Whereas I agree that the example you've given would be frustrating, I feel like you're looking to micromanage conversations.

I'm an adult, and if I make a claim like you said, and someone insists on my giving proof when I cannot, I make the adult decision to discontinue the discussion.

By banning "sea-lioning", it seems like anyone asking for someone to provide evidence for a claim could get them banned. This could be abused.

Calling an entire group of people "pedophiles" is wrong and I understand why they might get booted.

However, I think we need to be open enough to debate whether it's a good idea to have drag queen story hours in local libraries or schools. That could be a good discussion as long as we keep from straying into the "crude stereotypes" territory.

I think the same can be said about discussions regarding race, crime, depression or anything else that occurs in the commonwealth.

Nice to meet the newest moderator to ban me from a subreddit 🤣🤣🤣

Why not just ban the one parent?

The article was only able to find one instance related to basketball (the other was soccer) and it seems to have been one adult making the comment (although they don't say what it was).

I think the better way to go would have been to play the game and ensure that the one fan isn't allowed to watch it.

Thanks. You've been very helpful.

In Massachusetts, we have "villages" but they're never incorporated so they're always part of the town they're in. That's why I found VT a little confusing.

Not one bit.

Yes. I've also been to New Delhi, so I've seen awful poverty and a very dirty city.

And as dirty as I thought New Delhi was, I'd never call their city a shithole.

I'm all for poking fun at other states.

But there's a difference between "poking fun" and assuming that everyone in the South is a redneck idiot.

Oh wow. So if you live in one of the villages, your tax bill would be a higher percentage of your house's worth than if you just lived within the town?

So the property tax dollars in Bellows falls get split between BF and the rest of Rockingham?

Thanks!

Thanks.

I don' live there. I was just looking at the town and village online and i was interested. I thought someone might know

I was looking at that before. But then I noticed they had a Bellows Falls Police Dept. Does Rockingham have a separate police force from Bellows Falls? Does BF have its own government?

And because of this move by the Rutland school committee, racism is officially over.

Great post.

And like I wrote before, I'm not against playful banter among friends. I love to tease my CT, NH or my southern friends, and I expect the same thing in return.

What I take exception to is the blatant arrogance and churlish insults that go beyond playful banter. Insults that are meant to demean and insult the intelligence of people from certain states.

I have.

I've also been to New Delhi and as dirty as that city was, I'd never insult a person's home by calling it a "shithole."

You're probably right

I think there's a difference between cracking some jokes about CT not being part of New England and the entire South being a shithole and everyone there being stupid and racist.

I'm not against making jokes about other states - I love to tease my sister in NH or my family and friends in CT.

But some of what goes on in this forum goes beyond teasing and joking and an almost disregard for the people who live in those places.

I love Massachusetts, and I hope to return one day to live, but it's not perfect.

I get needing front and back plates, but yearly inspections can be a bit tedious.

I have since moved out of state, but my mother was told that her car wouldn't pass inspection because her license plate was "too faded." Last time I saw her car was in August and it really wasn't that faded.

I could see having inspections ever 2 years for cars older than five years, but every year is a bit much.