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Folly Beach Hokie

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"Want to save our democracy?

Talk — and listen — to someone you don’t agree with."

Interesting take on the breakdown of dialogue...relevant to our little soapbox, of course.

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Posted: 07/15/2022 at 09:54AM

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"Want to save our democracy? -- Folly Beach Hokie 07/15/2022 09:54AM

Serious question: which poster here on the right is most likely to engage -- WaxHoo 07/15/2022 12:07PM

On the right orangenblue, sometimes psycho, occasionally FrankGallagher. -- Seattle .Hoo 07/15/2022 1:09PM

Cold hoober, hoolstoptheheels, occasionally -- BocaHoo91 07/15/2022 12:45PM

I generally try, the few times I've seen Stimp post, he does/did. Hazer is -- Folly Beach Hokie 07/15/2022 12:19PM

No superlative expected here. I consider you, Boca, Stimp, Tuck … -- WaxHoo 07/15/2022 12:28PM

Dialogue about saving democracy is useful with those who still believe and -- Chuck Taylor 07/15/2022 11:53AM

Sub question....why do people come to this board? -- Folly Beach Hokie 07/15/2022 11:01AM

To fuck with Balz. -- Cold Hoober Hoo 07/15/2022 3:20PM

Speaking of Peach Tree Dishes...are you selling out on Patterson again? ** -- Tuckahokie 07/15/2022 3:51PM

Not this year. We lost over half our crop during the late March -- Cold Hoober Hoo 07/15/2022 3:54PM

LOL...I have on my Sperrys with no socks...I might slip through :>) ** -- Tuckahokie 07/15/2022 4:01PM

Airing of Grievances, it's like Festivus every day here! ** -- Cav113 07/15/2022 2:03PM

Two reasons: 1) entertainment and 2) engage with… -- Los Angeles Hoo 07/15/2022 12:16PM

I give anyone who comes here credit for willingness to spend -- hoolstoptheheels 07/15/2022 11:52AM

99.99% of f bombs are dropped by lefties -- TomKazanski 07/15/2022 1:31PM

Oh go fuck yourself. :) ** -- Seattle .Hoo 07/15/2022 1:34PM

Sure, when viewed through a hyper-partisan prism as powerful as yours. ** -- hoolstoptheheels 07/15/2022 1:33PM

Interesting thought that ugly discourse is maybe better than no discourse -- Folly Beach Hokie 07/15/2022 11:59AM

You’re right. Our political divisions are a chasm. -- hoolstoptheheels 07/15/2022 12:17PM

Because it's so much more interesting than the damned Corner Board. But I -- Seattle .Hoo 07/15/2022 11:45AM

I don’t know if this qualifies as social media, but it is my -- hoolstoptheheels 07/15/2022 12:26PM

Heck, the in game board gets almost as violent as this place sometimes, but -- Mad Bowl Hoo 07/15/2022 11:56AM

In-game chat is like the virtual version of sitting with your buds in a -- Seattle .Hoo 07/15/2022 12:59PM

“Fire Tony!”/ “Lifetime contract for Tony”. “That player shouldn’t -- Mad Bowl Hoo 07/15/2022 1:08PM

Just so! LOL! ** -- Seattle .Hoo 07/15/2022 1:12PM

Sports boards can be absolutely brutal. -- hoolstoptheheels 07/15/2022 12:25PM

I come for the free laughs. It's funny watching grown-ass men call each -- stubbyhoo 07/15/2022 11:24AM

I come to revel in the orgiastic Orange Asswipe getting we do here. ** -- ResistHoo 07/15/2022 11:10AM

Do you ever tire of that? ** -- ryno hoo 07/15/2022 11:16AM

Is Popehat Catholic?!?!?** -- ResistHoo 07/15/2022 11:20AM

Political catharsis. I have a strict no politics rule on other. -- SixerHoo 07/15/2022 11:03AM

I think most everyone understands. Here's the issue: you CAN'T ... -- Blah 07/15/2022 10:38AM

Hard to do with some people that believe in things like -- Oregon Hoo 07/15/2022 10:26AM

Hoo here actually believes and spews any of that BS however? I don't mean -- Hoodafan 07/15/2022 2:37PM

I've avoided most political discussion on here, for a few reasons -- Oregon Hoo 07/15/2022 2:53PM

I wouldn't have pegged you as anywhere close to "full on liberal", but I -- Hoodafan 07/15/2022 3:18PM

I think my liberal views have evolved based on what I see every day -- Oregon Hoo 07/15/2022 4:25PM

Hard to believe people think chicks have dicks -- TomKazanski 07/15/2022 11:38AM

Funny how this isn't viewed this way in Europe -- Oregon Hoo 07/15/2022 12:30PM

Hoo called Dumbfuckistan to solicit your input ** -- WaxHoo 07/15/2022 12:10PM

Most of us just think you’re a dick with no chicks. ** -- WahooRQ 07/15/2022 11:55AM

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 perfect! ** -- WaxHoo 07/15/2022 12:09PM

Forums like this one are more a battlefield than a coffee house, IMHO. No -- WahooRQ 07/15/2022 11:12AM

In fairness, I do think people that believe that stuff are the fringe. For -- BocaHoo91 07/15/2022 10:35AM

Round and round we go. It's the end of the world when an R believes he was -- HokieDan95 07/15/2022 10:42AM

"believes he was shafted." LMAO. ** -- HoodatB 07/15/2022 5:12PM

You weren’t shafted. Accept reality. The Dems did. ** -- WaxHoo 07/15/2022 11:23AM

When is the last time we didn't have a peaceful transfer of power? Wow. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 07/15/2022 11:18AM

Conceding, peaceful transfer of power, things like that matter ** -- HoodatB 07/15/2022 11:01AM

Any candidate can think they were shafted in an election -- DownTownHoo 07/15/2022 11:00AM

He doesn’t see it because he doesn’t want to. ** -- SixerHoo 07/15/2022 11:17AM

You really have no understanding of the relative significance -- SixerHoo 07/15/2022 10:57AM

A year and a half and all you got is belief. Time to admit you were wrong ** -- Plano Hoo 07/15/2022 10:57AM

The Supreme Court robbed Dems in 2000. -- WahooMatt05 07/15/2022 10:56AM

I have no problem with either party "believing they were shafted". -- BocaHoo91 07/15/2022 10:55AM

The fact you equivocate the two is a prime example of the issue -- HptHokie 07/15/2022 10:54AM

Gore conceded and didn't call for all the crazies to meet ... -- Blah 07/15/2022 10:48AM

10 minutes of D's denying election results -- HokieDan95 07/15/2022 10:53AM

Yes, because you could do a 5 hour montage of JUST trump alone -- BocaHoo91 07/15/2022 11:03AM

''buh Trump said it more often'' LOL you dumbass ** -- HokieDan95 07/15/2022 11:16AM

You misspelled “duh,” dumbass. ** -- WaxHoo 07/15/2022 12:15PM

Yes. That's all my post said. -- BocaHoo91 07/15/2022 11:19AM

Biden isn't going anywhere so I have yet to understand why the fuck you -- HokieDan95 07/15/2022 11:32AM

Hoo’s the legitimately elected POTUS, Dan? ** -- WaxHoo 07/15/2022 2:27PM

*crickets* ** -- Hoo TV 07/15/2022 2:55PM

Do you condemn Trump? ** -- HptHokie 07/15/2022 11:18AM

Dan is the king of false equivalence here because he has no -- SixerHoo 07/15/2022 11:08AM

He's either legitimately unintelligent or willfully ignorant - in either -- HptHokie 07/15/2022 11:09AM

He is legitimately unintelligent. The shit he got fishhooked by in the day -- BocaHoo91 07/15/2022 11:21AM

TomKazanski says “hold my beer.” ** -- SixerHoo 07/15/2022 11:27AM

TK is not *that* dumb. He's an angry partisan hack... sort of -- BocaHoo91 07/15/2022 12:07PM

Assuming arguendo it's the same - how can you condemn Dems and not Trump? ** -- HptHokie 07/15/2022 10:54AM

You are the ones that bring it up all the time ** -- HokieDan95 07/15/2022 11:10AM

Nice deflection - just answer the question - do you condemn Trump? -- HptHokie 07/15/2022 11:11AM

Where did I condemn? ** -- HokieDan95 07/15/2022 11:19AM

I'm curious as to how long you can deflect - do you condemn Trump? ** -- HptHokie 07/15/2022 11:21AM

Are you and blah the same person? I didn't bring this shit up, boca did -- HokieDan95 07/15/2022 11:35AM

Answer my question ** -- HokieDan95 07/15/2022 11:24AM

What question? Are you saying you supported the Dems election challenges? ** -- HptHokie 07/15/2022 11:26AM

This was meant to be my reply here -- HokieDan95 07/15/2022 12:13PM

Your reply still didn't answer the question - do you condemn Trump or -- HptHokie 07/15/2022 12:17PM

To condemn Trump would be to admit his own very poor judgement. ** -- SixerHoo 07/15/2022 10:59AM

I thought so too -- Oregon Hoo 07/15/2022 10:41AM

Oh, I believe it's millions. There are 330 million people in this country -- BocaHoo91 07/15/2022 10:58AM

I would normally agree, but we need to get back to two parties that -- BocaHoo91 07/15/2022 10:23AM

If, say, a state supreme court rules that... -- Los Angeles Hoo 07/15/2022 10:33AM

I picture you on the bow of the Titanic shouting "All Clear" ** -- HptHokie 07/15/2022 10:46AM

Shocking that you can’t answer the questions, but, as… -- Los Angeles Hoo 07/15/2022 10:59AM

What does the opinion say? Do you give the same weight to the numerous -- HptHokie 07/15/2022 11:08AM

It says the election was run illegally and unconstitutionally.. ** -- Los Angeles Hoo 07/15/2022 2:37PM

Problem is there is a zero sum culture war going on. -- ryno hoo 07/15/2022 10:18AM

Yep. And when the union breaks up this time it won’t come back together ** -- WaxHoo 07/15/2022 10:25AM

I've done this for many years with many folks. -- HAZER 07/15/2022 10:01AM

Ironically, the Soapbox is an example of what's wrong... -- Cav113 07/15/2022 10:14AM

Oh I'd speak in this manner face to face. -- BocaHoo91 07/15/2022 10:25AM

I think 5’6”, 250 (much concentrated in man-tits and gut) is more likely. ** -- WahooRQ 07/15/2022 11:31AM

Even so, meaty dialog is really too complex for text-only communication... -- Cav113 07/15/2022 10:49AM

I actually come here to see what's being discussed after I read the news. -- HAZER 07/15/2022 10:20AM

Hey, I represent that remark! ** -- WaxHoo 07/15/2022 10:49AM

LOL ** -- HAZER 07/15/2022 11:19AM

For the most part I think the Soapbox people can separate political sniping -- Tuckahokie 07/15/2022 10:19AM

This has generally always been true of this board. ** -- HAZER 07/15/2022 10:22AM

I can attest …. 😀 ** -- WaxHoo 07/15/2022 10:05AM

We are much more reasonable in person, especially together, lol. ** -- HAZER 07/15/2022 10:21AM

That's what Laz, Wax, Blah, Balz, Seattle, Shen, and many others are for ** -- Tuckahokie 07/15/2022 09:57AM

Nah. We have Mr. Last Straw saving democracy one joke at a time. ** -- Blah 07/15/2022 10:31AM

That's the spirit ** -- Tuckahokie 07/15/2022 10:36AM

Most comedians are self aware. Who wrote your first post in the thread? -- Blah 07/15/2022 10:40AM

Blah...do what you want...but you don't need to always be combative ** -- Tuckahokie 07/15/2022 10:52AM

Apparently ze does. Must be a blast to be around. ** -- ResistHoo 07/15/2022 11:15AM

LOFuckingL, Mr. Self-Aware! That really was a good one! -- southdenverhoo 07/15/2022 12:08PM

Hi, stalker - how's it going? Glad you enjoy my posts!!! ** -- ResistHoo 07/15/2022 12:10PM

Just the REALLY stupid ones! So, you know, just 20-30 a day. ** -- southdenverhoo 07/15/2022 12:20PM

Taking your rightful stalker place amongst your colleagues Blah & HoodRatB. -- ResistHoo 07/15/2022 12:24PM

With your daily post count, no stalking is required. There are 10 posts -- southdenverhoo 07/15/2022 12:27PM

Sorry!!!! What's the slowdenverhoo rule on post limit for the day?!?!? ** -- ResistHoo 07/15/2022 12:33PM

It's your trip, baby, whatever makes ResistHoo feel good. -- southdenverhoo 07/15/2022 12:36PM

What a shame -you were really starting to show your idiocy! -- ResistHoo 07/15/2022 12:39PM

Again, who wrote your first post in the thread? Do you feel -- Blah 07/15/2022 11:01AM

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