I know some people here at least scan Blackjack the Forum (BTF) from time to time. I put this in the sub-forum on Coronavirus, since I don't want to muck up the Vegas main forum, and this is, more or less, politics, which is pretty much what Coronavirus has become.
Has anybody been keeping up with BTF? Today it's become an all out political war, although I'm sure Norm and Don (Norm's sidekick) won't admit it. Today, you finally had a couple reasonable people taking on the established liberal position of coronavirus on BTF. These reasonable people have said that maybe there is a happy medium between total lock down (the liberal position, which is meant to destroy the economy and bring liberals to power) and partially opening things up (the conservative and reasonable position).
Norm and Don have come out guns-a-blazing attacking anybody that would think differently than they do, since obviously they're liberals. Liberals think they know everything, and want people to conform to their way of thinking.
Don (a true blackjack expert, but someone who doesn't have a clue when it comes to reality) said opening things up and letting people back into casinos would be like "leading lambs to slaughter". I thought this was an interesting phase by Don, since it showed what Don thinks of the masses. This is how liberals think! They see the "common Joe" as a "lamb" that needs to be protected by government.
Norm chimed in repeatedly calling out anybody who thought our society should open up. In that one thread, Norm has posted 6 times. He's never posted that many times when I was an active member over there.
In one post Norm said: "Please don't spread misinformation like this." when someone made a post that was 100% accurate. The good news is a regular actually came to this poster's defensive, pointing out his post was accurate. Apparently, Norm backed down, and didn't follow up. When I was over there, Norm would sensor my posts. This is one of the main reasons I quit posting on BTF. I got tired of Norm censoring any view that didn't agree with his liberal views.
What do I like about this site, Vegas Casino Talk? There is no pretense on what it is. It allows freedom of speech. I've never met Dan Druff, or Alan (who started this site), but I respect what they've done here. They've got an excellent gambling and AP site, but they also allow people to freely express their views unfiltered. There are not many places where someone can do that today. I have no idea what their politics are, and i don't care. But I respect they've allowed freedom of expression here.
Blackjack the Forum claims it doesn't want politics, but right now that's all it is. Norm, the moderator, and his sidekick, Don, attacks anybody who thinks differently they they do. Today, BTF is probably one of the most political sites around, but they don't even know it.
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