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« Reply #25 on: May 24, 2013, 07:50:10 AM »

I don't know you personnally (though you seem friendly) but I really enjoy your work on this forum. Your messages are always interesting and appreciated. So yes, you're a good contributor of this forum!
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« Reply #26 on: May 24, 2013, 03:29:29 PM »

I like that windjammer and I seem to be interested in the same areas of the forum; he frequents the Congressional Elections board often, as I do. I think he's a very good new poster.
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« Reply #27 on: May 24, 2013, 03:38:55 PM »

A nice guy who makes great maps and has a (mostly harmless) thing for Katy Perry. Certainly I've taken issue with a few of the things he's said about women's issues, and he seems too unwilling to defend his stances, but he's improved in both regards and I consider him a friend.
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« Reply #28 on: May 24, 2013, 05:06:22 PM »

Certainly I've taken issue with a few of the things he's said about women's issues

Please stop trying to pretend to be feminist. It doesn't work.

Anyway, my sincere and brutally honest appraisal of Snowstalker is that he's a rather typical nerdy, socially awkward and anxious 16 year old. Like many people of above-average intelligence, he likes being out of the "mainstream", and has combined that with a pretty stereotypical mix of sexual frustration, loneliness, and resulting "nice guy" victimization complex to create an ideology he claims is novel but is actually extremely typical for someone like him (ironically, the fact that he claims it is new and different is very typical too). Also like many people who don't get enough attention in real life (including myself and a lot of this forum, tbqh), he enjoys the attention that his persona gets him on the internet and so plays it up for reactions.

My hope for him is that he grows out of some of his nerdy teenage awkwardness and becomes more confident, and that this helps him to be more satisfied socially, romantically and sexually. I have a feeling he will; the majority of people like him do. Fortunately, the Chris-Chans and 26 year old virgins living in their parents basements are a minority, and I don't see Snow ending up as one of them.
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« Reply #29 on: May 24, 2013, 05:23:18 PM »

You seem to be a bit extremist, untolerant and slighty the kind of the progressist troll. You can post good posts when you want but sometimes you are really irritating, with your "moderate hero thread" and with your message "all presidents who were interesting". I don't like ideologism, it's always so bad.
However, I think I would appreciate you in the real life. You can't be intimidated and you seem to be really friendly, a "dejanté" in French, and I like this kind of personage!
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« Reply #30 on: May 24, 2013, 05:28:27 PM »

Garden variety social democrat as far as I can see. Occasionally gets hot blooded but is generally able to argue with reason not rhetoric, so he's ok in my book.
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« Reply #31 on: May 24, 2013, 06:16:05 PM »

Very postivie: fellow Presbyterian and politically centrist (especially compared to the average of PCA members). Although admittedly I think he should come over to the Dems.
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« Reply #32 on: May 24, 2013, 07:22:11 PM »

re: DC al fine I like him but he's is extremely pro life, he wouldn't fit with us

General Mung Beans: pretty good new poster, not too far left but not a moderate hero either. I like him, but that's about all I can say for now.
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« Reply #33 on: May 24, 2013, 07:54:22 PM »

re: DC al fine I like him but he's is extremely pro life, he wouldn't fit with us

Indeed. If the Democrats pro life wing was bigger than Bob Casey, I would seriously consider switching.

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« Reply #34 on: May 24, 2013, 08:07:20 PM »

Napoleon is a pretty articulate poster and can be quite friendly when you are "on his team", but he has the tendency to get arrogant and aggressive when confronted to people with different views. This gets particularly bad in the context of Atlasia (really, Atlasia makes everyone worse). I have the feeling he's getting better in that regard, though. I'm not exactly fond of his politics, he tends to be that kind of left-libertarian, New Democrat third-wayer who loves Clinton and doesn't care as much as I would like about redistribution and a strong welfare state. But he's a good poster overall.
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« Reply #35 on: May 24, 2013, 09:20:30 PM »

One of my favorite posters here, Tony is a solid lefty with a penchant for straight-talking and doesn't really engage posters trying to back him into a corner in a debate.
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« Reply #36 on: May 24, 2013, 09:50:02 PM »

TNF reminds me of my Grandfather in some ways. Both are (were, in the case of my Grandpa) leftists, and both were loyal Democrats. Both also greatly stretch the concept of a “human right” to make their political agendas sound stronger, and both can be incredibly factional and hackish at times. I have yet to really debate him on issues in depth, like I have with Tony, but I am pretty sure that if I did debate TNF, I would lose quite badly.
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« Reply #37 on: May 24, 2013, 10:05:03 PM »

CS and I always seem to support opposing candidates, at least in Florida and we're in opposite quadrants in the PM. Still, we're very good friends and I always enjoy his insights on Florida politics.  On election night last year, when the sight crashed, CS and I were discussing the results on Facebook and we had a good conversation.
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« Reply #38 on: May 24, 2013, 10:25:38 PM »

Miles is one of the biggest influences on my interest in American politics. His map-making skills and congressional knowledge is excellent. The only real flaw he has is that he can occasionally act all moderate hero and doesn't really justify his views very well (though I can definitely sympathise with that Tongue)
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« Reply #39 on: May 25, 2013, 04:45:15 AM »

I have a vaguely positive impression, but I realize that I've no idea how the green Australia avatars whose names begin with M differ from each other. Tongue
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« Reply #40 on: May 25, 2013, 10:45:22 AM »

I've ribbed on Gustaf plenty of times for plenty of things, and we still harshly disagree on a number of things, but overall I sort of like him. He's clearly educated and knows how to back up any and all of his positions/views, and I do admire his dry sense of humor. We spar a lot, but Gustaf is a more integral part of the forum than I.
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« Reply #41 on: May 25, 2013, 10:51:50 AM »

Snowstalker is like a lost child with a strange intense focus on certain weird things. His recent strange turn away from  enjoying life and towards this weird, quasi-religious viewpoint is a weird one. Weirdest most is the lack of any deity involved at all. I have to assume that prom has something to do with it and hey, to an extent I can sympathize. Nevertheless, it's still weird as frick. He hops from fascist ideology to fascist ideology like a guy trying various different types of drugs. First it's a quasi-monarchial thing where one man can decide the distribution of wealth for all, then it's something based on forceful redistribution taken by the underclasses, now it's "paternalistic socialism". What the freak is that? You're 17 man, you don't need to be "paternalistic". I imagine someone scolding someone else for being too selfish. Maybe like "The Giver". I mean, this guy's just ridiculous.

Nevertheless, his heart's in the right place. That's hardly enough, I'm afraid. A heart that seeks the right thing can lead to disaster. His movements must be governed by logic and a sense of how they will affect others.

Don't judge this as a negative appraisal. only one a half-awake guy near noon made while watching "The Office" on Netflix and remembering everything he'd been amused by you in chat. There's much more, I'm sure, but this is all I feel like typing right now.
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« Reply #42 on: May 25, 2013, 10:54:45 AM »

He is a good guy and he seems like he is a good republican.
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« Reply #43 on: May 25, 2013, 10:58:46 AM »

A "socially liberal, fiscally conservative" Republican that supports same-sex marriage and would seriously make a better Arkansas Democrat than he would an Arkansas Republican. Not sure why he's still siding with the party of Huckabee (the conservative populist) rather than the party of Clinton (the social liberal) at this point, but he seems like a nice guy, in spite of his overclass politics.
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« Reply #44 on: May 25, 2013, 11:37:10 AM »

A populist as I like maybe a bit on the left. I disagree probably with the fact that he wants to radically change capitalism. But he supports like the welfare state, and he dislikes the libertarians like Ron Paul,... His fight on the economic issues is more important for him than his on the social issues, which is not the case of many of this forum, I think many of this forum seem to focuse so much on social issues (leftists who like Ron Paul,...) and I dislike it! So a massive FF for TNF on his personal views.

On him, I think he's a good member of this forum, he contributes well and seems friendly, so FF on his personality too!
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« Reply #45 on: May 25, 2013, 12:06:34 PM »

I literally have no idea who he is and furthermore have no idea who the second picture in his sig is but the first is apparently Mary Landrieu so I'll have to assume he's some awful 'moderate" who likes Mary Landrieu for some reason. If I am wrong feel free to correct me and I will revise my opinion accordingly.
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« Reply #46 on: May 25, 2013, 12:15:49 PM »

A liberal who really doesn't like blue dogs at all.
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« Reply #47 on: May 25, 2013, 12:55:40 PM »

Seems like a nice gentleman, though he has the occasional issue with capitalization (though not nearly as bad as some people on here, so no points lost there). Gives off a youngish vibe, although I'm not sure/able to articulate exactly why. I like that Cory Whitehurst timeline, though it doesn't seem to have been updated recently. In short, a cooler version of Jack Enderman.
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« Reply #48 on: May 25, 2013, 01:05:52 PM »

Alfred is one of the most sensible leftists on the forum right now. He seems to be pretty energetic and passionate in all the forum activities he engages in. I think we probably agree on almost everything regarding policy (though he has rarely debated policy so far, so I'm not sure). In short, an excellent addition to the forum.
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« Reply #49 on: May 25, 2013, 01:56:20 PM »

Antonio is one of the best posters on the forum and I'm happy to consider him as a real friend as well. We may not agree on everything and our philosophical outlook on politics/life may differ a bit, but on the whole we're damn close to one another. Regardless, we share common interests and we've had some fascinating talks over the past years.

A++ would recommend
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