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Archie
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Decware Forum Censured!
07/29/20 at 17:05:47
 
While I didn't agree with all of the content or tone of the recent "Weed" thread, The complete removal/censorship of the thread is obnoxious.

Way to go Big Tech (sorry Steve, your Forum, your rules but still not ok).

Angry Tongue Angry
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Reply #1 - 07/29/20 at 17:32:04
 
Agreed.

The ban/delete/cancel nature of it is no different than the Google, Facebook, etc. of the world.....and we know who and what their operators are.

1 thread in how many? Really?

Looks like the loud minority won......those if you who ran to admin, we know one for a fact, you know who and what you are......and for that reason alone I want nothing to do with you ---- dont ever respond to me in any thread from this point onward, I reject your help. I expect that this is loud and clear. That goes to any of the other closet socialists on this board.

Good on you Arch for posting what you did. Now lets find out if this thread gets canceled, the evidence will be as it will.
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Reply #2 - 07/29/20 at 17:36:26
 
Audio, soundstage, tubes.  Why?

There, now this is an audio thread!  lol   Cool
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Reply #3 - 07/29/20 at 17:37:27
 
LOL
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Reply #4 - 07/29/20 at 18:28:28
 
Hey Piezo...’no different than google,Facebook’?....we have you liberals in Canada..we call them delusional.i was watching that whole post and your all the same.
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Reply #5 - 07/29/20 at 18:33:20
 

Sorry about removing the thread.  I had no intension of removing it -- despite the golden rule of this forum being no political discussions.

I fully planned to let it go because everyone is under a lot of stress this year and a little venting never hurts but when it degenerates to the point that it did it doesn't need to be here. Politics divide people. Hobbies bring people together.  Lots of other places on the internet to argue about politics.  

BTW, no-one has contacted me about the thread.  I watched it start to develop, took a few days off and my wife read it and suggested I delete it.
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Reply #6 - 07/29/20 at 18:33:29
 
Notice how Facebook is always capitalized?
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Reply #7 - 07/29/20 at 18:34:55
 
I know doctors,there’s no reason for stress.this is a psyops.

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Reply #8 - 07/29/20 at 18:43:49
 
I appreciate what you're saying Steve. And good on you for preferring that thread be left as is. That shows you are a responsible American. I respect you for that!

But for me, I'd morethan rather not obtain input or help from anyone who is furthering the destruction of this country. In their dystopic world, there wont be freedom of a job or listening to anything but propaganda.

Your governor, as well as mine [PA] are tyrants who have directly affected our lives. Look at what your has done to you and small business owners around you, as your're well aware.

As a devoted libertarian [ with some hard conservatism ], I reject those who will support the further destruction which will be done on steriods, if their Biden is elected.

I for one LOVE finding out who is really who. Its critical
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Reply #9 - 07/29/20 at 18:43:57
 
piezo

You are a virus you have attached yourself to a   healthly host (this forum) and now you are trying to kill it.

In all my years reading this forum I never once thought about the politics of the members and did not care. I looked at all the members of this forum
as Decware tube family.

 How can we continue to have an effective sustainable forum if the forum members are divided and do not want help each other.

In the short time you have been posting to this forum you have created a negative environment that is destructive to the purpose of this forum.

I would guess 99 % of the members on this forum do not want to discuss politics. We want what we always had (until you showed up ) a place to discuss help and learn from each other as a audio community.

Are you that dense or self centered that you don't get that. Go peddle your hate elsewhere this is an audio site.

That thread should have been removed and your damn lucky you have not been banned outright.
your type always feels the world should revolve around what you want.
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Reply #10 - 07/29/20 at 18:47:15
 
You talk out of one side of your mouth, 57, then you support the anarchy out on the streets.

Dont play the forum, 57, you are not of the ilk.
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Reply #11 - 07/29/20 at 18:50:41
 
Hey 57, I support the,United States Constitution as an originalist. Your kind are progressives [marxists if anarchist] who iteravely move past the Constitution and want it replaced with a socialist dystopia.

In your socialist dystopia, the final goal of the anarchists burning our cities that you  yourself said is the "future of america".

You anarcists win, there will be no Decware!
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Reply #12 - 07/29/20 at 18:53:39
 
Hey boka, my dad is bigger than your dad.  Naa, naa, na nana!   Grin
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Reply #13 - 07/29/20 at 19:01:46
 
piezo

You are the hypocrite ! If anarchy is a a state of disorder due to absence or nonrecognition of authority. You are the anarchist on this forum anyway.

For the record I do not support anarchy but I do support all the peaceful protesters who are trying to make our society better and more just.

I do not want a socialist dystopia
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Reply #14 - 07/29/20 at 19:06:28
 
Kindly remove the CIA from Canada...and you think you have problems?,,we’re up to 32 genders and bowing on one knee...brainwashed Canada is being thrived by the trillions,yea you got problems.
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Reply #15 - 07/29/20 at 19:07:12
 
bokat,

But you do seem to be for silencing views/opinions that you do not share.  Or am I not reading your posts correctly?
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Reply #16 - 07/29/20 at 19:07:31
 
NSA=Theived is Thrived.
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Reply #17 - 07/29/20 at 19:10:50
 
I know this is off topic on an audio forum but,I figured out it’s my amperex that’s snagging my bluesound tick tick clock.
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Reply #18 - 07/29/20 at 19:12:34
 
Why is it that I feel like I'm caught in a never ending loop of the movies Groundhog Day vs. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest? Hmm....thought a little humor might help😁.

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Reply #19 - 07/29/20 at 19:26:42
 
Good one HK, lol
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Reply #20 - 07/29/20 at 19:31:24
 
Hey 57, WHAT PEACE IS THERE ON THE STREETS? Your constituents are burning down cities, raping and murdering.

Stop lying to me and the forum.
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Reply #21 - 07/29/20 at 19:46:21
 
Uh Oh..Steve I think you just inadvertently started another political thread.
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Reply #22 - 07/29/20 at 19:50:20
 
Maybe there ought to be a safe-space ( Wink) thread for off audio topics?  Of course, with a Twitter like warning for dangerous content?   Roll Eyes
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Reply #23 - 07/29/20 at 20:16:50
 
Great idea Arch!

A subforum, maybe call it "Off Topic" and child forums within it, one for Politics, etc.

Steve, what do you think?
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Reply #24 - 07/29/20 at 20:27:26
 
Child forums?...yeah just like in Canada..low Iq pedophiles.they all going to prison.
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Reply #25 - 07/29/20 at 20:49:12
 
Seems to me, since this is an audio forum mostly related to Decware and its' products and users, political posts should be posted on some political forum. Not on an audio forum where, obviously, most of the participants are not interested in political discussions. Just sayin'
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Reply #26 - 07/29/20 at 20:57:35
 
That's true lazb but I remember threads and posts by Steve were cars and putting bullets through Apple products were discussed!  And there was one thread where Donnie suggested a "cage match" to settle a heated debate.  It's hard to stay pure and not stray!   Cheesy
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Reply #27 - 07/29/20 at 20:59:01
 
You guys can all hang out and argue down in the "Sewer"!

Thank you for letting me name your new hang out.
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Reply #28 - 07/29/20 at 21:40:39
 
I stand for the United States Constiution as an originalist, not part of any sewer. The blank up mal-educated progressives sbd theur marxist brethren who hate traditionalist America is the sewer, and an existential threat to this country and western civilization.

These aholes have their way, there will be no Decware.

That is not a joke.
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Reply #29 - 07/29/20 at 22:11:23
 
I can see where the strident tone of some posts can turn off people but the underlying sentiment is valid, IMO.  Whether or not these issues should be discussed openly on this Forum is another question and I'd argue that, in general, they shouldn't.  But they are bound to come up, one way or another, from time to time and to sort of brush them off as not worthy of consideration (sewer subjects) will lose you your liberty and country.
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Reply #30 - 07/29/20 at 22:29:52
 
I'll push the reset button--

Everyone on this forum agrees on one thing:  Decware tube amps sound magnificent.

I'll be enjoying one extra stout in a frosty mug later this evening while I listen to Steely Dan's Countdown to ecstasy and Humble Pie's Greatest Hits on vinyl.
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Reply #31 - 07/30/20 at 00:25:11
 
Thank you for the reset. While I want to be an informed and participating citizen, Decware is not where I come for that. I don’t visit this forum daily for the news or politics. In fact, it is quite the opposite. I am reminded of our common humanity and aesthetic appreciation when discussions abound of music and how to enjoy it. I sincerely hope that the general tone of this forum doesn’t change. There are too few places where “zen” may be found.
Thank you, Jon.
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Reply #32 - 07/30/20 at 00:32:48
 
Well said Jon. Thanks.
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Reply #33 - 07/30/20 at 00:34:12
 
Archie has a great idea. Create a sub portion of the forum where other things can be discussed. As he said, issues come up from time to time.

No problem. You dont need to enter into it, so no way to be bothered, no need to be afraid.

So, Steve......what do you think?
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Reply #34 - 07/30/20 at 01:12:49
 
See that you give these malcontents from the lunatic fringe an inch they are going to try to take a mile.

Please do not change the forum. We are happy the way it is. Why should it be changed because one person in particular wants to infect this forum with his garbage.

If anybody wants to obsess over politics there are many sites on the web where they could do that.
Why do they want to do it here ? What is their motive ?  
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Reply #35 - 07/30/20 at 01:18:31
 
Hey 57, you got one real big mouth.

Someone said something very stupid and so there was blowback from several of us. Speaking for myself, I am a strict Constitionalist and know it is a threat to our God-given natural rights, in that case the 2nd Amendment. You're not intetested in the preservation of this country, you want it changed because you hate ".....old white greedy people" . It is you who is full of hate, you support the crap on the streets " because we deserve it.....". You are a threat to individualism, capitalism, and the American Way.

No garbage there. Get off my lawn.
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Reply #36 - 07/30/20 at 01:47:39
 
piezo

You are beginning to sound like a broken record. Do you not have anything else to state other then this far right fringe talking points.

It seems all you can do is keep regurgitating the same 5-6 thought processes.

I will tell something else I am an American just like you I just don't believe the same things you do.

You really do not know what I think but I can tell you this I am a lot closer to the middle then you are.

You are out there.
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Reply #37 - 07/30/20 at 01:54:47
 
57, I reguritated part of your illness as you stated it.

You are not a centrist, you're a progressive insurgent.

Get off my lawn.
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Reply #38 - 07/30/20 at 02:11:21
 
Piezo

I did not state I was a centrist I merely stated I was closer then you to the center.

There you go again misstating and distorting but I would expect no less from one from the land of alternative facts.
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Reply #39 - 07/30/20 at 02:32:27
 
I made the mistake of a leap and a rounding factor.

The rest of your nonsense is hot air.
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Reply #40 - 07/30/20 at 02:38:04
 
That's all right piezo we all make mistakes.
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Reply #41 - 07/31/20 at 04:15:18
 
As a European living in the US that is one thing I can't understand and that is making me very sad, that there is so much division and hate between people based on if they feel belonging to party A or B. Some more democracy, where people respect each others views and value diversity of views would do the US some good IMHO.

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Reply #42 - 07/31/20 at 04:40:59
 
It's amazing how it only took the addition of one person to disrupt many years of relative peace, tranquility, and audio and turn it into a political cesspool in a matter of weeks.

Dr. Steve, I hope you can develop a vaccine for this virus, as it is certainly not a hoax.

Sadly, Audiogon was infected years ago, and has never recovered.
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Reply #43 - 07/31/20 at 04:55:38
 
Wait a second... need new popcorn...
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Reply #44 - 07/31/20 at 19:30:24
 
Why all the "US" and "THEM"?
I can't wait for the aliens from outer space to attack us and then we will all be US against THEM!  ;D (only kidding)
Trying to demonize the "THEM" is an old tactic used by lots of people in power trying to get the"US" to follow their way of thinking (remember Hitler?).
Politics divide the country into US and THEM, but in reality we are all just citizens of the United States trying the best we can.
Coming on here and talking about it will NOT CHANGE A THING!
Except to inflame the members.

OLD BOOMER RANT Grin

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Reply #45 - 07/31/20 at 21:27:57
 
Its too bad that in America one is considered a troublemaker, being political, an "extremist right winger", a "nazi", "Hiter", etc. when one stands for the Constitution.

Thats what a lousy govt run school system does to enslave: ignorance, apathy, and now again violence in the streets. It created Us vs. Them.

Progressivism ensnares........then it devours.
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Reply #46 - 07/31/20 at 21:45:27
 
Stefan,

Please do research on the subject of progressivism, the violent racist long history of the Democrat Party to this day......and its marriage to Marxist ideology, and more recently to the insurrection of Islam.

I say this not as a party loyalist, as I definitely am not. I am an Independent libertarian/conservative [75%/25%].

Letftists, progressives, communists, the unions, and islam [collectively known as the modern Left] are working together to fundamentally transform America......this is why my antennas go right up 10 miles and I go into hyperdrive in a snap every single time I hear or see a threat to Constitutionalist, decent America. I've seen enough to know the long tentacles of the pervese public education system and the perverted media are the front lines in the kidnapping of our children.
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Reply #47 - 07/31/20 at 22:09:02
 
I'll say it again:

IF THE TRAJECTORY OF THIS COUNTRY CONTINUES AND THE RADICAL LEFT HAS ITS WAY, THERE WILL BE NO DECWARE.

It is critical that you know who you are and why you believe what you do; hold on to foundational, fundamental truths......as well as its principles and values. If we do not, the tipping point that now is will be won by the radicals in very short order.

Public service announcement off  ;)
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Reply #48 - 07/31/20 at 22:34:48
 
I did NOT say you are a nazi or anything else! I'm just saying we should try to work together. And you have NO CLUE as to my political leaning and thats because I don't like to talk to strangers on the web about it. Especailly
on an audio forum.
I don't know how old you are but I've been hearing the same message for decades and not much changes in our everyday life.
So if you want to talk about the magic of Decware products I will engage!


Peace out, TISH  :)
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Reply #49 - 07/31/20 at 22:47:11
 
All concerned: I did not start a political thread nor will I ever.

Just wanted that to be clear,  thank you.

I believe the Decware equipment and the Decware family is fantastic!
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