Can we end banning the president’s name?

The Satellite
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I can’t think of anything sillier for a university based community than to ban posting the name of the US President. It solves absolutely nothing since abbreviations are used and URLs get shortened but it’s a pain and an awfully bad look for this university in general.

Spare me the but but personal attacks since no topic is more viscous than game day threads (particularly football which has the most traffic by far). Plus, we all know the posters who take discussions down the toilet are less than 5 or so. Not only game threads but they can’t help derailing obituaries :fearful:

I mean, come on! Seriously, let’s get real.

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I concur.

It’s stupid that I have to write “Bidenn” and “Trumpp” all the time.

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Were you being serious or just funny as h*ll? I see you rolled one as you stated yesterday. Puff-puff-pass

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Censorship is a bad look for a community tied to a state institution of higher learning.

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“Censorship” is done on a much larger scale, daily, here than the spelling of president’s names.

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Given that coogfans.com is a PRIVATE entity, and not a state actor, that isn’t very persuasive.

That said, I agree.

It’s STUPID that we can’t write those two names.

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I don’t think it’s so much the issue of banning the presidents name

The real issue is that there is a specific “no politics” rule on this board, and yet nobody really knows what the line is

80% of this board is technically politics talk

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It’s a private entity associated with the University of Houston and for the benefit of its students, alumni, faculty, administrators and T-shirt fans.

No one comes to this site unless they some connection or interest in this university.

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I dunno.

There are a lot of fans of other schools that post here as well.

And in any event, the organization is private and has no direct affiliation with the school.

Still though, I agree. It’s strange that those two names are banned. Makes a lot of posting rather inconvenient.

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lol. Someone really misses the politics board. Unsurprisingly.

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We let people discuss issues until it gets overtly political. There is always gray area.

We could kill it all but not sure anyone really wants that, especially given that many people that complain about it participate in it frequently. If y’all don’t like it, just don’t participate.

As for the OP, not my call and don’t see it as a big deal.

I learned a long time ago that I can’t please everyone though.

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I agree that it is wrong to ban Presidents’ names.

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Because too many of you would be posting threads with his name in the title. And then too many people would be complaining to Ryan. Lets try to work in the rules and not get it completely shut down.

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It’s more fun to just complain about what others wish to discuss especially when they have nothing to add.

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Just give in already and make a politics board. Would make everybody so much happier.

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Good idea! Or even have one Politics only thread. People would open it only if they want to like realignment threads that I ignore.

My point is we should be treated as adults.

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Or get rid of The Satellite. Would love to see a poll of all members, politics or no politics?

If we all came here, as stated earlier, because of our ties to UH, then let’s revel in our fandom and eliminate the political pettiness. There are plenty of other websites where one could go to bash presidents x, y, and z. I hear anything goes on twitter, if that’s your cup of tea.

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The satellite board has had a lot of positive threads about UH and other non-political topics that really don’t fit anywhere else. They get lost. I am guessing a lot of people don’t even visit the satellite board anymore just because of all the weeding they have to do to avoid the so-called non-political postings.

Would hate to lose topics like movies, television, random pictures, etc.

They lighten the day.

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I’m good with getting rid of the satellite. No one and I mean no one is ever swayed beyond their conviction, or what their media feeds them. Very evident. Basically just about above a bot chat.

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I agree, and that’s plenty enough. Go COOGS!!

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