Subject: political Thoughts of Deepness

Date: Wed Jul 20 10:16:38 2022
User: MrFixit
Message:
My quotes are for the most part about 30 years old. And yes there are some vaguely political ones in there. Let me know when you see something genuinely contentious and I'll scrub it. I still think recent Clinton one is funny tho. And I like the one where Stephanopolous says "the president has kept all the promises he intended to keep."

Date: Wed Jul 20 13:10:53 2022
User: ddoss
Message:
Personally I like most of the quotes you use and I don't mind if you keep them all. Most of the political quotes are generic enough and funny enough to make most people at least smile, which is good. Remember, you won't be able to satisfy all the people all the time. There are people with very thin skins that will complain about just every thing. Your policy about no political discussions on the Discussion Board is right, just leave the daily quotes alone.

Date: Wed Jul 20 13:37:15 2022
User: MrFixit
Message:
Thanks. Yeah, I don't think most of those are even really political at all even if they deal with a politician.

Date: Wed Jul 20 14:51:47 2022
User: wcwally
Message:
I agree with MrFixit and ddoss. Quotes from years gone by are good humor, really non-political in comparison to today's politics, and if you don't remember history, you're bound to repeat it. The quotes are a part of history.

Date: Thu Jul 21 03:55:10 2022
User: MeJ53
Message:
I think it's virtually impossible to always be "politically correct"! I know this is a game site & not a government organization or NFP or whatever. I'm happy for quotes to stay because they are always short & take a few seconds to read. I quite happily ignore the ones I don't like.

Date: Thu Jul 21 08:34:57 2022
User: evilgal
Message:
I have never posted to any of the discussions, but I'm inspired to weigh in this time in defense of what you're defining as political quotes. I'm happy to be in the company of reasonable people who appreciate and want to keep them. Please do. Sometimes they make you smile - a good thing. Sometimes they make you think - even better!

Date: Thu Jul 21 09:55:18 2022
User: rarefunk
Message:
I'm all for keeping political jokes. Newer ones are welcome to me. We all have to develop our ability to laugh at our own political views. Life is brighter if we can laugh at ourselves. That's true whether you march with the red team or the blue team -- or somewhere offsides, which is where I am [usually laughing at them both].

Date: Thu Jul 21 10:51:04 2022
User: outskirts
Message:
"I'm a very stable genius."

Date: Thu Jul 21 11:11:16 2022
User: MrFixit
Message:
MeJ53 - now let me get this straight. You just ignore and move on?!?! Wow, it would have never occurred to me.

Date: Thu Jul 21 14:16:23 2022
User: JackStraw
Message:
Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of congress , but I repeat myself. Mark Twain Politicians and diapers must be changed often, and for the same reason. Mark Twain

Date: Thu Jul 21 14:32:56 2022
User: MrFixit
Message:
Had that first Twain. Added the 2nd.

Date: Thu Jul 21 15:00:26 2022
User: 2323james
Message:
Didn't realize you were picking up the quotes from the frequent few to the discussion board. Laugh a little, cry a little and then fuel the addiction!! I've quit coffee more times over the years than stopped playing. Just sayin'

Date: Thu Jul 21 18:18:57 2022
User: windriven
Message:
Keep the political quotes. Many of the reasons why have been covered by other commenters. One I haven't seen elsewhere is simple: if someone is so wound up that they can't find humor in a mild joke at their expense they have much deeper problems than scrubbing a game site's intro page will solve. And three cheers, four maybe, for evilgal's comment. Thinking is such a lost art.