| FAO PHIL 00:07 - Jun 13 with 6443 views | AdrianPazDidUseDAZ |
Please can you create a new filter that deletes any posts or threads with the mention of Farage.
If not can you give me a way that I can hide them?
Quite honestly I’m sick and tired of coming on to this site and forum to get my Ipswich town news, insights, and discussions that is now being highjacked by people’s political persuasions.
Thanks from Sweden, Uppa Town!! |  | | |  |
| FAO PHIL on 14:12 - Jun 13 with 954 views | Benters |
| FAO PHIL on 12:22 - Jun 13 by noggin |
I can never forgive Ashton for hosting racist grifter Farage and promoting Reform, through ITFC. The fact he then lied to all of us, to save his own face, is reprehensible.
Ashton out! |
Ashton in ! |  |
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| FAO PHIL on 14:12 - Jun 13 with 963 views | urbanpenguin |
| FAO PHIL on 12:27 - Jun 13 by franz_tyson |
One thing I did suggest in the questionnaire is that there should be a POLITICS tab added, where Football and General are politics-free.
I never bother to go to General. It's basically the same crowd who are saying the same thing, spouting the same politics. Can't be bothered to trawl through that. |
Nothing can be politics free. Politics is not something separate to wider society and all we do in it, it is the very construct of all we do and how we do it. |  |
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| FAO PHIL on 14:50 - Jun 13 with 851 views | Joey_Joe_Joe_Junior |
| FAO PHIL on 12:27 - Jun 13 by franz_tyson |
One thing I did suggest in the questionnaire is that there should be a POLITICS tab added, where Football and General are politics-free.
I never bother to go to General. It's basically the same crowd who are saying the same thing, spouting the same politics. Can't be bothered to trawl through that. |
Yes, it’s basically an endless feedback loop, I’d recommend a blocking effort as well if you’re here for the football, never used to do it but it does help. It is still enviable it still pops up in other sections of the board or people forget to label their football only posts as such. |  |
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| FAO PHIL on 14:56 - Jun 13 with 822 views | Vic |
| FAO PHIL on 07:26 - Jun 13 by SuffolkPunchFC |
If you blocked every football thread that had mention of ‘the incident (TM)’ somewhere in it, almost every thread in the football section would end up hidden  |
Thats what the OP ws asking for though.
Easiest way is to just hide the thread. |  |
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| FAO PHIL on 15:07 - Jun 13 with 800 views | Churchman |
| FAO PHIL on 14:12 - Jun 13 by urbanpenguin |
Nothing can be politics free. Politics is not something separate to wider society and all we do in it, it is the very construct of all we do and how we do it. |
Yes it can. Sport.
The last thing I think about in a football ground is the views of the coffee cup and tie brigade in the directors comfy chairs. I don’t think about my problems/demands on my time. I just lose myself following my team. Simple as that.
I couldn’t give two hoots who the players vote for or anyone working at the club, including the CEO. That’s their problem. Or the people near me in the stand. Who am I to judge them or anyone else? If they are convicted murderers or start on me then that’s different.
I play golf sometimes with someone who works for Reform and has sunk a lot of money and time into it. I couldn’t care a less any more than the other people who ankle round a course with him do. The only action is to not engage with him on politics. Over a beer or five? No. I’m enjoying my beer and a laugh.
In work, despite working on projects for the government I never once discussed politics with them and visa versa. Nobody did. There was the work and that was that.
Life is only governed by anything including politics if you let it be. They’re best avoided. We know what the last lot were like and what Blair did with his let’s be like maggie and have a little war thing and we now have a Prime Minister and Chancellor who’ve lied through their teeth on Defence. Even everyone’s favourite ‘wish she was English, only one talking sense’ Sturgeon has turned out to be hardly as pure as the driven snow.
They’re all best ignored. I’ve some holidays coming up in the next six months and I can guarantee that if Starmer is caught in bed with a consenting baboon I neither hear about it or if a do, take the slightest notice of it.
So in my world, not everything can or should be politics. A separate tab for it would be a good thing. |  | | |
| FAO PHIL on 15:11 - Jun 13 with 788 views | Mullet |
| FAO PHIL on 15:07 - Jun 13 by Churchman |
Yes it can. Sport.
The last thing I think about in a football ground is the views of the coffee cup and tie brigade in the directors comfy chairs. I don’t think about my problems/demands on my time. I just lose myself following my team. Simple as that.
I couldn’t give two hoots who the players vote for or anyone working at the club, including the CEO. That’s their problem. Or the people near me in the stand. Who am I to judge them or anyone else? If they are convicted murderers or start on me then that’s different.
I play golf sometimes with someone who works for Reform and has sunk a lot of money and time into it. I couldn’t care a less any more than the other people who ankle round a course with him do. The only action is to not engage with him on politics. Over a beer or five? No. I’m enjoying my beer and a laugh.
In work, despite working on projects for the government I never once discussed politics with them and visa versa. Nobody did. There was the work and that was that.
Life is only governed by anything including politics if you let it be. They’re best avoided. We know what the last lot were like and what Blair did with his let’s be like maggie and have a little war thing and we now have a Prime Minister and Chancellor who’ve lied through their teeth on Defence. Even everyone’s favourite ‘wish she was English, only one talking sense’ Sturgeon has turned out to be hardly as pure as the driven snow.
They’re all best ignored. I’ve some holidays coming up in the next six months and I can guarantee that if Starmer is caught in bed with a consenting baboon I neither hear about it or if a do, take the slightest notice of it.
So in my world, not everything can or should be politics. A separate tab for it would be a good thing. |
A really good distillation of the “don’t post what I don’t like” mentality just being selfishness/ignorance. |  |
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| FAO PHIL on 15:19 - Jun 13 with 774 views | GeoffSentence |
You see that little red cross in the bottom right hand corner of every OP. That's the way to hide a thread that you are after. |  |
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| FAO PHIL on 15:22 - Jun 13 with 766 views | Churchman |
| FAO PHIL on 15:11 - Jun 13 by Mullet |
A really good distillation of the “don’t post what I don’t like” mentality just being selfishness/ignorance. |
Sorry, I don’t understand what you mean. People can post whatever they want, but the suggestion was all about a filter or third tab and my recent response (an opinion) just refutes the suggestion that everything is political. It isn’t for me. | | | |
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| FAO PHIL on 15:30 - Jun 13 with 730 views | Benters |
| FAO PHIL on 15:19 - Jun 13 by GeoffSentence |
You see that little red cross in the bottom right hand corner of every OP. That's the way to hide a thread that you are after. |
I wondered what that did ! | |
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| FAO PHIL on 15:59 - Jun 13 with 673 views | urbanpenguin |
| FAO PHIL on 15:07 - Jun 13 by Churchman |
Yes it can. Sport.
The last thing I think about in a football ground is the views of the coffee cup and tie brigade in the directors comfy chairs. I don’t think about my problems/demands on my time. I just lose myself following my team. Simple as that.
I couldn’t give two hoots who the players vote for or anyone working at the club, including the CEO. That’s their problem. Or the people near me in the stand. Who am I to judge them or anyone else? If they are convicted murderers or start on me then that’s different.
I play golf sometimes with someone who works for Reform and has sunk a lot of money and time into it. I couldn’t care a less any more than the other people who ankle round a course with him do. The only action is to not engage with him on politics. Over a beer or five? No. I’m enjoying my beer and a laugh.
In work, despite working on projects for the government I never once discussed politics with them and visa versa. Nobody did. There was the work and that was that.
Life is only governed by anything including politics if you let it be. They’re best avoided. We know what the last lot were like and what Blair did with his let’s be like maggie and have a little war thing and we now have a Prime Minister and Chancellor who’ve lied through their teeth on Defence. Even everyone’s favourite ‘wish she was English, only one talking sense’ Sturgeon has turned out to be hardly as pure as the driven snow.
They’re all best ignored. I’ve some holidays coming up in the next six months and I can guarantee that if Starmer is caught in bed with a consenting baboon I neither hear about it or if a do, take the slightest notice of it.
So in my world, not everything can or should be politics. A separate tab for it would be a good thing. |
How is sport politics free? That's absurd
Is there a membership of your golf course? Are they using a particular pesticide? Is there a dress code? When were women allowed to be members? And so on and so on.
Ipswich is a club owned by a rich pension fund, the ground is owned by someone different to the club, season ticket prices are going up, little can't afford sky/tnt etc, players are members of the PFA, a man got banned from grounds for life because he celebrated on the pitch, VAR is there because of the way money and legals is entwined with sport, sponsorship by unknowns betting companies in South East Asia, and so on and so on. That's all politics.
Ok, so not professional sport. The parks kids kick about on, the youth clubs they learn five a side in, etc etc. They're also political.
Politics isn't who you or anyone votes for once every four years, and if we think that's the extent of it then perhaps we deserve the power hungry loons who we get.
And, as to the comment "the last thing I think about... I just get lost in the game." (paraphrase) - just because you are not thinking about politics and its impact doesn't mean it doesn't exist. You're not like a dog that thinks its owner has gone because they're hiding behind a bedsheet. You may not take an interest in politics and how it affects the things in your life, but it does in both you and them. [Post edited 13 Jun 16:08]
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| FAO PHIL on 16:18 - Jun 13 with 611 views | Joey_Joe_Joe_Junior |
| FAO PHIL on 15:59 - Jun 13 by urbanpenguin |
How is sport politics free? That's absurd
Is there a membership of your golf course? Are they using a particular pesticide? Is there a dress code? When were women allowed to be members? And so on and so on.
Ipswich is a club owned by a rich pension fund, the ground is owned by someone different to the club, season ticket prices are going up, little can't afford sky/tnt etc, players are members of the PFA, a man got banned from grounds for life because he celebrated on the pitch, VAR is there because of the way money and legals is entwined with sport, sponsorship by unknowns betting companies in South East Asia, and so on and so on. That's all politics.
Ok, so not professional sport. The parks kids kick about on, the youth clubs they learn five a side in, etc etc. They're also political.
Politics isn't who you or anyone votes for once every four years, and if we think that's the extent of it then perhaps we deserve the power hungry loons who we get.
And, as to the comment "the last thing I think about... I just get lost in the game." (paraphrase) - just because you are not thinking about politics and its impact doesn't mean it doesn't exist. You're not like a dog that thinks its owner has gone because they're hiding behind a bedsheet. You may not take an interest in politics and how it affects the things in your life, but it does in both you and them. [Post edited 13 Jun 16:08]
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| FAO PHIL on 16:29 - Jun 13 with 571 views | SuffolkPunchFC |
| FAO PHIL on 14:05 - Jun 13 by Cheltenham_Blue |
Not discussing football is it though?
Fk me, how desperate are people on this board to start flippant arguments?
This you bub?
FAO PHIL by SuffolkPunchFC 13 Jun 11:35FFS, some posters on this forum can be really unpleasant and unwelcoming at times [mad]
The OP has not asked for censorship. They have not asked for content to be policed by the moderators. Just because they haven't posted much, that doesn't mean they haven't been a member and reader for many years.
They asked for a filter (which means it's something you choose to enable or not), to help them remove posts they don't want to see. Whether this is practical or not, or the existing controls are good enough, or not, this is not on unreasonable thing for someone to post about. If you disagree, you have every right to say so (although why it would hurt anyone to have such filters is hard to see), but in the same way, they have every right to post a suggestion on what they see as an improvement that would allow them to 'choose' what they see or don't see.
Personally I don't see what is being asked for being practical (although there are website content management systems that do allow posts to be hidden when a trigger word you configure in you preferences is included). But there is no need for some of you to lay into the OP, especially since some of the posts have completely misunderstood the original intent.
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Talking about what should be in the football section fits best in that section, rather than elsewhere. Some people seem intent on shutting it down, and being unpleasant.
I guess that hit a nerve. | | | |
| FAO PHIL on 16:34 - Jun 13 with 550 views | Churchman |
| FAO PHIL on 15:59 - Jun 13 by urbanpenguin |
How is sport politics free? That's absurd
Is there a membership of your golf course? Are they using a particular pesticide? Is there a dress code? When were women allowed to be members? And so on and so on.
Ipswich is a club owned by a rich pension fund, the ground is owned by someone different to the club, season ticket prices are going up, little can't afford sky/tnt etc, players are members of the PFA, a man got banned from grounds for life because he celebrated on the pitch, VAR is there because of the way money and legals is entwined with sport, sponsorship by unknowns betting companies in South East Asia, and so on and so on. That's all politics.
Ok, so not professional sport. The parks kids kick about on, the youth clubs they learn five a side in, etc etc. They're also political.
Politics isn't who you or anyone votes for once every four years, and if we think that's the extent of it then perhaps we deserve the power hungry loons who we get.
And, as to the comment "the last thing I think about... I just get lost in the game." (paraphrase) - just because you are not thinking about politics and its impact doesn't mean it doesn't exist. You're not like a dog that thinks its owner has gone because they're hiding behind a bedsheet. You may not take an interest in politics and how it affects the things in your life, but it does in both you and them. [Post edited 13 Jun 16:08]
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A lot of what you define as politic, I would call economics or rules.
I don’t belong to one golf club any more. I play anywhere with a couple of societies. English golf clubs don’t ban women any more though some do have stupid rules.
The football ground buildings etc) is actually owned by the club. The land on which they sit is owned by the Council (leasehold)
The owners bought the club for economic reasons, not political. The idiot was banned because he broke the rules.
Kids play for fun. They don’t boot a ball around thinking how could Sturgeon miss a motor home or £81k jag. They just play.
In other words, what you define as politics is not the same as how I see it. Politics in the context of TWTD is lunch with Farage, Starmer, Johnson and the dregs that stink out the HoC and HoL.
Yes, actually politics is all about what you vote for every four years. They set policy. Nobody else. The in between thinking is the actions they take, how much they impoverished you this year etc, which is why a separate tab is a good idea.
You can separate out actions and thoughts and it’s actually a good idea that’s always worked for me. Of course those things exist but you don’t have to let them infect your life 24/7 unless you want to. Switching on, switching off. It’s actually why top golfers achieve what they do.
A lot of people don’t which is why my mate will be in the pub and constantly fiddling with his phone texting or piddling around on the internet. It’s hardly a shock that his life is one of chaos.
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| FAO PHIL on 16:42 - Jun 13 with 507 views | Cheltenham_Blue |
| FAO PHIL on 16:29 - Jun 13 by SuffolkPunchFC |
Talking about what should be in the football section fits best in that section, rather than elsewhere. Some people seem intent on shutting it down, and being unpleasant.
I guess that hit a nerve. |
Read it back. I was replying to Churchy's post, not talking generally.
Hit a nerve? Are you all right? I wasn't making any attempt to shut anything down. I was replying to another poster who suggested using the football filter to avoid Farage and political posts, and yet here we are in the football section talking about Farage and politics.
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| FAO PHIL on 16:48 - Jun 13 with 482 views | Benters |
| FAO PHIL on 16:42 - Jun 13 by Cheltenham_Blue |
Read it back. I was replying to Churchy's post, not talking generally.
Hit a nerve? Are you all right? I wasn't making any attempt to shut anything down. I was replying to another poster who suggested using the football filter to avoid Farage and political posts, and yet here we are in the football section talking about Farage and politics.
Stop being a co ck. |
Most of us who care about The Towen don’t give a flying F that Nigel had lunch with Mark.
and I will tell you another thing I’d never have apologised to a few plebs on here if I’d have been Ashton. | |
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| FAO PHIL on 16:50 - Jun 13 with 486 views | AdrianPazDidUseDAZ |
| FAO PHIL on 11:14 - Jun 13 by Benters |
So you started this new account up just to say that?
Not only that you have mentioned Nigel 😂👍🇬🇧 |
FWIW I’ve been a long term lurker and no I don’t post much. I moved to Sweden 5 years ago and whilst I miss going regularly home and away through our rapid rebirth I’m probably able to watch more games than ever.
This site is one of my go to ways of staying up to date and in touch with all things ITFC. I appreciate that some have strong views and concerns about the club and certain people in it but we are miles better off than we were five years ago. Debate how you wish but I like positivity and find it sad that some people just want to dig out the negative when actually we should be quite positive about the current state of our club.
P.s. Uppa TowEn | | | |
| FAO PHIL on 16:51 - Jun 13 with 480 views | TheMoralMajority |
| FAO PHIL on 16:48 - Jun 13 by Benters |
Most of us who care about The Towen don’t give a flying F that Nigel had lunch with Mark.
and I will tell you another thing I’d never have apologised to a few plebs on here if I’d have been Ashton. |
I don't give a toss who Mark had lunch with either. But you keep distilling down people's views to fit your narrative if it makes you feel better.
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| FAO PHIL on 16:52 - Jun 13 with 474 views | Benters |
| FAO PHIL on 16:50 - Jun 13 by AdrianPazDidUseDAZ |
FWIW I’ve been a long term lurker and no I don’t post much. I moved to Sweden 5 years ago and whilst I miss going regularly home and away through our rapid rebirth I’m probably able to watch more games than ever.
This site is one of my go to ways of staying up to date and in touch with all things ITFC. I appreciate that some have strong views and concerns about the club and certain people in it but we are miles better off than we were five years ago. Debate how you wish but I like positivity and find it sad that some people just want to dig out the negative when actually we should be quite positive about the current state of our club.
P.s. Uppa TowEn |
It’s an uppie from me! | |
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| FAO PHIL on 16:53 - Jun 13 with 466 views | Benters |
| FAO PHIL on 16:51 - Jun 13 by TheMoralMajority |
I don't give a toss who Mark had lunch with either. But you keep distilling down people's views to fit your narrative if it makes you feel better.
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But I couldn’t give a monkeys who came to have lunch with Mark Ashton. | |
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| FAO PHIL on 16:59 - Jun 13 with 450 views | MattinLondon |
| FAO PHIL on 16:48 - Jun 13 by Benters |
Most of us who care about The Towen don’t give a flying F that Nigel had lunch with Mark.
and I will tell you another thing I’d never have apologised to a few plebs on here if I’d have been Ashton. |
You wouldn’t apologise for lying?
Well I guess that suits your cowardly persona. |  | | |
| FAO PHIL on 17:30 - Jun 13 with 350 views | ITFCSG |
| FAO PHIL on 16:53 - Jun 13 by Benters |
But I couldn’t give a monkeys who came to have lunch with Mark Ashton. |
I don't care who Ashton had lunch with tbh
BUT
I do care about whether the CEO of my club treats the fans with respect, honesty and transparency | | | |
| FAO PHIL on 17:48 - Jun 13 with 292 views | Benters |
| FAO PHIL on 16:59 - Jun 13 by MattinLondon |
You wouldn’t apologise for lying?
Well I guess that suits your cowardly persona. |
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| FAO PHIL on 17:53 - Jun 13 with 263 views | noggin |
| FAO PHIL on 16:48 - Jun 13 by Benters |
Most of us who care about The Towen don’t give a flying F that Nigel had lunch with Mark.
and I will tell you another thing I’d never have apologised to a few plebs on here if I’d have been Ashton. |
So you don't care about the feelings of Town players with immigrant backgrounds?
You don't care about multicultural 'Towen', do you? [Post edited 13 Jun 18:04]
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| FAO PHIL on 18:07 - Jun 13 with 201 views | Benters |
| FAO PHIL on 17:53 - Jun 13 by noggin |
So you don't care about the feelings of Town players with immigrant backgrounds?
You don't care about multicultural 'Towen', do you? [Post edited 13 Jun 18:04]
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Nice edit buh. | |
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| FAO PHIL on 18:08 - Jun 13 with 199 views | FrimleyBlue |
| FAO PHIL on 16:48 - Jun 13 by Benters |
Most of us who care about The Towen don’t give a flying F that Nigel had lunch with Mark.
and I will tell you another thing I’d never have apologised to a few plebs on here if I’d have been Ashton. |
I must have missed the part where he said twtd forum posters.... |  |
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