In! Oh wait maybe This is the one thread you DONT want in?
I agree that happens. But often the consternation has a reason beyond just a different opinion. Cases in point: level.eleven, david890, even ddrees, and sometimes you. To the extent that it appears people are here to dissent just to troll, they tend not to be well treated. But admittedly those people are often enough mistaken as trolls.
In your post the 1st 2 "X" members you mentioned were serious trolls. Angry.
Ddrees is fixed in his beliefs as we all are. Kut.................well......................there is only 1 Kut. Devils advocate extraordinaire.
And yes, when Kut is on the job I have to go look. Amazed/enlightened/confused pretty much covers this.
We all add something to the mix in here. I miss some of the guys that were voices in opposition to the norm. When they went nuclear death by mod they left a hole in the Forum. Some of those holes have never been filled. Some I hope never are. If I/we can keep the ebb and flow headed in a given direction that is the best way we see to Moderate the site. If I can go a month with out dusting off "Mighty Mouse" (hammer) I am good with that.
Although I had some objections with PaulF at the time, I actually think the forum benefited to have him (or someone like him) as a differing viewpoint when it comes to moderation.
When on the surface it's one mod doing all the work (obviously it's not, but bear with me here)... they have their way of moderating. They see certain things certain ways. I have to imagine you and PaulF have some pretty differing views on the big subjects that get discussed here.
So you're good at catching these sorts of offenders.... and Paul would be good at recognizing and catching the others.
... I dunno, sort of rambling... but I think MrJarrell would still be around if someone with perhaps views closer to him was on the mod team. People didn't like him, and he was dogpiled until he reacted poorly and got banned. If people **** on you all day, and you're expected to take it in stride... where's the fun in participating on the forum? Mods tended to side with the people that **** on him, so those people didn't (seemingly) get punished. But when J lashed out... Bam, red flag, gone. (I know there's more to it, but that's how it looks on the surface)
I think any INGO mod needs to be pro-2A. That goes without saying. But there are also subjects outside of guns that we're all over the place on, lots of different and strong opinions here, and that's awesome.
I don't know the demographics of the rest of the mod team, so maybe this is already the case. Paul brought that non-Republican, non-Religious, middle-of-the-ground type of view to the forum. He laid some moderation decisions down that I don't think other mods would have necessarily spoke up on.
I thought this guy was banned already...Meow
Continuing where we left off...
If I see a poster who seems to have contempt for the people he or she disagrees with, it is most natural to treat that poster with a bit more vinegar than someone who generally just disagrees with me. And it works the other way too. Most of the posters here have a right leaning view, and with some of them, anyone left of them they view with contempt. And it shows in how they interact.
It's a good point. But about MrJarrell specifically, he had a lot of contempt, especially for Christians. You can't go mocking people for their religious beliefs and then have those people you've insulted behave friendly towards you.
I thought this guy was banned already...
I thought this guy was banned already...
I just realized I made a personal attack against mbills223. I now await my summary banning and the eternal shame that accompanies it.
I thought this guy was banned already...
Hammer is in the closet. To lazy to go and get it.
Preferential Treatment!Hammer is in the closet. To lazy to go and get it.
I've said this before: banning mbills is like kicking a puppy...sure, it's easy to do, but it feels so bad.
I mean...he's just a little feller, how could you ban him?