According to Gary Stern, 75% of pinball buyers are Republicans. I think that stat generally sounds accurate from what I’ve seen on pinside. I also think that that inherent internal bias, conscious or not, will show through in the “approved” posts. Subtle and not so subtle conservative talking points float by unnoticed on this sight all the time. Anti-government program, anti-regulation, Misogyny, anti-gay, trans “jokes” just sit in many threads and are not, apparently, considered political or hate speech.

I’m all for safety related modding, but then kicking people out of threads for posting the actual words of political leaders that are also spreading misinformation? Bias.

Good luck with the pre approval but you’ve got deeper issues on this site.

That's the point. And the downvotes also strengthen the point.

As for reporting posts, either the mods are too busy or don't have the same view of said posts to deem them as problematic which again, bolsters my point.

I'm not sure how this saves mods any time either...isn't the time looking at a post prior to approval the same as reading it already posted?

Is this a personal attack?

It’s a video of him stating it and based on his pinball company which I have heard makes and sells pinball machines to pinball people. I’m guessing there’s a contact link for stern on their website if you want to ask about peanut butter.

Pretty much. I also don’t think it’s done with malice or even consciously done. In a thread on covid which is inherently political because of the man at the top in charge makes it political, a scientific, fact based comment is viewed through a lens of media-distrust and anti-science which, unfortunately has become the bedrock of one of the political parties. It’s a shock to some people when they hear fact based mass media because they don’t live in that world. It’s sad really.

downvote/upvote tracks.