thejackal
Throbbing Member
No one's winning an argument here.
The same four or five people are posting repeatedly and they've not yet once got the 'other side' to agree. It's like the mini-Brexit thread du jour. The IDF aren't going to pull out of the Gaza Strip because some bloke on a football site asks them nicely nor is anyone going to win the internet.
As stated before, if there's name calling and bullying going on it needs to be reported.
However, dismissing a source is entirely valid. Almost the whole board seem to be doing this on the Barton thread to almost unanimous approval.
I completely agree with your first 3 statements. There are some things that some people are never going to agree on and, very obviously, this board can only influence the minds of the Brighton fans that frequent it.
However, I do think it's a bit lazy to dismiss sources based solely on personal bias. The whole point of a discussion board is an exchange of ideas. If someone refuses to listen to opposing ideas because they don't like who's presenting them, or they disagree with positions that source may have taken on other issues in the past, then why are they even posting on the thread?
I get my news from many sources from all over the world, both mainstream & independent. It doesn't mean I approve of what they all say but I don't dismiss them out of hand without reading them because I don't like what they've said in the past.
I haven't got the time to read all 22 pages of the Joey Barton thread but I'm not sure this is quite the same thing. Doubtless most people on here regard Joey Barton as a berk, on that we can agree too.