Mods,
I've been a member here for 14 years and apparently someone here banned me from the $2.50 gallon gas thread. I want to know why. You can pm me or reply here, i don't care which. I want you to show me anything I've said that was untrue or deserving of a ban. Explain it to me, don't just do it and hide. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Frazod:
I really seem to have a special talent for pissing people off. Seriously, ten other people can articulate the same position as mine in a thread, yet it seems I'm always the one they key in on.
Everybody's gotta be good at something, I guess.:-)
Originally Posted by Bearcat:
Don't know what to tell ya.... plenty of people keep politics out of 100% of their posts in the Lounge, no matter the topic.
All of those people actually can talk about Covid or a team's name change or gas prices, etc... without posting their petulant political opinions.
Of course they can keep politics out of the discussion because they "approve" of the "elephant in the room's political stance" but as soon as someone else comes along to provide a different political viewpoint that is appropriate for the political topic at hand because pro sports 'took' a political stance then all of a sudden now we are labeled as petulant and are banned ???
Do I now call you Jack Bearcat or Bearcat Zuckerberg because you vehemently disagree with conservative political takes ??? Easy now! I am joking:-):-) [Reply]
Originally Posted by Chiefshrink:
Of course they can keep politics out of the discussion because they "approve" of the "elephant in the room's political stance" but as soon as someone else comes along to provide a different political viewpoint that is appropriate for the political topic at hand because pro sports 'took' a political stance then all of a sudden now we are labeled as petulant and are banned ???
Do I now call you Jack Bearcat or Bearcat Zuckerberg because you vehemently disagree with conservative political takes ??? Easy now! I am joking:-):-)
Dude, the mods don't moderate based on their own political views. Several of them are conservative. You're way off base. [Reply]
Originally Posted by htismaqe:
Again, the issue isn't the politics, it's the people.
It's both my friend especially when a different viewpoint is expressed. And we will agree to disagree on "who really gets offended" when a different viewpoint is given.:-)
Originally Posted by htismaqe:
Dude, the mods don't moderate based on their own political views. Several of them are conservative.
I get and know this but people are human and have biases as well. Just saying.:-) [Reply]
Originally Posted by Chiefshrink:
Of course they can keep politics out of the discussion because they "approve" of the "elephant in the room's political stance" but as soon as someone else comes along to provide a different political viewpoint that is appropriate for the political topic at hand because pro sports 'took' a political stance then all of a sudden now we are labeled as petulant and are banned ???
Do I now call you Jack Bearcat or Bearcat Zuckerberg because you vehemently disagree with conservative political takes ??? Easy now! I am joking:-):-)
That's already BEP's pet name for me, so you'll have to come up with a new one.
You seem to be comparing apples and oranges, and "they started it" isn't a valid reason... yeah, some people make very veiled political references or the eye-roll-inducing stuff.... but, we have to draw a reasonable line somewhere between zero tolerance of anything that hints at political opinions and people storming into threads guns blazing.
And if one side of the cesspool is very good at beating around the bush politically to the point where only DC regulars know what they're referring to, while the other side is far more blunt about it, then the latter will probably be banned from threads more frequently..... we also get plenty of reported posts that we don't see as political at all, including the mods who frequent DC.
Just like most other rules around here, to make everyone happy you would either need a very strict zero tolerance rule (not even a mention of a politician or anything that touches politics in the slightest) or no rule at all.... or else people will do all they can to cross the line and some people will throw fits when they get banned from a thread or two for breaking subjective rules, no matter how blatantly they broke it.
So, the advice has always been the same.... be like the 95%+ of the board who never come close to sharing their political views outside of DC and you'll never be banned from a thread. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Chiefshrink:
Of course they can keep politics out of the discussion because they "approve" of the "elephant in the room's political stance" but as soon as someone else comes along to provide a different political viewpoint that is appropriate for the political topic at hand because pro sports 'took' a political stance then all of a sudden now we are labeled as petulant and are banned ???
Do I now call you Jack Bearcat or Bearcat Zuckerberg because you vehemently disagree with conservative political takes ??? Easy now! I am joking:-):-)
If the topic is political it goes in DC
If the topic is sports it goes in the Lounge
If the topic is politics in sports it goes in DC
It’s not difficult to understand and all.
To say people keep politics out of the discussion because they approve of the elephant in the room’s political stance. Is almost as ignorant as saying part of the reason veterans commit suicide is that schools teach evolution in science class.
People can leave politics out of it because it doesn’t consume their life, they don’t need to discuss it. They are able to read something on the internet and leave it alone, even if they disagree. Hell they can even agree with what’s being said and not say anything. [Reply]
