Why Gingrich is Bad (and Romney is Awesome): A Politico Megathread Spectacular

[TheGlobalizer]

Troll thread.

That said, this:

This is a really, really disgusting thread. Tempted to hit the report button, but, I don't know. Perhaps we need proof of how low some will go and all that.

is also unnecessary.  Report for what?

[TheGlobalizer]

A few things to say here.

This has been reported and I think it comes very close to crossing the line. I want to delete this. However, I guess there's a bit of precedent regarding politicians and psychiatric disorders, such as Thomas Eagleton, and Politico did cite legitimate news organizations here when asking his questions. However, this really should belong in the megathread; after all, it was created for a reason. I'd rather not see half of the front page devolve into a bunch of Politico threads again, with each one making one specific accusation.

Also, for the record, "manic depression" hasn't medically been a thing for 32 years now; the term was changed to "bipolar disorder" by the DSM III in 1980. If you're going to be making borderline-trollish accusations, at least get your facts right plz.

But yeah, moving this thread to the megathread.

Serious question, can you point me to some standard that is used on the board for acceptable discourse, or is this a "you know it when you see it" pornography definition?

[TheGlobalizer]

A few things to say here.

This has been reported and I think it comes very close to crossing the line. I want to delete this. However, I guess there's a bit of precedent regarding politicians and psychiatric disorders, such as Thomas Eagleton, and Politico did cite legitimate news organizations here when asking his questions. However, this really should belong in the megathread; after all, it was created for a reason. I'd rather not see half of the front page devolve into a bunch of Politico threads again, with each one making one specific accusation.

Also, for the record, "manic depression" hasn't medically been a thing for 32 years now; the term was changed to "bipolar disorder" by the DSM III in 1980. If you're going to be making borderline-trollish accusations, at least get your facts right plz.

But yeah, moving this thread to the megathread.

Serious question, can you point me to some standard that is used on the board for acceptable discourse, or is this a "you know it when you see it" pornography definition?

"You know it when you see it"; different mods have different standards, but I usually try to err on the side of leniency unless something is way over the line.

Fair enough.