…if Dolores Umbridge had been a Bajoran…

Well shit, let me know if you post, I might pop some popcorn and go back to the thread to watch.

I warn you it’s not even good rage bait. It’s a bunch of folks who think they know the entire breadth of what comes under the category of hiphop but cherrypick a few specific styles and examples to paint it all with a very broad brush. Their analysis even of the songs they specify is remarkably superficial, as is their view of the entire genre.

When I reached the inevitable “they can say the N word but we can’t” pontification I stopped reading.

I think some of them truly believe that more words makes their comment smarter, too. At one point I was thinking “there’s no way your misinformed opinions regarding cherrypicked hiphop examples and open musings about how unfair it is not to be able to say the n-word could possibly require that wordcount.”

I also noticed there was no hesitation about using n-word uncensored within the comment.

Ah very well. (Edit - morbid curiosity drove me to read the thread on hip hop. Yeesh. I shoulda just done that before I asked.)

If I could talk to him I might say - I mean, if you are out of your Far Right phase (and it was really just a phase) maybe the idea of a man sucking cock shouldn’t be your go-to example of a thing you imply can never be forgiven.

But that’s none of my business, I’m just a puppet depicting a frog drinking tea.

So I’ve never heard of (or maybe I’ve forgotten about) The Motte. It seems to claim to be a sort of “rational discussion is welcome no matter your viewpoint” kind of place, but IME places that go out of their way to tell you that in THIS many words, are actually “we welcome right-wing views under the guise of welcoming everyone’s views, but really we would like some right wing views to be posted.”

What is this place?

This website is a place for people who want to move past shady thinking and test their ideas in a court of people who don’t all share the same biases. Our goal is to optimize for light, not heat; this is a group effort, and all commentators are asked to do their part.

The weekly Culture War threads host the most controversial topics and are the most visible aspect of The Motte. However, many other topics are appropriate here. We encourage people to post anything related to science, politics, or philosophy; if in doubt, post!

They’ve got a long list of rules in the sidebar, none of which seem to be “bigotry not welcome.”

My question - am I getting the wrong idea because I just read that one thread (which seems mostly right wing folks) or is it indeed yet another “We claim to be for everyone as our cover, but we’re really for the right” kind of a place?

It was worth googling to see what that number was. LOL. :)