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Deadpan links to satire sites considered harmful

The politics threads contain lots of comments that are single links to news articles. Also people post links to satirical sites like The Onion, which is fine by me. It seems to have become a thing to post the latter links as if they were real, though, with no prefatory "Satire:" or "Onion:" or what have you. I personally find this irritating, so I was wondering what the community consensus was. [more inside]
posted by dfan on Oct 23, 2012 - 45 comments

My job is not to worry about those threads

The Sarah Palin thread has been surpassed. this is now Metafilter's longest thread. Happy Election Season everyone!
posted by Artw on Oct 16, 2012 - 147 comments

Lies, Liars, and Politicians: Let the debates begin!

In previous election debates, we have occasionally had a thread where live-blogging the event happened. Those threads are often entertaining and informative, but I'm not sure it's something the mods want on the front page. In anticipation of tonight's debate, and the likely liveblogging thereupon, would it be better to create a metatalk or other off-blue thread for said event?
posted by dejah420 on Oct 3, 2012 - 108 comments

Linking to the Pope / leader of Southern Baptists = banhammer?

I know that MeFi avoids conflict, but is it entirely fair that MeFi has hosted numerous posts in the past about President Obama and Reverend Jeremiah Wright -- and many, many critical posts about The Church of Scientology -- but that starting a discussion about Mormonism and whether his faith could effect the Presidential election are off-limits? Is it possible for others to create a post that would point out similar official religious criticisms of Mormonism and their ramifications in this election without being similarly deleted?
posted by markkraft on Sep 10, 2012 - 81 comments

Quadrennial

I'm going to ask the moderators from other countries not to interfere with our discussion of American politics. It's more difficult for them to deal with this, because we can all get crazy every four years about this and we need to do that, and they need to let us get crazy about this. I'm not going to mention specific instances, but they exist. Please chill out about this. Things will get back to normal afterwards.
posted by twoleftfeet on Sep 6, 2012 - 338 comments

Sidebar box with links to open political threads?

Election season idea: could a small box get added to the sidebar highlighting the open politics threads, below The Deck ad and above the sidebar? An opt-out (or opt-in option) could also be available. [more inside]
posted by filthy light thief on Sep 5, 2012 - 26 comments

What are policies or custom in terms of posting to "MetaFilter" regarding some controversial political or cultural issue?

What are policies or custom in terms of posting to "MetaFilter" regarding some controversial political or cultural issue? [more inside]
posted by Jon44 on Jun 28, 2012 - 44 comments

What Was this Term In a Comment?

A few months ago there was an AskMe or MeFi comment that described a very specific term for when layoffs or pink slips are used to force a political agenda. I think the context was education. Can anyone remember the comment or term? Please forgive or delete this if it's misuse of MeTa. And thanks too!
posted by snsranch on May 30, 2012 - 13 comments

Fair Deletion?

This was an interestingly selective deletion on the askme Ron Paul thread, no? [more inside]
posted by The ____ of Justice on May 13, 2012 - 74 comments

Solving US Corruption post

Can't find old post on US corruption in politics.... [more inside]
posted by Stu-Pendous on Mar 6, 2012 - 4 comments

Blackout

Reddit will be blacked out for 12 hours on January 18th in protest against SOPA. Will Metafilter be doing similar?
posted by Artw on Jan 10, 2012 - 339 comments

Did you know there will be a whole year of political drama coming up?

Should we have a PoliticalFilter? [more inside]
posted by andreaazure on Sep 26, 2011 - 148 comments

Threats of political violence are not OK

Can we please not throw around implications of wanting to assassinate politicians? [more inside]
posted by tocts on Aug 14, 2011 - 203 comments

A mixed blessing, perhaps

Apart from the 'Obama proposes cuts to SS' thread around the start of the month, there hasn't been much in the way of current-event political threads recently, despite a lot of stuff happening around the world (budget crisis in the U.S., and Murdoch in the U.K.) It seems to me that news has occurred in both of these cases which could be thread worthy, and since I usually value political discussion I've been missing their presence on the front page. Have they been made, and then deleted, or is there some sort of sub-conscious urge not to discuss politics right now? [more inside]
posted by codacorolla on Jul 19, 2011 - 102 comments

Be a beacon (just don't talk about what you're a beacon for)

An otherwise great post (thanks, Slarty Bartfast) is appended with the following:
I am hoping we will not debate here whether "Everything but Marriage" is really marriage equality. I am hoping we will learn about and admire the efforts of those heroes who suffered and fought so that we can all be free someday.
I was going to respond in the thread to this, but I thought MetaTalk would be a better place. It seems like a bad idea to me to preemptively tell people how to discuss political activism (or any topic on Metafilter, really...). "Learning" and "admiring" are not discussion (although they can arise from discussion). I appreciate the desire to see a FPP discussion go well, but basically telling people not to engage with one another seems bad style. Is there some kind of posting etiquette about this? I figured others might have the same response as me, so to avoid totally derailing the thread, we can discuss here.
posted by Philosopher Dirtbike on Jul 5, 2011 - 38 comments

Political survey, now with two dimensions.

MetaFilter "Political Compass" Survey, 2011 Edition [more inside]
posted by Salvor Hardin on May 5, 2011 - 201 comments

Metafilter not Me-Tea(party)Filter

Between Miller, O'Donnell, Aqua Buddah, and Ginny Thomas it seems like a politics filter orgy. Much like Sarah Palin, if we pick up every gossip item we could fpp each hour on this. Perhaps we can agree to take a break. [more inside]
posted by humanfont on Oct 20, 2010 - 291 comments

Goodbye, Cruel Thread

Protip: When one says one is leaving the thread, one should probably leave it.
posted by empath on Sep 30, 2010 - 418 comments

Looking for a MeFi comment

I remember reading a comment on why the standard recommendation of "voting with your wallet" if you want to see political and/or economic change is bad/bullshit/bogus (in the opinion of the poster). My MeFi-fu is failing me. Please help? [more inside]
posted by gakiko on Sep 28, 2010 - 37 comments

Hamburgering RASSMUSSEN opinion poll data

The bias problems with Rassmussen have been discussed and mocked by the lefty blogosphere for years. This year, after an article in Politico, there seems to be a growing consensus among the MSM punditocracy that unless there are polls by other firms that can confirm Rassmussen's data; you shouldn't use them as your primary source for opinion polling. [more inside]
posted by liza on Aug 1, 2010 - 75 comments

the politics of consumption

Thank you for injecting your politics into my simple question [more inside]
posted by TheOtherSide on Feb 1, 2010 - 3 comments

Woah

This post turned into a clusterf*** of individual stereotyping and talking about the education levels of posters' kids (negatively). Let me just say: woah. [more inside]
posted by jock@law on Jan 7, 2010 - 949 comments

Putting some money where are tears are.

Fundraising in the wake of the NY gay marriage vote [more inside]
posted by Theta States on Dec 3, 2009 - 73 comments

Elevating the level of discourse

Why are comments like this and this not deemed totally unacceptable?
posted by Autarky on Jul 3, 2009 - 515 comments

Also On: PoliticalFilter

Could PoliticalFilter be added to the list of "Also On:" services on the profile page?
posted by homunculus on Jan 18, 2009 - 9 comments

Exciting Canadian politics? Did I hear that right?

Vancouver NDP-Liberal coalition rally meetup? (Thursday Dec 4, 6pm, Canada Place) I'm wondering if any mefites want to join me at the pro-coalition rally on Thursday. Maybe beers afterwards as well?
posted by rhinny on Dec 2, 2008 - 14 comments

Let's give this another go, Denver!

Last-Minute Denver meetup?! 7(ish) PM tonight, Baker District. [more inside]
posted by lonefrontranger on Nov 4, 2008 - 4 comments

mathowie on the vote!

mathowie's opinion on the nerd vote has been posted over at boingboing.fyi.
posted by dr. moot on Oct 24, 2008 - 96 comments

The First Great Canadian Biennial Metafilter Election Contest

There is an election happening in the Great White North too. Post your election predictions here in this thread. [more inside]
posted by angrybeaver on Oct 4, 2008 - 66 comments

The 2008 MetaFilter election prediction contest

If there's one thing MeFites love more than Sarah Palin discussions, it's smug senses of superiority. Get yours in the 2008 MetaFilter election prediction contest. [more inside]
posted by gsteff on Oct 2, 2008 - 222 comments

Must we get all political?

Must we have questions like this? It comes across as "We're all smart grownups here, and, of course, all smart grownups know that Bush SUCKS! Help me convince my poor, stupid, brainwashed friend that I'm right, which we all know I am." [more inside]
posted by Autarky on Sep 14, 2008 - 33 comments

MeFites for Obama

Did you know there's a Mefites for Obama group? [more inside]
posted by one_bean on Sep 14, 2008 - 11 comments

If you're gay and in the military you get what you deserve, huh?

This comment in an AskMe thread posted by a gay veteran wanting suggestions for how to convince his military friends of the importance of considering gay issues in the coming election may not break the guidelines, but it's incredibly wrong-headed and I wanted to take issue with it here.
posted by orange swan on Sep 5, 2008 - 82 comments

AskPolitics

Is it desirable for AskMe to become a surrogate form of PoliticalFilter? [more inside]
posted by Class Goat on Sep 4, 2008 - 35 comments

pre-empting Obamaveepfilter

Obama is expected to announce his VP choice tomorrow via text message to the masses. Dozens, or perhaps hundreds, even thousands, of mefites will be notified of the selection all at the very same instant. Several of them may want to make the first crappy post on the subject. Shall we let this happen? [more inside]
posted by gauchodaspampas on Aug 22, 2008 - 231 comments

Amazed at no FPP on McCain's epic gaff

You know, I get as sick as anybody over every minor story about the U.S. presidential election getting posted to the Blue, and I know the mods are trying to keep the quality of posts up, but it [i]still[/i] surprised me to go there tonight and find NO DISCUSSION of what history could very well define as THE important turning point in this election: John McCain's not knowing how many houses he owns. This on the heels of his definition of $5 million as defining "rich". Could no one draft a decent FPP about it, or has it been decided that this story isn't going on the Blue no matter what? If so, one has to wonder: why?
posted by spock on Aug 21, 2008 - 321 comments

Mission Accomplished

Is there a point to this other than to encourage a pissfest?
posted by Krrrlson on May 18, 2008 - 145 comments

Subsite For the Election?

election08.metafilter.com ? [more inside]
posted by cell divide on Feb 21, 2008 - 92 comments

When is Enough Enough?

Should I have learned a lesson from this? [more inside]
posted by timsteil on Feb 19, 2008 - 42 comments

Fears for Obama's safety not a reasonable topic?

This post which raised the issue of fears among some in the African-American electorate that Barack Obama would not be safe as president. The thread was shut down for reasons of WTF. Not exactly sure what the problem was, and I was disappointed, as I had recently heard about this and was hoping the thread would shed some light on the issue. This NYT article would be a good starting point for discussion.
posted by flotson on Jan 6, 2008 - 47 comments

Iowa!

Prognosticate for me, Mefites: what are your best guesses for the results of the Iowa Caucus? [more inside]
posted by orthogonality on Dec 30, 2007 - 59 comments

What will the Bhutto assassination mean for the future stability of Metafilter?

Yeah, assassinations are hard to be unemotional about, but can we start acting reasonable? [more inside]
posted by Weebot on Dec 27, 2007 - 261 comments

Poorly constructed or blatantly inaccurate.

I have a problem with people making posts here that are blatantly inaccurate just for the sake of making a political point. [more inside]
posted by puke & cry on Dec 20, 2007 - 80 comments

No more Ron Paul, please

Policy regarding political fundraising, campaigning or other support sites for Ron Paul? [more inside]
posted by Blazecock Pileon on Nov 25, 2007 - 81 comments

The Australian Election Thread

Jimbob said "Yeah, keep this thread running. May it serve as an example to all the American politics nuts who insist on starting a new post every time Hillary takes a shit." And so that's just what we did. In an example of how I think Metafilter can do politics well, the Australian Politics thread, which started on October 14 (the date the election was called, which is not the first day of the campaign), ran for 30 days straight and (at time of writing) had amassed almost 600 comments. But as is the norm for an FPP after 30 days on the Blue, it's about to be closed so discussion has moved over to Thread #2, by wilful, to get us through to election day. An index of the first thread is inside, as well as kudos for those involved (because I think they deserve it). [more inside]
posted by Effigy2000 on Nov 11, 2007 - 65 comments

True to form

True to form, this post could use a little balance. [more inside]
posted by four panels on Oct 12, 2007 - 85 comments

Suspicious minds

Maybe I'm being paranoid... [more inside]
posted by tkchrist on Sep 26, 2007 - 169 comments

Over the Line

This deletion of a post on Christians United for Israel was way over the line. We leave in a Lindsay Lohan linkfest, but we take down a newsworthy post about how people who happily look forward to Armageddon are influencing our country's foreign policy. Max Blumenthal may be an arrogant documentary film-maker, but the footage is still important.
posted by jonp72 on Jul 26, 2007 - 203 comments

Religious / Political Threads Largely Repetitive

MetaFilter discussions about religion and politics tend to have comments which are basically the same as other MetaFilter discussions about religion and politics.
posted by Bugbread on May 7, 2007 - 89 comments

“Confusion is an often too subtle sign of paranoia.”

Upon reading some responses in the "Shooty" post, I have a basic question that has started to bother me and I hope it is appropriate to post here. Why, when there is debate sparked over anything in general, does it seem to always point to Republican/Democrat, Race or Income? More inside:
posted by ForeverDcember on Apr 24, 2007 - 74 comments

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