# Do you expect the recent election will affect your SDMB participation? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 7, 2024, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-expect-the-recent-election-will-affect-your-sdmb-participation/1009853 "2024-11-07T13:27:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-expect-the-recent-election-will-affect-your-sdmb-participation/1009853/61 "2024-11-08T17:45:58Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > > [@Dinsdale](#): > > > > After 40+ years of trying to be quite informed and active in politics and social issues, I think I’m done. I’m a strong supporter of the governmental services and safety net. But if more than half of my fellow citizens are going to actively work against that, I’m not going to exhaust myself in the time I have left trying to counterweigh a freely elected government. > > That’s kind of how I’m feeling. I’ve spent years trying to argue with people to make them see things more rationally, and it’s just gotten worse. It feels like it’s time to admit that I’m just fundamentally out of step with these people, and they’re never going to change. So, cover my own ass, try to help others cover their asses, but quietly acknowledge that we’re pretty much fucked if the horse-brained masses decide to take a close look at us. > > I’ll still vote for what I believe in, but I’m pretty sure I’m going to lose for the foreseeable future. If so few people see the same problems as me, and don’t want to fix those problems, well, there’s nothing to be done about it. Same. Whats really disappointing is that Gen Z and Gen Alpha are worse than their parents generation. I remember when about 65% of young voters voted for Obama in 2008 and how it helped him win. Now the manosphere can infiltrated younger generations. I’ve heard endless stories from teachers about the open misogyny among young people now. Apparently a meaningful share of the younger generations now are just misogynistic trolls, and those are the future voters of America. With both latinos and young people openly embracing a party that endorses authoritarianism and misogyny, we are fucked as a country. We are going to keep losing elections and keep losing more and more human rights and theres nothing we can do except either move to a blue state and hope state law protects us, or leave the country. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-expect-the-recent-election-will-affect-your-sdmb-participation/1009853/62 "2024-11-08T17:56:09Z")
But, how will that affect your posting on this board? You’ll notice it’s not all political stuff being said here. I understand if you don’t want fuzzy kitten lovefests. There are other important issues to discuss. Personally I think we should all stop regurgitating doom and gloom. It might really get bad soon. Why court an unhealthy attachment to these issues. It’s not like we all don’t realize the dangers. Stop the insanity. It’s truly no good for our mental health. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-expect-the-recent-election-will-affect-your-sdmb-participation/1009853/63 "2024-11-08T17:57:29Z")
Fuzzy kittens, you say? ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-expect-the-recent-election-will-affect-your-sdmb-participation/1009853/64 "2024-11-08T17:57:46Z")
Its only been 3 days, we need time to process the grief about how dysfunctional we are as a country, and accept the fact that 2016 wasn’t a fluke, it was a sign of who we are as Americans and that this is the new normal going forward. ---
**Author:** ![XOldiesJock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ec9cab/32.png) [@XOldiesJock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XOldiesJock)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-expect-the-recent-election-will-affect-your-sdmb-participation/1009853/65 "2024-11-08T18:03:54Z")
There are a lot more topics on SDMB that interest me more than politics. I rarely post about political issues, so I don’t expect to change in that respect. I will probably do a lot less _reading_ of political topics, however. I’m really burned out on politics for the moment, as are many people. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-expect-the-recent-election-will-affect-your-sdmb-participation/1009853/66 "2024-11-08T18:05:17Z")
I expect it’ll be shut down as “subversive” at some point, but I’ll keep posting until then. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-expect-the-recent-election-will-affect-your-sdmb-participation/1009853/67 "2024-11-08T19:18:18Z")
About the same, with a proviso. About a month prior to the election I decided to post LESS in the Trump Pit threads. Yeah, it was satisfying, but it just reminded me of all the aggravations and my despair at how much of America would support a convicted sexual offender whose criminal efforts were endless. Posting on the topic again and again, and on each new revelation was emotionally exhausting. And now of course, it’s even worse. So I think I’ll post about the same, in any place where it’s useful, and the reduced posting about him will continue. So, the prior pre-election change will become the new normal. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-expect-the-recent-election-will-affect-your-sdmb-participation/1009853/68 "2024-11-08T19:23:50Z")
If the anti-Trump post less on that subject, and the pro-Trump post the same (or maybe even more), does that effectively turn the SDMB into a pro-Trump board? ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-expect-the-recent-election-will-affect-your-sdmb-participation/1009853/69 "2024-11-08T19:25:16Z")
Eventually, since the Trumpists will drive everyone else away. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-expect-the-recent-election-will-affect-your-sdmb-participation/1009853/70 "2024-11-08T19:27:51Z")
And that is precisely the “fairness” the right is asking for on this message board. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-expect-the-recent-election-will-affect-your-sdmb-participation/1009853/71 "2024-11-08T21:01:01Z")
Well, if they come here, Don’t talk to them. Don’t engage. Don’t entertain. When they don’t get what they want they’ll move on. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-expect-the-recent-election-will-affect-your-sdmb-participation/1009853/72 "2024-11-08T21:06:41Z")
If you ignore them, they have found a safe haven. Not too many problems just disappear when ignored. Congrats on finding the _easy_ answer, though. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-expect-the-recent-election-will-affect-your-sdmb-participation/1009853/73 "2024-11-08T21:15:02Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > If the anti-Trump post less on that subject, and the pro-Trump post the same (or maybe even more), does that effectively turn the SDMB into a pro-Trump board? And who is that? Where are all these pro Trump posters? ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-expect-the-recent-election-will-affect-your-sdmb-participation/1009853/74 "2024-11-08T21:17:48Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > And who is that? Where are all these pro Trump posters? The ones who have been popping up various places on the board to gloat and throw insults. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-expect-the-recent-election-will-affect-your-sdmb-participation/1009853/75 "2024-11-08T21:21:53Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > > [@Loach](#): > > > > And who is that? Where are all these pro Trump posters? > > The ones who have been popping up various places on the board to gloat and throw insults. The few trolls and trocks that got banned? Yep they are certainly taking over. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-expect-the-recent-election-will-affect-your-sdmb-participation/1009853/76 "2024-11-08T21:23:25Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > The few trolls and trocks that got banned? It’s _almost_ as if they can’t take over if they get banned. As opposed to ignored and allowed to relentlessly harass and threaten people. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-expect-the-recent-election-will-affect-your-sdmb-participation/1009853/77 "2024-11-08T21:26:30Z")
You seem to be arguing _against_ just ignoring them, pointing out that active protest actually works. _Whoopsy!_ ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-expect-the-recent-election-will-affect-your-sdmb-participation/1009853/78 "2024-11-08T21:31:50Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > You seem to be arguing _against_ just ignoring them, pointing out that active protest actually works. > _Whoopsy!_ I never said to ignore anyone. If anyone is harassing or insulting report it. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-expect-the-recent-election-will-affect-your-sdmb-participation/1009853/79 "2024-11-08T21:33:06Z")
I mean, I thought that was obvious. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-expect-the-recent-election-will-affect-your-sdmb-participation/1009853/80 "2024-11-08T23:05:31Z")
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