Here you go, Deacon.

Safe space to post your deleted thread.

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Why is it so difficult to post that shit in Politics? Why the desire to piss all over the board when the majority of membership doesn't want this stuff?

Have you not noticed how many guys no longer post here and how many of us post much less frequently? Do you think there might be a cause and effect?

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

Hey easy pal.

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Yes.

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

First, I'll tell you my thinking on the particular topics you linked:

1) This is a Chicago-based message board. Lori Lightfoot is the mayor of Chicago. The thread is mainly about her coronavirus policies and how they affect all of us that live here. Is it "political"? I guess it is in that she's a politician, but it's not really a thread that has spiraled into the kind of annoying partisan squabbling that was the basis for the creation of the Politics section in the first place.

2) Obviously there are political elements to this one, but it's really about the media and censorship.

3) This one is about the most popular coach in Chicago Bears history, albeit about him weighing in on a politcial matter. But if we're going to move this to Politics, maybe the whole board should be moved to Politics.

With all of that said, I will make an offer. And you being who you are I am sure Seacrest will have zero issue with this. You are a stalwart poster of this board, a very reasonable person, and quite well-liked. If you would like to take over moderation and making these decisions, you're welcome to give it a shot. I think you'll quickly see what a royal pain in the balls some guys are, if you didn't know already.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

Deacon is just like all the other dorks trying to inject politics in sports. GET YOUR DIRTY HANDS OFF MY ENTERTAINMENT!

I think the issue is a lot bigger than one guy.

But I will say that whoever Deacon Blues is, he's been around since 2006. He certainly understands the board's culture. When he decided to post what was obviously a purely political topic on the main board rather than in the Political Section, I deleted it. So what did he do? He immediately reposted it. Anyone who thinks that makes him a hero rather than a jerkoff purposely trying to piss on the board or to antagonize those of us performing very limited moderation of the board can fuck right off.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

People stop posting for a lot of reasons. Political posts seem to always be at the top of the list. When I hid the politics section to appease many of our long time and respected members, non political posts didn't increase. MANY who complained about political posts dominating "view active topics" were camped out in the hidden politics section. I would literally move any thread that became political, but it didn't change the participation rate for those posters who frequently/rightly complained. Just proves that you should get commitments before make changes.

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Be well

GO BEARS!!!

Hell, no. That's a thankless job.

I was just trying to show that there are multiple threads that could be put in politics.

I was hoping you would be the one Matt.

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Some people are afraid their post won't get noticed in Politics. It's just like people who post *sigh* on Facebook. They are just looking for attention. It's sad really.

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I was going to put him to work immediately and tell me how to post a damn avatar that fits the parameters.

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And some people are afraid they won't get noticed so they criticize. They need attention too. Just like SJW types all over twitter..

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The board was able to breathe for the first time in years.

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Or could it be that Liberal bashing is much more agreeable than Conservative bashing?

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Yup. Basically what it boils down to

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

Unfortunately this. Imo.

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There are only two examples of infinity: The universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the universe.

Hawaii You is afraid to post, and yet his oral diarrhea is everywhere. Imagine if he wasn’t afraid...

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Hawaii (fuck) You

If that were the case 99% of your posts would be moved to Politics.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

don't say that word "case" right now. So triggering.

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Happened to speak with Ricketts for a few minutes last night at the Chicago Sports Hall of Fame 2022 Induction ceremony. It was more of a threeway ( ) with a guy who is involved with the Nascar race coming to Lake Shore Drive. Ricketts mentioned that he stayed in a villa overseeing the Miami Grand Prix race earlier this year, and complained about the cost: "I'm a one-percenter and even I thought it was outrageous." Nice that he is embracing his silver spoon status.

As for the ceremony, the best speech was former Bear Dan Neal. Urlacher was kind of a let-down, though somewhat expected as he was never a great communicator. His best line joked about all of the Restore billboards on the Tri-State.

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There was a piece on channel 11 years back about Urlacher pre lawsuit(s) days. It was memorable how unpretentious he was. Everybody knew him at Target where he bought his many boxes of cereal he ate for even supper a lot. I got to believe the lawsuit(s) years took their toll. She was hitting the festivals here much afterwards and definitely turning some heads.

I'm hoping Rickets has a hunger to win which is up for debate. Not a fan of his organizational cup half full bs mandated.

Dan Neal is an under appreciated Bear great lineman rarely mentioned except by his ex teammates.

Dan Neal was average at best. And really a scrub. Probably couldn't hold Noah Jackson's jock.

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There are only two examples of infinity: The universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the universe.

Here was Neal (2:46:36): https://youtu.be/fGBAR3VcrRw?t=9996

(His reference at the start was Marcus Allen, who was inducted but did not show up, and whose video tribute malfunctioned.)

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Dan Neal is the only ex Mike Ditka player to coach under him if I remember correctly.

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