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Re: Whirlpool is heavily moderated.
Reply #60 - Jun 14^th, 2024 at 2:11pm

Grappler Truth Teller Feller wrote on Jun 14^th, 2024 at 1:42pm:

SadKangaroo wrote on Jun 14^th, 2024 at 12:36pm:

Bobby. wrote on Jun 14^th, 2024 at 12:01pm:

SadKangaroo wrote on Jun 14^th, 2024 at 11:52am:

And unlike here, they enforce their rules.

Whirlpool is only good for discussion of things like computer problems.

It depends. If you want a sanitised factual discussion, with no conspiracies, personal attacks or discrimination, or even jokes, then WP is great.

Most people here can't post within those guide rails though.

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Well - you'd know......

You would get banned pretty quickly. Your dishonest and discriminatory posts to compensate for all the things that have left you unfulfilled with life wouldn't be accepted there.

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Re: Whirlpool is heavily moderated.
Reply #61 - Jun 14^th, 2024 at 2:15pm

Grappler Truth Teller Feller wrote on Jun 14^th, 2024 at 2:03pm:

OzPol allows the truth even when it hurts .... jeez - I just post links for discussion and it's like the prelude to an advance on the Western Front from some dorks here...

Here's some bait:- Keffirs Kill Kroc - wildlife slaughter by First Invaders....

https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/remote-town-exacts-ultimate-revenge-aft...

In the rare times you do post the truth, or not some race-bait hate fest, nobody cares.

It's just when you show your true colours and call for things like segregation and genocide that normal human beings take issue.

I stay around here because I get exposed to ideas and ways of thinking that are rare to find on the open internet.

Most people would not sign their name to the crap posted here.

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Jasin Gold Member Offline Posts: 47418 Gender:	Re: Whirlpool is heavily moderated. Reply #62 - Jun 14^th, 2024 at 2:26pm Never been banned at Whirlpool. Though I've banned quite a few.
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Re: Whirlpool is heavily moderated.
Reply #63 - Jun 14^th, 2024 at 3:39pm

Bobby. wrote on Jun 14^th, 2024 at 1:45pm:

SadKangaroo wrote on Jun 14^th, 2024 at 12:36pm:

Bobby. wrote on Jun 14^th, 2024 at 12:01pm:

SadKangaroo wrote on Jun 14^th, 2024 at 11:52am:

And unlike here, they enforce their rules.

Whirlpool is only good for discussion of things like computer problems.

It depends. If you want a sanitised factual discussion, with no conspiracies, personal attacks or discrimination, or even jokes, then WP is great.

Most people here can't post within those guide rails though.

No - when it says -
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Given the potentially emotive nature of many of the threads created here,
it's worth reiterating – no racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, or hate-based discussions.

It implies that a topic cannot even be discussed because some
people may become emotional.
What's the point of having a forum then? -
is it just an echo chamber for woke idiots?

Could it be that Whirlpool is afraid of Govt laws around hate speech?
In that case are the moderators unpaid servants for Big Brother?
Is there a right to free speech in Australia?
Elon Musk refused to be censored by the Australian Govt.
and the case was dropped.

https://www.afr.com/technology/esafety-drops-case-against-musk-s-x-over-bishop-s...

Jun 5, 2024

Australia’s eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant has defended her decision to challenge Elon Musk’s X Corp in court after abandoning legal action over the billionaire’s refusal to take down footage of a stabbing at a Sydney church.

Ms Inman Grant said she had made a “strategic decision” to end the Federal Court proceedings, which sought penalties and a permanent injunction to force X to remove footage of bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel being attacked.

X owner Elon Musk has had a win in the Australian courts. Bloomberg

Mr Musk’s team called the decision “a victory for free speech” and the social media site had objected to the “global removal of content that does not violate X’s rules” claiming a win in a test case for the eSafety Commissioner’s powers.

“This case has raised important questions on how legal powers can be used to threaten global censorship of speech, and we are heartened to see that freedom of speech has prevailed,” X’s Global Government Affairs account posted.

The decision to issue the removal notices will now be examined by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT).

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Bobby. Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 103090 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Whirlpool is heavily moderated. Reply #64 - Jun 14^th, 2024 at 3:48pm I believe it's the moral duty of forums to allow everyone to have their say. If their arguments are false then they will brought down with logic not censorship.
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Re: Whirlpool is heavily moderated.
Reply #65 - Jun 14^th, 2024 at 3:52pm

Bobby. wrote on Jun 14^th, 2024 at 3:48pm:

I believe it's the moral duty of forums to allow everyone to have their say.

If their arguments are false then they will brought down with logic not censorship.

In theory, but you're assuming you're dealing with good-faith actors in a reasoned debate, which is rare in this place.

And the use of outright racial slurs serves no purpose other than to push racism, condoned by the entire mod team being unwilling to enforce the forum rules.

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Re: Whirlpool is heavily moderated.
Reply #66 - Jun 14^th, 2024 at 4:01pm

SadKangaroo wrote on Jun 14^th, 2024 at 3:52pm:

Bobby. wrote on Jun 14^th, 2024 at 3:48pm:

I believe it's the moral duty of forums to allow everyone to have their say.

If their arguments are false then they will brought down with logic not censorship.

In theory, but you're assuming you're dealing with good-faith actors in a reasoned debate, which is rare in this place.

And the use of outright racial slurs serves no purpose other than to push racism, condoned by the entire mod team being unwilling to enforce the forum rules.

There are 2 sides to this.
People use the term "racist" all to easily.

You can say - "I don't like mass, uncontrolled immigration"

and sure as hell - someone will say " you're a racist"

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Re: Whirlpool is heavily moderated.
Reply #67 - Jun 14^th, 2024 at 5:24pm

Bobby. wrote on Jun 14^th, 2024 at 4:01pm:

SadKangaroo wrote on Jun 14^th, 2024 at 3:52pm:

Bobby. wrote on Jun 14^th, 2024 at 3:48pm:

I believe it's the moral duty of forums to allow everyone to have their say.

If their arguments are false then they will brought down with logic not censorship.

In theory, but you're assuming you're dealing with good-faith actors in a reasoned debate, which is rare in this place.

And the use of outright racial slurs serves no purpose other than to push racism, condoned by the entire mod team being unwilling to enforce the forum rules.

There are 2 sides to this.
People use the term "racist" all to easily.

You can say - "I don't like mass, uncontrolled immigration"

and sure as hell - someone will say " you're a racist"

It's all about context.

I don't think anyone likes mass uncontrolled migration.

Which is why we don't have that.

And you can take issue with legal migration numbers too.

Where it starts to get problematic is when all problems get exclusively blamed on immigration or the individual immigrants to the exclusion of all other factors.

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John Smith Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 74247 Gender:	Re: Whirlpool is heavily moderated. Reply #68 - Jun 14^th, 2024 at 5:28pm Bobby. wrote on Jun 14^th, 2024 at 3:48pm: I believe it's the moral duty of forums to allow everyone to have their say. You idiot .... How many are banned or have been banned from your forum
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Re: Whirlpool is heavily moderated.
Reply #69 - Jun 14^th, 2024 at 5:36pm

SadKangaroo wrote on Jun 14^th, 2024 at 5:24pm:

Bobby. wrote on Jun 14^th, 2024 at 4:01pm:

SadKangaroo wrote on Jun 14^th, 2024 at 3:52pm:

Bobby. wrote on Jun 14^th, 2024 at 3:48pm:

I believe it's the moral duty of forums to allow everyone to have their say.

If their arguments are false then they will brought down with logic not censorship.

In theory, but you're assuming you're dealing with good-faith actors in a reasoned debate, which is rare in this place.

And the use of outright racial slurs serves no purpose other than to push racism, condoned by the entire mod team being unwilling to enforce the forum rules.

There are 2 sides to this.
People use the term "racist" all to easily.

You can say - "I don't like mass, uncontrolled immigration"

and sure as hell - someone will say " you're a racist"

It's all about context.

I don't think anyone likes mass uncontrolled migration.

Which is why we don't have that.

And you can take issue with legal migration numbers too.

Where it starts to get problematic is when all problems get exclusively blamed on immigration or the individual immigrants to the exclusion of all other factors.

That wasn't my point.

You get called a racist for almost anything these days.

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Re: Whirlpool is heavily moderated.
Reply #70 - Jun 14^th, 2024 at 5:37pm

John Smith wrote on Jun 14^th, 2024 at 5:28pm:

Bobby. wrote on Jun 14^th, 2024 at 3:48pm:

I believe it's the moral duty of forums to allow everyone to have their say.

You idiot .... How many are banned or have been banned from your forum Cheesy

You wouldn't last on Whirlpool.
All you do is go around calling everyone a moron or an idiot. Roll Eyes

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Re: Whirlpool is heavily moderated.
Reply #71 - Jun 14^th, 2024 at 6:35pm

Bobby. wrote on Jun 14^th, 2024 at 3:48pm:

I believe it's the moral duty of forums to allow everyone to have their say.

If their arguments are false then they will brought down with logic not censorship.

That's a bit silly Bobby. There are lots of forums with a very narrow target audience and subject matter. They can restrict discussion however they like, and doing so no doubt makes many forums more useful.

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Re: Whirlpool is heavily moderated.
Reply #72 - Jun 14^th, 2024 at 7:32pm

Bobby. wrote on Jun 14^th, 2024 at 5:36pm:

SadKangaroo wrote on Jun 14^th, 2024 at 5:24pm:

Bobby. wrote on Jun 14^th, 2024 at 4:01pm:

SadKangaroo wrote on Jun 14^th, 2024 at 3:52pm:

Bobby. wrote on Jun 14^th, 2024 at 3:48pm:

I believe it's the moral duty of forums to allow everyone to have their say.

If their arguments are false then they will brought down with logic not censorship.

In theory, but you're assuming you're dealing with good-faith actors in a reasoned debate, which is rare in this place.

And the use of outright racial slurs serves no purpose other than to push racism, condoned by the entire mod team being unwilling to enforce the forum rules.

There are 2 sides to this.
People use the term "racist" all to easily.

You can say - "I don't like mass, uncontrolled immigration"

and sure as hell - someone will say " you're a racist"

It's all about context.

I don't think anyone likes mass uncontrolled migration.

Which is why we don't have that.

And you can take issue with legal migration numbers too.

Where it starts to get problematic is when all problems get exclusively blamed on immigration or the individual immigrants to the exclusion of all other factors.

That wasn't my point.

You get called a racist for almost anything these days.

Don't let the experience here cloud your judgment.

For most people called racist here, they say and advocate for racist things.

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Re: Whirlpool is heavily moderated.
Reply #73 - Jun 14^th, 2024 at 7:55pm

Bobby. wrote on Jun 14^th, 2024 at 5:37pm:

John Smith wrote on Jun 14^th, 2024 at 5:28pm:

Bobby. wrote on Jun 14^th, 2024 at 3:48pm:

I believe it's the moral duty of forums to allow everyone to have their say.

You idiot .... How many are banned or have been banned from your forum Cheesy

You wouldn't last on Whirlpool.
All you do is go around calling everyone a moron or an idiot. Roll Eyes

Unlike you, I've never been banned at whirlpool.
Now answer the question, how many have you banned over the years?

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