things……1) this likely isn’t the best place for conversation 2) who cares what other people think? i do understand your point. others will feel differently. i have a situation with a relative who is married to a complete ahole. he is verbally abusive, nasty, disinterested. it is his fault for being an ahole, but her fault for not recognizing this. it is my fault for not saying anything when the opportunity presents. we like to blame in this country……a lot. blame does nobody any good and everyone has a dynamic that is not readily describable in 50 words.
let's not play IRL tough guy on the internet, guyFrom what I can tell, someone endured mild criticism on a football web zone, and here we are.Can someone explain how ”victim mentality” is destroying Western society, and the US specifically?
See this. You guys say stuff like this, and it’s Condescending, smarmy, and rude.
It’s the way y’all talk to people. Jay rod Is a very longtime, well respected poster.
CLEARLY he’s upset but “our FBG community” thinks it’s appropriate to make jokes and insult him for his opinion being different than yours or now, because he is upset.
Let me be clear, I am not suggesting that I wanna fight you or anybody else on this board. I am 100% not making a threat here…..but
Y’all say stuff on this board that would get the **** smacked out of you IRL.
When somebody is upset, especially one of our own, now is not the time to make ****ty ****ing jokes.
This is nothing new in the slightest though. I apologize for me "old" comment @Jayrod but all these "nobody does X anymore" are the same old same old that have been circulating for generations. I guarantee our parents, twenty years ago, were all complaining about how nobody takes responsibility anymore. Just as their parents did before thati think what people mean by it is that accountability is lacking in general, maybe?
i know someone who got a DUI and blamed getting pulled over on a bored cop. not that they had 8 vodka doubles and a few other drinks before swerving all over the road doing 20 over.
100% agreeThis is nothing new in the slightest though. I apologize for me "old" comment @Jayrod but all these "nobody does X anymore" are the same old same old that have been circulating for generations. I guarantee our parents, twenty years ago, were all complaining about how nobody takes responsibility anymore. Just as their parents did before thati think what people mean by it is that accountability is lacking in general, maybe?
i know someone who got a DUI and blamed getting pulled over on a bored cop. not that they had 8 vodka doubles and a few other drinks before swerving all over the road doing 20 over.
Can someone explain how ”victim mentality” is destroying Western society, and the US specifically? What is being destroyed, and what what will ultimately happen if this phenomenon is unchecked?
i actually agree with this post, except that i don’t know jayrod’s posts enough to know his history. if you stray ever so slightly here off the accepted answers and replies, you will be ganged up on and likely reported. i have had this happen to me. i may not agree with your point of view, maybe i didn’t convey it in the best way, but in no way am i trying to be disrespectful. here, i try to avoid anything remotely controversial to discuss. i have learned that the ignore button is my friend.The FFA is no different than any other message board or social media platform. People don't consider other points of view and love to pile on if they don't agree with your opinion.
I don't fit into the majority demographic of this board and have been on the receiving end of this behavior plenty of times. Don't kid yourself into thinking FBG's are some sort of enlightened bunch. The OP is as guilty as anyone else in other threads and topics.
all that said, this country has the name united in its name, but nothing could be farther from the truth. this is a nation of hate and anger. this is also a nation of bucketing. we are no longer people, we are now classified down to the minutia. white, straight, no kids, good income, blah blah.
so, two things……1) this likely isn’t the best place for conversation 2) who cares what other people think? i do understand your point. others will feel differently. i have a situation with a relative who is married to a complete ahole. he is verbally abusive, nasty, disinterested. it is his fault for being an ahole, but her fault for not recognizing this. it is my fault for not saying anything when the opportunity presents. we like to blame in this country……a lot. blame does nobody any good and everyone has a dynamic that is not readily describable in 50 words.
The weird thing is that you'd sort of expect that the dogpiling would be worse in big, anonymous forums like Reddit or something, or platforms like Twitter. Why would that happen here? We're a bunch of grown adults, many of whom have known either other for decades. You'd think we would be more chill. And yet we all see how the PSF turned out, and I've learned from the The Shark Pool Is Unreadable thread that there's apparently some toxicity there too. I don't have an explanation for that.i actually agree with this post, except that i don’t know jayrod’s posts enough to know his history. if you stray ever so slightly here off the accepted answers and replies, you will be ganged up on and likely reported. i have had this happen to me. i may not agree with your point of view, maybe i didn’t convey it in the best way, but in no way am i trying to be disrespectful. here, i try to avoid anything remotely controversial to discuss. i have learned that the ignore button is my friend.The FFA is no different than any other message board or social media platform. People don't consider other points of view and love to pile on if they don't agree with your opinion.
I don't fit into the majority demographic of this board and have been on the receiving end of this behavior plenty of times. Don't kid yourself into thinking FBG's are some sort of enlightened bunch. The OP is as guilty as anyone else in other threads and topics.
all that said, this country has the name united in its name, but nothing could be farther from the truth. this is a nation of hate and anger. this is also a nation of bucketing. we are no longer people, we are now classified down to the minutia. white, straight, no kids, good income, blah blah.
so, two things……1) this likely isn’t the best place for conversation 2) who cares what other people think? i do understand your point. others will feel differently. i have a situation with a relative who is married to a complete ahole. he is verbally abusive, nasty, disinterested. it is his fault for being an ahole, but her fault for not recognizing this. it is my fault for not saying anything when the opportunity presents. we like to blame in this country……a lot. blame does nobody any good and everyone has a dynamic that is not readily describable in 50 words.
BingoThe FFA is no different than any other message board or social media platform. People don't consider other points of view and love to pile on if they don't agree with your opinion.
I don't fit into the majority demographic of this board and have been on the receiving end of this behavior plenty of times. Don't kid yourself into thinking FBG's are some sort of enlightened bunch. The OP is as guilty as anyone else in other threads and topics.
Except this is hardly the case or there would no longer be any reunion rock band toursAre you famous but did something questionable 20 years ago? You’re cancelled.
It’s funny, this came up the other day in the car when the snoop dogg song ain’t no fun came on in the car.Except this is hardly the case or there would no longer be any reunion rock band toursAre you famous but did something questionable 20 years ago? You’re cancelled.
Who is they? And how were these two cancelled?They’ll cancel things like Dumbo or Abraham Lincoln
I genuinely don't follow and, if I am following correctly, I strongly disagree.* Are you suggesting that a "safe place to have a free thought" encompasses a place where any free thought can't be respectfully criticized? If that's not what your saying, have you read the exchanges in the basketball thread that sparked this thread?You're talking about a pretty homogenous bunch at this place. Everyone for the most part is firmly either in the middle or upper class of society. We are gated from most other elements of society that fall into the buckets we judge the most.It's all relative. You can't look at other people's lives solely through your own lens.
You have to take a step back and objectively look at things from a different perspective. Or at least be willing to try.
And you think that happens on this board?
I agree with everything that you wrote above.
I don’t think this board is a safe place to have free thought. At all.
Nobody was arguing that in the other thread.
I genuinely don't follow and, if I am following correctly, I strongly disagree.* Are you suggesting that a "safe place to have a free thought" encompasses a place where any free thought can't be respectfully criticized? If that's not what your saying, have you read the exchanges in the basketball thread that sparked this thread?You're talking about a pretty homogenous bunch at this place. Everyone for the most part is firmly either in the middle or upper class of society. We are gated from most other elements of society that fall into the buckets we judge the most.It's all relative. You can't look at other people's lives solely through your own lens.
You have to take a step back and objectively look at things from a different perspective. Or at least be willing to try.
And you think that happens on this board?
I agree with everything that you wrote above.
I don’t think this board is a safe place to have free thought. At all.
*I have personally expressed plenty of incredibly stupid and dumb but completely free threads on this board over the years and, but for a certain Star Wars character, have always felt like it was a "safe" place to do so.
Some other country takes over cause we're weak?Can someone explain how ”victim mentality” is destroying Western society, and the US specifically? What is being destroyed, and what what will ultimately happen if this phenomenon is unchecked?
It’s a minority for sure but still an example of how crazy it’s gotten.Who is they? And how were these two cancelled?They’ll cancel things like Dumbo or Abraham Lincoln
If you don’t think LeBron is the greatest basketball player and human ever then you’re called stupid and wrong or both.
OK so a student group in WI. But every single student is still learning about Abraham Lincoln these days. There may be some shine off him, but he is most certainly not cancelled.Dumbo for the singing crows, it was racist somehow. For Abraham Lincoln, being the man to end slavery in this country was not enough to absolve him of the sins of not doing more for native Americans during his presidency. A student group at U of Wisconsin led that movement.
Just think of how many pennies are going to have to be be recalled.Who is they? And how were these two cancelled?They’ll cancel things like Dumbo or Abraham Lincoln
Right but my point was that people more and more are seeing things as black and white, and cancel culture is just one example.OK so a student group in WI. But every single student is still learning about Abraham Lincoln these days. There may be some shine off him, but he is most certainly not cancelled.Dumbo for the singing crows, it was racist somehow. For Abraham Lincoln, being the man to end slavery in this country was not enough to absolve him of the sins of not doing more for native Americans during his presidency. A student group at U of Wisconsin led that movement.
If you don’t think LeBron is the greatest basketball player and human ever then you’re called stupid and wrong or both.
We just had a poll and guess what? Lebron was not the greatest basketball player
Just think of how many pennies are going to have to be be recalled.Who is they? And how were these two cancelled?They’ll cancel things like Dumbo or Abraham Lincoln
Link?If you don’t think LeBron is the greatest basketball player and human ever then you’re called stupid and wrong or both.
We just had a poll and guess what? Lebron was not the greatest basketball player
Obviously I was being hyperbolic but touché.
Moops, I want to hate you so bad but god you’re too smart and witty.
OK so a student group in WI. But every single student is still learning about Abraham Lincoln these days. There may be some shine off him, but he is most certainly not cancelled.Dumbo for the singing crows, it was racist somehow. For Abraham Lincoln, being the man to end slavery in this country was not enough to absolve him of the sins of not doing more for native Americans during his presidency. A student group at U of Wisconsin led that movement.
Is this irony? I can never tell. Whining about being victimized while complaining about victimhood culture. Seriously man, its the internet. I once got banned from the r/soccer subreddit for making a fantastically funny joke about Bernd Leno.
One they, or many theys?Who is they? And how were these two cancelled?They’ll cancel things like Dumbo or Abraham Lincoln
I believe the media and social media give people a false impression about other people's day to day lives.
not to get too far in to the political weeds, but we have a very strong anti-education movement going in Wisconsin currently.OK so a student group in WI.Dumbo for the singing crows, it was racist somehow. For Abraham Lincoln, being the man to end slavery in this country was not enough to absolve him of the sins of not doing more for native Americans during his presidency. A student group at U of Wisconsin led that movement.
OK so a student group in WI. But every single student is still learning about Abraham Lincoln these days. There may be some shine off him, but he is most certainly not cancelled.Dumbo for the singing crows, it was racist somehow. For Abraham Lincoln, being the man to end slavery in this country was not enough to absolve him of the sins of not doing more for native Americans during his presidency. A student group at U of Wisconsin led that movement.
While not technically canceled there is a strong anti anybody who owned slaves at all- without any context or knowledge of the events that transpired to reach that point.
I have personally expressed plenty of incredibly stupid and dumb but completely free thoughts on this board over the years
OK so a student group in WI. But every single student is still learning about Abraham Lincoln these days. There may be some shine off him, but he is most certainly not cancelled.Dumbo for the singing crows, it was racist somehow. For Abraham Lincoln, being the man to end slavery in this country was not enough to absolve him of the sins of not doing more for native Americans during his presidency. A student group at U of Wisconsin led that movement.
While not technically canceled there is a strong anti anybody who owned slaves at all- without any context or knowledge of the events that transpired to reach that point.
stop, you've already been lapped. you're just going to keep falling farther behind.
Has anyone ever wanted to take accountability? I always think about how other people are to blame for bad outcomes in my life. Maybe taking accountability is the only way to growth.