Novice, et al: I concur with the diagnosis of the problem, but not with the solution. I find that some of the shouting down is what encourages more of the enormously f'ing stupid posting. It occurred to me that if LPSG had a good strong FAQ (as Alex8 suggeted above) we could consistently refer posters to it and calmly dispense with the nonsense. But, of course, in the absence of such an official FAQ section we could create them ourselves. That is actually what I had in mind
here. It has a section about race specifically because I got tired of the threads that annoy you tonight.
Let me be the first to say that
my attempt may not be the right one. Perhaps a completely separate one is needed just for the specific topic you are raising. Others have posted quite thoughtfully on these topics often and perhaps many of those are stronger than my attempt. Perhaps a collective one culled from many posts would be good. It would actually not be that hard for us to produce a good strong
unofficial FAQ area.
However it is accomplished, once it is in place, if the core group of active members consistently referred the clueless and the actively trolling to it with no other comment, and not just one person did so, but many, the behavior would stop or slow.
Let's get us a Wiki-type response, neutral in tone but coldly accurate that shuts down this crap, and then use it consistently. Maybe, just maybe, there would be room for us to get back to the more important functions of the board. (Can you say "fleshpile?":smile: )