If you’re going to nuke a 7000 post thread, maybe you could at least pop a post saying why?

Going from 0-nuke, without even posting a warning, is behaviour Donald would be proud of.

It was the best thread ever, no really, it was phenomenal.

Bigly

Like this is going to last…

2016 claims another, someone’s gotta tell saxonrider

It got out of hand real quick tonight

Zulu-Eleven was having a Trump style meltdown today.

Not pretty.

Sad.

I’m going to have to buy a book or something to read now that’s gone.

Anyone recommend a good magazine? I like bikes and stuff.

It got out of hand real quick tonight

I noticed it did get a bit sean spicy in there, but a mod could just have posted ‘Oi….calm down everyone or I will lock this’, rather than just locking.

He wasn’t the one threatening others…

Shame to lose the thread though.

Perhaps it will be reopened after a cooling period?

Fake post.

Alt post.

It’s been transferred over to the Theresa May thread, don’t worry…

Yeah, its not like the thread had anywhere to go..

It could have been an epic.

But nastiness in intrinsic in here, so what choices were available? “Oi, stop it or..” or “Banned” or close it.

Not a lot else.

Shame.

It must be because someone complained. No other reason

Or just let people rant and burn themselves out…it’s not like we’re adults or anything.

Bypassing mainstream media (yeah…stw).
You can’t call a moron a moron….cause,reasons.

But nastiness in intrinsic in here

Nah i don’t consider it is, however there are 2 or 3 posters who i will not acknowledge with a response in any thread as they act/post like dicks to garner a response so it’s easier to ignore than to respond and fuel their ego.

mental note to self: Don’t bother to try to logically discourse with idiots….. 😉

PS i agree with you Soma, the vast majority of peeps on STW are pretty decent, articulate, and despite not necessarily agreeing the whole time, get along just fine!

I’d reply to maxtorque’s post, but I agree with him. 😀

Thought it was getting, well, got very nasty. Posts could’ve just been deleted and the ban hammer used

😀

Thought it was getting, well, got very nasty. Posts could’ve just been deleted and the ban hammer used

Nasty? I would give it 6/10 mumsnets for how bad it got.

Hang on, has anyone one checked it wasn’t the Russians?

As long as mumsnet is consenting, we’ll be alright.

AIBU in wanting to ban muslims from my street/country?

I tend to be a voyeur on the political threads rather than a poster but I out of any of the other forums or FB groups I visit STW is the most moderated, most PC and probably the nicest behaved.
Without a few juicy threads to play on the those that ‘spoiled’ the Trump thread will just find another, better to give them a sandbox to play in IMO

Basically the Trump thread became bitter and divisive, just like the orange shitgibbon himself.

So the dark forces that lurk in the background in STW swooped n and terminated the thread with extreme prejudice. All for the wider good of the site.

Ironically somewhere in a CIA black ops site there’s a team of extremely deniable assassins plotting to fix the Trump problem in a similar way.

Unwritten rule #7 of this forum. There are some members that won’t ever enter into reasoned debate and will always take the Michael. Zulu-eleven is one of them.

When did Kimbers become the liberal version of Chekwk? 8)

SIOB WRT YABU
OTOH IKWYM

chewkw is one of the good (bad) posters, he’s amusing and i’d quite happily have a pint and a face to face discussion/argument with him in the pub as i imagine we’d both leave on good terms, as for the others i feel it would be a very short discussion before i would feel utter contempt for their views.

Threatening someone is not the smartest move if you want a thread to remain open

Basically the Trump thread became bitter and divisive

May be fairer to moderate for the many rather than the few..

I turned away in disdain a few times, but turned away in disgust when ninfan was accused of being a rape apologist. He might be many things, but not that.

Agreed but a collective punishment rather than a ban for those involved would seem a more appropriate response

Its not like another political thread wont fill the vacuum and we will all repeat the dance.

Threatening someone is not the smartest move if you want a thread to remain open

Again, not excusing the handbags that were thrown underarm in the thread, but a warning/temp ban just to nudge people back on track would have sufficed.

p.s You want some?

Excellent. Has/will the brexit one go the same way?