One 'punternetter' openly declared his support for the BNP from what I can remember - a few others commented on why they think may be gaining support amongst the electorate and a good few also argued vehemently against trusting the likes of Nick Griffin with anything more important than flattening cardboard boxes. And the BNP is a legal political organisation, with democratically elected representatives.
Any individual's politics are their own business, whether they concur with our own or not; this is not a country where we tell people who they can and cannot vote for. If folk don't like it they should get off their arses and vote more, which is seemingly how they won seats in the first place (certainly in the case of Yorkshire and the Humber). The voters who did, whether we like or not, elected the BNP.
This is a bit like the old adage about restaurants - if you have a good meal out you would tell a couple of people, but if you had a terrible one and as a result spent the whole night driving the porcelain bus, you would most likely tell everyone who would listen. I'm not saying it's all wonderful stuff, but there does seem to be a concerted effort to look only for the most abhorrent posts, posters and attitudes on the forum - what about the rest?
I have met several clients from PN (some of them active posters) and they have become good regulars - tarring everyone with the same brush makes us no better than when posters there do it. It's a lively place and I've seen (and been in) a few real dogfights, but I much prefer it to the cliqueyness and sycophantic drivel which seems to make up other punting boards. A bit of balance needed, methinks.
Topic: Not listening to the rubbish spouted by punters on forums! (Read 27941 times)