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[GenuineRisk]

Originally Posted by Dahoss

Yeah because people telling others they are morons for the way they view the world is so much better.

Seems pretty hypocritical to judge one, yet beg for the other back.

What I was saying was that I didn't understand why one room was banned for behavior that was tacitly accepted and even encouraged in the other room. That seems like a double standard. Especially when things had been better in the Politics Room recently anyway.

You're right that people will spend a lot of time at a site for awhile and then move on, or not post as much; I see it at the political blogs I like to visit.

Politics as a subject gets people riled up because everyone thinks they are an expert in it and, for whatever reason, people take having their opinion challenged personally. But because people feels secure that they KNOW what is right, they feel confident posting their opinion. In horse racing, you're pretty clearly and quickly proved right or wrong. The horse you like wins or doesn't. So there's not as much room to argue your position from an emotional standpoint. I love the way Jay Cronley defines value, for instance: "A horse that loses at a nice price." Heh.

And it's not even that being wrong about a pick is bad; it's how people would express it. People would pose an opinion and get shot down, without any attempt to explain why their thoughts on a horse might be faulty. Well, thanks, I'm sure it makes FillintheBlank poster feel better about himself to tell me I'm a dumb c*nt because I like Lawyer Ron (RIP), but it doesn't help me become a better handicapper if said poster doesn't explain why he disagrees. And I'm not interested in FillintheBlank's self-confidence issues; I'm interested in becoming a better handicapper. Whether or not a horse is good has nothing to do with how I view the world; it's based entirely in what he's done. That's something that can be discussed intelligently without calling me or anyone else a dumb c*nt.

And don't get me started on the cryptic "I'm going to tell you you are totally wrong about such-and-such, because I know someone who knows someone who told me what's really going on, but I'm not going to tell you the truth because it's all very secret. But it's very important I still point out you're wrong and that I know something you don't know because I have all the emotional maturity and social acumen of a teenage girl." Yeesh. That, at least, was something you never saw in the Politics Room!