I can’t find any way to make personal messages to other posters.
Yes, after some discussion, the PMs have been shut down by the higher ups. They will not be added to the forum again.
Occam did not die because George was banned. Occam was nearly 100 years old. It would have happened regardless, @mitch70.
Anytime racism and/or hateful rhetoric, as well as violation of other rules, by multiple people topics will be shut down. However if you want discuss BLM in a civil fashion, then there is that topic. If people cannot be civil and learn something in the discussion, then it too will be shutdown. No one is saying you have to agree, but any display of racism or hateful rhetoric by more than one person, it will be shutdown. If it’s one person, they will get a warning. Now, if you want to act like a child and stomp off, because you can’t be hateful or send PMs that violate rules or do other things that ruin it for the rest of group, then be my guest. Violating rules on the forum and in PMs should not be the end all and be all of being on a forum. Any more complaints please take it to the issues section of this forum. Thank you.
mitch70, yes please take it to the issues forum and get specific. Your paragraph here is a bunch of hand waving and playing the victim but not very informative.
I want to know more of the details, because I agree for my own reasons which have nothing to do with your own motivations.
I myself believe liberals keep losing because they keep running away, and they do that because they get so flustered they can’t defend or explain themselves, so it’s easier to back off from the wack jobs. But it’s exactly that backing off that has allowed the wacks job to be propelled into the highest offices of our country. Such as that utter incompetent, malicious hate mongering vandal Trump who is doing his best to turn our country into a power keg of civil unrest, with too many idiots (excuse me, thoughtless people) actually drooling for an actual civil war.
I don’t get how you get “playing victim” by me telling you to take this conversation to the “issues and complaints” area and keep the list of complaints in the one conversation. You know I can simply move it myself if you don’t wish to move it yourself, but I’m giving you the option of doing it yourself.
What motivations might those be that you think I have? I’m doing my job, as mod, to make sure everyone has a civil conversation and follow the rules of the forum. If that can’t be done, then I will either close conversations or start banning people. That’s what I’ve been told to do and that is what I will do.
Your last paragraph is a whole other topic and has nothing to do with closing of any other topics. I didn’t close all topics concerning civil rights and BLM. There is still one still open, provisionally. If people violate the rules in the discussion, then I will close that too.
It’s definitely a good way to control information. I grew up thinking that is was the conservative groups that turned civilizations into third world countries, but I soon realized that it was the liberal groups that demanded that everyone to conform to their ideologies or die. Doug leaves and not much long after things fall apart here.
It’s a one minded forum of conform or be banned.Have you found any forum that is not like this one? This is as good as it gets, these days. It's like being in prison. The only difference is, the front gate is wide open and the prison guards would be happy if you make a break for it.
Doug leaves and not much long after things fall apart here.We can't hang on to people we have grown to love. You pine for Doug and I pine for Ken, the postman who didn't just bring me letters and packages but was also a friend I could talk to. Ken never delivered a letter that was not meant for my address or consistently stuff mail meant for someone else into my mailbox. The postman these days is not even a man; and if the person was a man, I would not answer the doorbell.
For the last time, I did not shut off the PM features, but as far as I can tell, it was a good move since the PM feature wasn’t really needed. Now, if you have a problem with it, take it up with the webdesigner, because while I discussed things with him, I didn’t push the button. None of us saw a need for the PM feature, especially when there were people abusing it.
None of us saw a need for the PM feature, especially when there were people abusing it.How was the PM feature abused? And how would you know? Does PM not mean "private message"?
Yes, Sree, it does mean Private Message. How do you think we know? Such abuses happened more than once and to more than one person and given that, there’s only one way we find these things out, so think about it. It’s really not difficult.
I remember curious George. I would love to confront his outlandish views, today. But I don’t recall what got him banned. My guess is, that he deserved it.
Well, as we approach the election, the haters will be crawling out of the woodwork with all sorts of crazy assertions, conspiracy theories and assorted t rump trash.
I look forward to confronting their BS. So, I hope that, at least, in the politics section, they are not readily banned.
Sorry Mriana, again I’m making a gross generalization of the Liberal Mindset, in light of repeated gross failures to confront and explain - none of that was directed at you. If we aren’t changing minds we are losing.
Just my general pissed off-ness at our societal failures in general. If I could I’d just delete that comment, it serves little purpose and just pisses you off.
Guess there’s too much I have to say and not enough time to organize it the way I’d like so will back off. Though I bet mitch boy won’t be capable of rational thoughtful listing of his “grievances”. I’d love to ask him about his double standard, but appreciate he’d run and hide like the intellectual weenie he appears to be. Chest beating is all they are good at.
I haven’t been given at least some response from any of the moderators. , mitchContrary to popular opinion, I have a life. I just saw this thread. You are not guaranteed a response within 18 hours or any other ridiculous time frame. I have time to tell you this and will deal with you later.
It’s really not difficult.Then, private messages are not really private. I always have my suspicions when I venture into a shady place. It was never one that was run by Americans. Times has changed. Even the White House is as leaky as a sieve. China is laughing.
CC: I know that one of your major peeves is the former and perhaps current inefficacy of the liberals. I have been meaning to ask what you think of this guy, who is pretty darn conservative. :
“Steve Schmidt is a co-founder of The Lincoln Project. He’s a communications and public affairs strategist. He has worked on numerous Republican campaigns including, President George W. Bush, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Senator John McCain.” https://lincolnproject.us/team/
(I love hearing him talk about the t rump.)
For the last time, I did not shut off the PM features, but as far as I can tell, it was a good move since the PM feature wasn’t really needed. Now, if you have a problem with it, take it up with the webdesigner, because while I discussed things with him, I didn’t push the button. None of us saw a need for the PM feature, especially when there were people abusing it.@Mriana You didn’t push the button but you agree with it? There were abuses by people doing private messages to each other?
I don’t think the web-designers are the ones who make the call on what gets added and taken away from a forum. The ones who would make these decisions would be the moderators of the forum who would complain that functions within the forum are being abused or causing issues within the forum. I can see no way that private messages could cause problems other than people having discussions amongst each other that watching moderators disagree with.
it’s weird that you’d say to take it up with the web-designers. Do you have a phone number where I could call them?
I have time to tell you this and will deal with you later.Such warm comforting statements like these make me feel all fuzzy inside.