Self Policing Militia Summons

[skysidhe]

Originally Posted by BigV

Some cherry picking trying to confine my observations to Redux and some quotes about and to him.


I disagree.


More of the exact behavior described as the problem, what hypocrisy. His "shit" isn't all over the board. Your complaint is that he's so monomaniacal about politics--it just doesn't go all over. You're wrong on the facts. "Professional dingleberry"? Real mature. Way to set an example. Way to be the change you want to see.


more shouting... *yawn*


now self esteem is bannable? etc, etc.


I, too, am not one of the all you proclaim are tired of his shit. You don't speak for me.


You're seriously misreading his posts. Completely so.


I agree. It's not.


*point 1*
Redux **is** a member of this community. He is highly unwelcome by some especially vocal members. Many are neutral, and some of us, like me, appreciate his posts for their content.

*point 2*
I hope you're kidding when you make this point. I ask all the time for help, for clarification of other people's points and ideas. It is flatly wrong to say that anything that starts with "please tell me how" is useless bickering. Your whole point here just sounds cranky, which is way out of character for you Clodfobble.

*point 3*
I agree with this point. There's a limit to the validity to "he started it" as an excuse for one's actions as an adult. That limit is greater than zero, and it can be a good starting point for an explanation as to why things started to go off the rails, but only if someone cares. Apparently you don't, so it has little value to you. Fair enough.

The nothing wolf is talking about is bannable behavior. I know you don't like Redux's ideas and his posts. You've said so clearly and repeatedly. I do like Redux's ideas and posts. Even you say the role of the moderator is not to ban unpopular members and I strongly agree with that statement. Redux is unpopular with some and popular with others. Redux is **NOT** willfully ruining our environment any more than you are or I am.

Heh. Remember, you actually have the power, yourself, to "stop it". Don't listen to it.


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These two pairs of posts elicit a rueful laugh from me.

OF COURSE Redux is a REAL PERSON. Are you kidding me? Redux, I caution you to dispense details of your personal life with the knowledge that they will never be private again. They will be known widely or less widely, but they'll be public forever. And even if you gave all of us here all of your details, how could we say even then that we "knew" you? monster imagined in a different thread recently how she'd characterized someone as "most likely to become a serial killer". I believe she said it in jest and in private, but when she found out later that the circumstances in this person's life were dramatically different from what she'd previously and incorrectly understood, she understood her assessment was unfair.

I doubt your situation is different. We know little about you but you're a real person to me. For those who demand more "proof" about your reality, I say keep your cake and let them keep their ignorance.

I respect the fact you have the chutzpah to point out the obvious.
Quite a few good points.
Especially the last about sharing information. I don't usually feel especially 'more real' after sharing mine. It just means I am being trusting enough to put some of it up for scrutiny. Not everyone is going to be flying the 'they're a real person now banner' Why would red want to take that step of trust as there is so much animosity.

Red, I still want to hear about the new restaurant though. I won't scrutinize the menu too much.

Originally Posted by skysidhe

...Red, I still want to hear about the new restaurant though. I won't scrutinize the menu too much.

Sky...I responded in the appropriate forum.

[Flint]

Nobody HAS to do anything... Nobody HAS to post info about their personal life, of course nobody HAS to take their other posts seriously if they don't. The consequences of whatever choices people make are decided democratically (we vote with our feet). This thread, and the discussion it generated, IS the "policing" of this board--it is the "airing of greivances" from Costanza's Festivus.

Speaking for myself, I am only interested in boards that are NOT MODERATED FOR CONTENT.