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SpankMe

(2,978 posts) Mon Apr 29, 2024, 02:58 PM Apr 29

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I'm getting super fed up with Israel/Palestine posts here [View all]

There are too many of them and every single one devolves into snarky, cynical, ad hominem bullshit attacks and willful, malicious misattribution of posters' statements. The shit starts flying around the third post in the thread and the thread goes on forever with nothing but stubborn assholes yelling past each other.

I'd like it to stop. I don't recall any other topic this divisive on DU. I wish there was a bot or some AI I could use to hide any Israel/Palestine post before it hits my home page.

We all know where we stand on the issue, and I don't think anyone's mind is being changed when they're being called Hamas-enablers on one side, or Israeli genocidal maniacs on the other.

Just stop. Please.

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I'm getting super fed up with Israel/Palestine posts here [View all] SpankMe Apr 29 OP

Agree. MOMFUDSKI Apr 29 #1

Agreed atreides1 Apr 29 #2

It has its own forum TxGuitar Apr 29 #3

"I don't recall any other topic this divisive on DU" speak easy Apr 29 #4

don't forget Hillary v. Obama in 2008 lapfog_1 Apr 29 #27

"we have a rule against relitigating it." brooklynite Apr 29 #35

Why not claudette Apr 29 #5

I do that too senseandsensibility Apr 29 #48

LOL claudette Apr 29 #65

There's actually an Israel/Palestine forum. shrike3 Apr 29 #6

used to b strictly enforced, except when there was major news. mopinko Apr 29 #8

Well, there's this news story that keeps coming up..... brooklynite Apr 29 #36

That's about it. Igel Apr 29 #44

And, then October 7 happend. . and it was allowed in GD. Cha Apr 29 #55

Not a good decision, if you ask me. But I just trashed all threads mentioning Gaza, Israel, Palestine, Hamas shrike3 Apr 29 #57

Yes the Trash Option is Priceless. Cha Apr 29 #58

I think you can trash cilla4progress Apr 29 #7

If you go into the "My DU" tab sarisataka Apr 29 #9

Came to say it. Good luck OP. mahina Apr 29 #11

"past each other ". Tetrachloride Apr 29 #10

Which is why I rarely even read them, let alone try to contribute to them. Ocelot II Apr 29 #12

Agree. Why torture you self if it bothers you that much. Just don't read them.. easy peasy...nt mitch96 Apr 29 #19

"stubborn assholes yelling past each other." Kaleva Apr 29 #13

Agreed, it's past time for these to be relegated back to the Israel/Palestine forum. intheflow Apr 29 #14

Just skip over them. It's easy. MineralMan Apr 29 #15

As long as you have been here you should know that it's easy to never see an Autumn Apr 29 #16

Seeing them isn't the issue. edisdead Apr 29 #20

I'm going to disagree with you, Autumn Violet_Crumble Apr 30 #83

If it's not I/P it's something else. That's the nature of the beast. We are all adults, we can make Autumn Apr 30 #94

EarlG posted earlier saying it'd stay in GD for now Violet_Crumble May 1 #116

I remember when most of what you are referring to was designed to be JohnSJ Apr 29 #17

One of the main points of the entire thing edisdead Apr 29 #18

I strongly suspect you're right about that... Think. Again. Apr 29 #33

people are missing the OP's point. edisdead Apr 29 #21

No one is missing the OPS point. The OP is sick of people arguing about a war that is Autumn Apr 29 #22

Well said. Think. Again. Apr 29 #34

Thank you. Big Blue Marble Apr 29 #37

But there is an Israel/Palestine group. shrike3 Apr 29 #46

Yes there is. Has always been. However they have been allowed in GD if there is Autumn Apr 29 #51

Actually, I read quite a while ago that Israel/Palestine posts should not be in GD. shrike3 Apr 29 #53

Was that announced by an admin? I've seen nothing in Announcements about it. Autumn Apr 29 #56

On the contrary. It is the OP who is missing that this isn't a DU problem FBaggins Apr 29 #54

What is the point? claudette Apr 29 #67

I hate being forced to click on and read stuff. nt LexVegas Apr 29 #23

Seriously Arthur_Frain Apr 29 #24

Diplomacy is a high level skill. Frasier Balzov Apr 29 #25

I've tapped out Sympthsical Apr 29 #26

I'm going to start Trashing threads. Talitha Apr 29 #28

I did that with Covid BannonsLiver Apr 29 #31

Auto-trash by keyword is more efficient. Crunchy Frog May 1 #108

Yes, I used the Trash Can option... sorry, I should have been more specific. Talitha May 1 #122

I posted something similar a few months ago. Moderators zapped it. I just asked for people to be civil. twodogsbarking Apr 29 #29

There seems to be an inordinate amount of useless ugliness Torchlight Apr 29 #30

Amen Stuckinthebush Apr 29 #32

Babs Bush enid602 Apr 29 #38

Arguments on DU aren't helping anyone who's starving. shrike3 Apr 29 #47

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