Talk Elections

I'm tired of thousands of "previous poster" threads where people give meaningless, trite, and unexplained answers to pointless questions, or the inane positivity of threads like that "Is the previous poster an FF or HP" thread where every single person posts "FF" without even giving a single reason. So let's try something different.

In this thread, I want you to give your real opinions of the preceding poster, being as detailed and honest as possible. Talk about their strengths and their flaws, because people are much more complicated than just "FF" or "HP".

Being brutally honest, I have no idea who in the nine hells this person is or why I should care.

Is my 'Player 2 Select' on the Religion and Philosophy Board. Neither of us like details unless pressed so it makes sense not to elaborate :D

Being brutally honest, I am very impressed with the quality of both afleitch's mind and body. And except for Scottish nationalism (no big deal to me actually), we agree on most things more or less as well, including our mutual lack of religious faith. We have never had a cross word with each other ever. The chap could be more active in the cave, but he is more active than many as a Mod. I also adore his accent, which I have had the pleasure of hearing, when afleitch put up an audio for us commenting on the contents of a thread a few years ago. Hopefully, if he comes to the US with his partner, his accent will not be unduly Americanized. That would be near tragic. Can be a bit impatient with homophobes, or folks insensitive about gay issues, etc.  

In sum, an all around horrible person. Cheers.

Strikes me as a very rational libertarian, but someone who probably worships the almighty invisible hand a bit too much. 

A great guy, despite his militant Atheism and love of the New York Rangers :P

A nice youngin forum teen who has unfortunately turned lefty on us. Although some complain about the younger folk on here, I do give you props for actually having an interest in this stuff compared to others your age who seem to be militantly apathetic. As for your current left leaning, I am gonna go ahead and prescribe the following:

The Law by Frederic Bastiat
The Revolution by Ron Paul
Catch-22 (For no particular reason, just a funny book :P )

Apply these 2-3 times a day and get back to us in a week. :P

I don't find too much to dislike at a personal level, though we've had several political spars on the IRC, because lol libertarians. Nice FB profile pic, though.

Not a bad guy, and he's clearly, despite all indications to the contrary, quite bright, but he needs to lay off the attempts at humour. A smug attitude towards the, er, "hedonist cesspool" (Snowstalker, 2013), makes you come off like a condescending snob who's apparently opposed to people having fun. Or something. Nice guy really, but needs to stop trying to be funny forever and generally take a moment to think of how his words sound before he posts/speaks. The moral high ground is an awfully  precarious place when you're 17.

EDIT: Source for "he's clearly [...] bright": "I've met very few people who are more intelligent than me" - Snowstalker, Atlas Forum IRC, 2013.

Oakvale is a great fellow. He makes me smile, he works hard when he wants to, and he's someone I can rely on, which isn't something I can say about everyone. I'm glad he came back because frankly, The People are not the same without him, even though he did shoot Them in the foot by opposing Griffin4GM ;)

EDIT: damnit Duke, I was posting before you had to ruin the flow! :P

I am quite confident in stating that he is one of the coolest, most "normal" posters on here (interpret that in whatever way you wish. :P ) Also, he has a fantastic sense of humor and he points out this forum's mixture of hilarity, absurdity, and WTF-did-I-just-read posts (and the posters who make them) all the time,whether they be Libertards, Serious People (TM), avowed Marxists, neo-Nazi a$$holes, or BRTD (who is in a category of his own). He doesn't take himself seriously (which is something that many, many posters here can work on-myself included! :P) yet he also seems like a really cool and genuinely nice person in general. As one of the IRC regulars, I feel like this forum would be worse off without him, and was honestly kinda bummed when he left for a while.

tl; dr oakvale is a total bro, and I think he's awesome! <3

Duke: (since someone refused to describe him)
Seems like an awesome dude who's probably successful in his real life. He's my boss in Atlasia as I believe I"m still employed at The Paper these days, and I can't say I've ever had an unpleasant day at that job. Nevertheless, I'm often confused as to why he maintains his Republican avatar, and occasionally it's something that bugs the heck out of me.

Prog Realist:
While I'd like to think the "Progressive" in his name refers to the style of rock that he likes, I fear it instead refers to his ideology. Given my name, I can't criticize someone for including ideology (or even religion!) in their username. There are few things that stand out specifically to him. Seems like a nice guy on the Irc, and we've had some chats. Of the things that stand out about him, one would have to be his annoyance with the labeling of Nixon as a liberal president. While undoubtedly a corrupt bastard, Nixon nevertheless enacted liberal domestic legislation. I'm also annoyed by people that spin Nixon as liberal, and those that say he's conservative and tend to think I'm the expert on good ol' Tricky Dick, so I'd naturally be annoyed with anyone asserting their expertise on the nation's 37th President. Nevertheless, he has good points on the issue. Also, I'd have to object to his refusal to describe Duke. I'm having to make up for it with the above paragraph.

Cathcon is a Catholic conservative who seems like a decent guy all-around. Maybe a bit too nationalistic or socially conservative (the Cath part :P) but overall not an offensive sort. I believe he's more active on the History boards and such, but he is God over in IP with his absolutely excellent (excluding, of course, the results, but that's not his fault) presidential elections, as decided by the forum - the definitive guide to how the forum would have voted. Really fascinating to track each election, and that is probably the #1 thing that stands out about him. Plus, he likes jazz mass.

So yeah: guy with awesome election series who's actually a pretty decent human being too.

SJoyce seems okay to me. I've never had a cross word with him. I like that he's at least his libertarianism is less "blood pure" than most of his counterparts. One thing I usually notice about his posts is that unless they're dealing with fantasy elections\campaigns, timelines, etc. They tend to usually be fairly pithy statements. Short and to the point with whatever he seems to want to say. He's not bad.

Our paths don't path on this forum too often, but he seems alright. We disagree a lot I am sure, because I remember Dr. Cynic being a Humphrey style New Deal Democrat, while I am a paleoconservative.

Good friend of mine, and one of the first I ever made on the forum. Has a slight tendency to overstate things and be a little ignorant, but he's a good kid all around. Good music taste, too :P

Slight? Try major tendency to overstate things and be ignorant :P.

-SKIP-

Okay, I'll post in here just to find out if anyone actually has an opinion of me anymore.  :P

20RP12:  Very likeable and caring young man, who seems to be in a perpetual identity crisis: Am I conservative or am I liberal?  Am I straight or am I gay, or something in between?

Well, I've known Fritz on the forums for a LONG time... Maybe it seems longer than it has been in real time because forum time often moves slowly for me. Anyway, Fritz is a good guy. I was his SOIA in Atlasia and I did try hard to do right by him although we didn't communicate as often as I'd have liked to, but still, he did give me an office I tried to work in. Overall, I think he's an institution here. I don't see his posts all that often anymore.

Dr. Cynic gets lost amidst the crowd of generic progressive posters. The only distinguishing feature that sets him apart is his championing of left-liberal values over social democracy, which is a rarity on this forum.

Actually, I removed you when you gone missing, when I acted as President :P

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I was actually thinking of starting a "constructively criticize the previous poster" thread, but this one seems better anyway!

Being perfectly honest, I haven't really talked with TheDeadFlagBlues at all so I don't have much to go by. He seems like a fine poster, though, but his politics seem too left for me.

Miles has a touch too much of moderate heroism for my liking, but I suppose it's lucky to find a southern Democrat at all. I'm sure we profoundly disagree on most issues though.

Very funny and knowledgeable, I had the best fun on this forum while playing with him and Mecha and nothing was that good after. Should dissapear less frequently.

Kal is one of the best. Pretty normal, good guy but not afraid to call a spade a spade and has a fairly similar ideology to me.

Plus, I have a lot of respect for people that are here that 1. aren't American and 2. don't have English as their native tongue.

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!

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.

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

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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 :P)

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. :P

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.

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.

He is a good guy and he seems like he is a good republican.

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.

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!

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.

A liberal who really doesn't like blue dogs at all.

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.

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.

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

Hash is one of the best posters on the Atlas, and from talking to him I've found we're on the same page on virtually every political issue, both in "ideology" and general attitude. We share the same disgust for True Leftist and Paultard morons, and are the two founding members of the Atlas Drone Fan Club, which includes supporting drone strikes on that town in New Hampshire that libertarians took over. You can tell someone studies politics closely when they're utterly disgusted by the process and have raw contempt for people who buy into the theatre of it - i.e. people who obsessively watch the party conventions during a Presidential election. I also admire Hash's brief but memorable time as leader of PASOK.

In summary,

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A good Irish poster, but can be a bit of an asshole at times, albeit a loveable asshole. One of the odd posters who seems to not care much about, and mock, political related things, while at the same time being a member of this of all forums lol.

A libertarian Republican, which is really about all I can say at this point, because I'm afraid I don't know him very well. I do rather find his signature funny however, and I am glad that he's one of our forum members that is involved in Atlasia, even if it's not in the region I'm in nor are we anywhere near ideologically similar (except perhaps on some foreign policy issues)

And I will like him much more if he could look his messages :p

Not completely sure, but having Googled the first image in his signature, she sounds f**ing awful, so I'll have to presume he's one of those 'moderate' liberals. But I did like how he praised TNF on prioritising economic positions over social issues, something that also annoys me from time to time. I dunno, maybe I've just read him wrong.

F***!!!! The second guy who doesn't understand my images. I put Mary Landrieu because she risks her political career when she votes for the background check bill or the democrat economic plan whereas she's up in 2014. That's why I love her, in a state which tends so sharply to the right, she's really the best we can have in a state like Lousiana. So, I'm not a dixiecrat!!!!

He's a nice guy, seems pretty genuine and generally posts some good stuff (which I couldn't care less about, but that's subjective). But his moderate hero/ZOMGZ MODERATE DEMOCRATS <3!/partisanship sucks :(/extremism boo :( shtick is really annoying and grating for me. Also, I hate Paultards as much as he does, but I don't reference them in every other post I make.

Also, thinks way too highly of basically every single politician, but he's not the only one with that condition.

Hash is cool, he comes to Vermont for vacation, and seems to know a good deal of places in this state :D Also ideologically, he is one of my favorite types of progressives, the center left economic/strong liberal on social issues, I don't agree with everything he believes, but I like most of it.

Matt is the kind of guy that the Republican Party as a whole should emulate more often. He's pragmatic and gets along well in spite of being a conservative in a forum full of lefties.

It really seems to me that He is bill clinton.

Son, is that you?

Yeah daddy it is.

I believe that this man abouve me is an impostor. Believe nothing he says, he is simply a man. I am the true and honest love child of Clinton.

One of our finest new additions to the Atlas; fun, smart, and has become something of a mentor to me on the IRC and Facebook. I especially love his faceswaps (which is how I first noticed him).

Snowstalker is a fascist with a heart of gold. You remind me of Dennis Reynolds from "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" at times, quite frankly. Just as people predicted 20RP12 would become a progressive Democrat, I would not be surprised if you became a neocon Republican.

A sincere paleoconservative, we really don't see eye to eye on anything, but at least he's not one of those types among the young libertarian right that would sacrifice civil rights for tax cuts or peace in the midst of a war or whatever.

For real, You remind me of Bill Clinton because of your Positions.

You remind me of your father as well.

A Penn teen who is a bit to much of a Progressive Hero. Good guy generally (except in his view on ladies), and has a huge fetish for bridges, roads, and James Franco.

ok, srs face time:

jbrase is in many ways what atlas needs. healthy personality (no obvious issues or sperging out), an actual sense of humor, a viewpoint other than hyper-pc tumblerite social democracy, etc. its hard thinking of criticism beyond that i think he should probably check out more authors. i found classical liberalism/liberal conservatism/libertarianism to be kind of intellectually barren obviously. but even someone like say, caplan wrote some good articles.

ghost_white is one of the few actual conservatives we have on the forum. Most of the rest of them are just boilerplate libertarians or right-wing liberals. Unlike those supposed conservatives, ghost_white  holds positions that, in my mind, aren't ones that call for the abrogation of our communal bonds to one another as human beings living in a civilized environment. The fact that he agrees more often than not with those to his left (like myself) just goes to show you how warped 'conservatism' has become in the Anglosphere, with the traditional, communal kind of conservatism has been completely replaced by the monster that is neoliberalism. Oh, and he's a fun guy to talk with and really knows his stuff.

I greatly appreciate TNF's unapologetic stand for economic progressivism and deep concern for the living conditions of the working class. While I don't agree with all his views, he is one of the few leftists who haven't forgotten what being left-wing means. He also seems like a nice guy, though we haven't interacted much.

A Europhile social democrat. Wears it honestly and passionately, and for whatever disagreements I have with his positions, I feel some affinity towards and that we're unquestionably on the same side - not something that applies to many of the so-called social democrats who are basically just liberals by this point. For that reason, I worry for his sanity, since he's often committed to movements that'll perennially disappoint him, but we on the Left are in just as hopeless a situation as his, so even there there's commonality.

Indeed. The only alternative for a modern leftist is between having our hopes crushed over and over again, or to finally lose hope and refuge in bitter cynicism. I still think the former attitude is the least worse of the two, though I think I'm increasingly moving toward the latter.

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A standard issue liberal-left British poster whose political attitudes are still evolving. His sense of humour is not bad.

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I want to join this club. Where do I sign up?

My second favorite member of our Irish delegation. I don't know him too well, but he seems to be rather level-headed, knowledgeable, and intolerant of my frequent nonsense on the IRC. I do remember he had a strange but entertaining comic in his sig back in the day as well.

Snowstalker has his heart in the right place, and he's probably the person most ideologically in sync with me, if a bit of a conservative socially and kind of to my left when he says stuff about a 'classless, stateless' society, which I find weird and impossible, to be frank. Maybe classless is possible in a post-scarcity environment, but stateless? I highly doubt it; even anarchists want some form of government, albeit a non-coercive (i.e. non-functioning) one. Anyway, Snowstalker is a good guy, he just suffers from foot-in-mouth syndrome, which is understandable, because he's a teenager. He'll eventually mature into a poster without that syndrome and will probably look back on some of the things he said and cringe mightily.

Despite my differences with TNF, I actually kind of like him. He seems to actually be concerned about the welfare of the working class instead of the oh so trendy people who look down their noses at people worse off than themselves. That said, I think he is severely misguided on how to better the working class. His views on labour markets, immigration and social issues each have clear instances where they harm the working class. Ex: I think sexual libertinism has maimed the institutions that provide stability for the working poor, he does not.

All in all an ok if somewhat frustrating individual/

DC Al Fine is a decent person. Pretty... different views on social issues (more than a 1.39 would suggest) that are extremely different from mine, and IIRC he supports monarchies, but he's pretty stable economically and is overall a decent guy. Quality new poster.

Sjoyce is smart as hell. Too smart for his own good almost. I'm sure he's headed for an Ivy League school some day and if he doesn't make that ill be shocked. But sometimes he has to learn to speak to the common man, much like me, as our non Ivy League minds have trouble grasping the lofty ideals they hold.

While I give him a hard time in atlasia, I have respect for him, especially since he sought out my advice in the past. It's always a good trait to have. Not to ignore past experiences when it comes current events.

That'd be my ultra dove foreign policy dragging it down.

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he seems to far left to be rep

Reasonable and well-meaning centrist Republican. Brothers-in-arms in AP English Language and Composition.

I'm really not quite sure what to make of him. Presents himself as a Democrat but his positions on several issues seem, for lack of a better way to phrase this, authoritarian in a somewhat reactionary way and his general ideology is a little hard for me to nail down. I've never known him to be anything other than polite.

Honestly, with Nathan, flaws are hard to detect.  I know he'd insist that I'm wrong, as he's definitely one of the modest types around here - and hey, how much can one possibly know from someone's internet posts?  But I digress.  His posts are always insightful and leave me knowing more.

Is very nice, and overall a big FF!  But that sometimes means he doesn't quite fit in, since this forum is often the opposite.  :(  (but that doesn't mean you should change your demeanor, btw)  ;)

I agree I haven't posted much about my ideology but I don't think I've presented myself in an authoritarian way-I'm more or less where Obama is (or slightly to the left) except on abortion and free trade.

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Fuzzy is one of our greatest mapmakers, and therefore a poster whose contributions are invaluable. He's also a pretty nice guy to talk with. I hope I'll have the opportunity to get to know him better.

I appreciate not only that Tony is committed to a certain ideological program (social democracy), but that he has an intellectual interest in interrogating and investigating that program. Fittingly, he's willing to trade some barbs with the forum's conservatives - and is most often seen displaying a rather abrasive style - but in theoretical or academic discussions, he is, to use the words of Joe Biden, "clean, bright and articulate".

The best mapmaker on the forum. Greatly increased my interest in maps and map making, and helped me to start learning counties in certain states.

I appreciate him. He's really nice and contributes well on this forum. He doesn't really know where he's politically (he often changes :P) and he seems to love politics! I have nothing to reproach him. FF

Is a poster in a developmentalist stage. "It's too early to say" - said Zhou Enlai on the French, or something.

I don't know him too well, but seems like a cool guy. You're an Irish Nationalist, right? I disagree on that.

I don't know him at all. I'll be brutally honest. But it's always nice to see another Carolinian on this site. Having spent my first 10 years in the old north state and 4 years for college, it still holds a special place in my heart, even if I'm back in South Carolina for the time being.

An old veteran of the forum and of Atlasia. Has done a fine job as Vice President/Marokai's lover, and I wish him best of luck in his future presidency with Vice President Cincinnatus. But in all seriousness, a pretty cool guy who can hopefully knock some sense into Bushie.

An interesting fellow with a dark sense of humor/a tendency to say things that probably shouldn't have been said. We don't agree on much, but nevertheless I feel like we get along.

I can't think of anything "brutal" to say in my description. He's a cool dude and a libertarian. I can't think of much more to say. Awesome dude. However, he did insult my Master Genius Plan in Atlasia, and I really can't let that go. Do you know how hard I worked on that plan? The countless night I spent up with a calculator, tabulating results from previous elections and trying out different formulas? And you know why I did it? For this country that I love so much, Atlasia, where people still pretend they're free. In any case, that's my only complaint. Other than that, he seems like a great guy. Can't think of much more to say.

For someone that's younger than me (IIRC), his knowledge of history is pretty much first-class. His timelines and his general work in the What-If forum is awesome too. Some of his politics is kinda objectable, but he doesn't beat it on his chest. One of Atlasia's best.

(I found this topic when I was searching something)

Well,
Morgieb is a highly knowledgeable member of this forum, his contributions are well appreciated especially in the International Elections board. He never "clashes" with people and isn't an attention whore, so that's really a good thing. Glad he decided to be back here :).

A cheerful and polite Frenchmen, whose politics seem to consist of blunt left-wing authoritarianism. His anti-freedom ideology is annoying, though the openness and enthusiasm with which he presents his views is refreshing.

Has to be a troll or sock.

Seems like a nice guy and usually has the right positions.  I'm still confused of some details about Sanchez.  For instance, I've heard once that he is around my age, but then I heard that he's a very old man from Mississippi.

I'm 18, a former bigot/objectivist who has largely drifted into the Cathcon area of simply not caring about individual political issues and instead focusing on gaining life experience to later form my own unique set of views. I still stand with Rand (Paul, of course) though :P.

-Skip-

Not a fan of his political views (paleoconservatism os horrid), and he acts too southern at times (I'm not a fan of the southern culture either), but seems like a very nice and  unique poster. FF overall.

Not a fan of his political views (though there are certainly far worse), but he seems like a nice enough poster.  Definitely a FF overall, albeit a pretty anonymous one.  I used to always get him mixed up with RFayette for some reason :P

Awesome, because it would seem that he is the most liberal person in all of that wretched state.  I'm surprised the pitchforks and torches haven't been unleashed upon him.

Frankly, HockeyDude means well, but at the same time, is way too much of a partisan hack. Not everything is Republicans' fault. This could be his young age, but I know that he will get better, even if he is a bit far left.

TheHawk seems to be a nice guy all around but I strongly disagree with his political ideology which appears to both libertarian and libertine. I'm also not sure how serious his Satanism schtick is.

Definitely a cool guy, but tends to overthink some ideas (like splitting up the states, etc).

Underrated poster almost exclusively due to his white nationalist phase. I wasn't around for it, but it's harmed his credibility with almost every longtime lefty, and a good chunk of the right wingers too. He writes interesting stuff and its a shame so many dismiss his stuff out of hand. My only critique of him is that he occasionally writes the odd "head-scratcher" post where I have no idea what's going on in his argument.

Well, I don't know what I can say except he's a friend and a good guy. Always positive and good contributions:!

The best.

One of my favorite posters and does a good job of calling out trolls/bad posts.

A very smart and nice guy. I always admire the maps he makes. Also, his photo sessions with public officials always look fun and friendly.

Smart poster with some interesting comments and good polls.

Very great person. Creates interesting threads and is INCREDIBLY nice to me and everyone.

He's hindu so he's obviously a great poster

A hilarious person who is my friend with a worldview that makes me filled with agony and a tendency to give rather confusing arguments.

Great dude. Great contributions. Average political views.

A decent enough, if soft-spoken, sincere and anonymous poster with some...curious economic views to say the least.

Not much more to say because he's managed to keep a low-profile.

A good guy who has strong convictions, who seems to be really sincere too.

As far as his actual views go, I'm not a huge fan and we don't have a lot of agreement outside of a few parochial positions on unions, social welfare, and the like. I think he's far too gung-ho when it comes to supporting military intervention, and his social conservatism and views on religion are bizarre, especially for a Frenchman. :P Nevertheless, windjammer is a good guy and I consider him a friend. He's pretty much the Comrade Rolodex of Atlasia, if you catch my drift, which means that he's always a good guy to have on your side.

Much of what I'll say will mirror TNF's own statements, but obviously we disagree very strongly on politics-in terms of actual issues certainly but especially in underlying philosophy and assumptions. While we broadly agree on the necessity of ensuring at least a minimum standard of living for all people, the need for workers to organize for their interests, and so forth we clearly disagree on the necessity of the destruction of the current capitalistic socioeconomic system as opposed to reforming as the best outcome for most people. Additionally we obviously disagree completely on issues such as foreign policy, abortion, and so forth. Nonetheless I think TNF is an honest and sincere individual who has shown himself able to change his views based upon the evidence and consistently driven by the desire to secure justice and a decent life for the vast majority of the human race. I've always respected his contributions to online forums, going back several years and ironically enough his previous social democratic views contributed greatly to my own current opinions.

A good dude, if regrettably as the alternate timelines have proven time and time again prioritized the few hot-button social issues of the left over the big picture ones and the economics (why else would one ever vote for Birch Bayh over Terry Sanford, why else would you vote for a Kennedy over Muskie?).

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Also without a defined stance on foreign policy beyond a disgust for the Iraq War, so I guess this makes him a textbook California liberal.

Erhm, I hope you do realize one of my schticks is focusing on "bread and butter" issues over social issues (hence why I'm a strong supporter of New Deal Democrats such as FDR himself, Truman, Humphrey, and H. Jackson) while I'm relatively conservative on social issues-being strongly pro-life for instance. I'm not sure what alternate timeline elections you are talking about. As for foreign policy,my posts generally implied support for liberal internationalism.

Who are we on, MormDem?

MormDem is in general a solid poster and, broadly speaking, 'in the right' politically (not on the right, certainly). There's a definite kind of gross frisson to the way he approaches gender issues but this doesn't seem to be coming from a place of malice and, to whatever extent it is or could be a problem, can probably be moderated as he matures. Until then, it is admittedly kind of annoying when it comes up. But he's serious and sincere and doesn't dissemble, and that counts for a lot.

A good poster and a really nice person. But of course, this thread requires details:

Maddy posts well-written stuff on a variety of subjects and is nice to people which is something we need more of on this forum. Most importantly Maddy adds to the knowledge of the forum thanks to her extensive knowledge of a topics that the forum is weak on, most notably Japan, and liberal Protestantism.

On the negative side, Maddy seems almost totally disinterested in economic issues, which saddens me and has a habit of posting walls o' text, which can be a bit annoying but doesn't diminish her overwhelming FF rating.

Honestly, if I lived in Canada, I'd probably be a lot like him politically. We both put a strong emphasis on morality and social justice in our political outlook, which I think gets lost in a lot of today's discourse. FF.

He is the epitome of a southern Democrat.  Socially he is more conservative, but he is moving into the center.  On economics, he is more left wing.  He is very populist in my book.

The homosexual love child of Bill Clinton and Win Rockefeller.

EDIT: Sh*t, I didn't even hear of his health situation. Get better soon.

Miles: By far one of the nicest posters on here and he puts a lot of time and energy into everything election's on here, whether it's informing us of everything going on in LA/NC politics or being this forum's Chuck Todd master of the maps.

Aside from that, I also respect his honesty and he's right on when it comes to his opinions of Thom Tillis or Pat McCrory.

Edit: For Jerry, to be honest, he's a cool guy. He often says some weird or bizarre things, but is overall a nice guy and is the de facto guru of Arkansas politics. I'm hoping his health situation he was discussing the other day improves! :)

Edit: Oh come on! lol. Sawx, even though we do hold a few different social views, is a very funny, cool and understanding friend. His social life is really interesting if you get to know him, and I give him bonus points for calling out SirNick in Atlasia. Definite FF.

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I do, but I guess given my own more polarized and cynical outlook, it looks that way, especially regarding intervention (most Atlasians) vs non-intervention (where my leanings are, and the Marxists epitomize). And given the complete Teddy support.

On Sawx: Someone who interrupted my post on Jerry, nice going!

Okay seriously, he's a very very "liberal and proud of it" poster, but he seems to be very polite and open.

On LeBron: Someone who interrupted my post on Sawx, excellently done!

And once again, same description I gave Sawx, although he tends to get more carried away about it, and his posts tend to have a lot of Ohio patriotism.

I'm honored to be mentioned in the same breath as LeBron. You're awesome, MormDem.

I'm not, it's just that there are posters who are much more eloquent and forceful advocates for the democratic-socialist economic policies that I prefer than I could be--i.e. I don't feel that my perspective on economic issues is terribly unique on this forum, nor do I feel that I'd be especially good at presenting it.

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You don't post when you got nothing to say? That probably makes you the best poster. :P

I'd participate in the thread but I think I'd be supposed to comment on MormDem and I honestly have no idea who he is so I can't really contribute that much. :/

I really like Gustaf, especially his ability of being never hurt by critics. His posts are always interesting and he has always been friendly to me :P.
He s also à big mouth and I like that.

One of the best dudes here.