analog

Well, not really, that’s why we have that nifty “report this post to a moderator” link on every post- so that you can alert us when things like that happen. The amount of moderators necessary to cover EVERY forum and EVERY post in every thread ALL the time would be staggering, and unnecessary. And sometimes, a flame might be left alone (temporarily) if it’s not all that bad, because you all have (at times) reversed yourselves and kept each other in check.

Yeah, no shit. Thanks

Well, first of all, that’s simply not true, and a fair bit insulting to say the least. To be honest, many political “party” terms mean nothing to me, as I have no idea what they stand for on all the issues- as many of you do/think you do.

Second, I closed 4* of your 5 closed threads (as listed by Lebell) myself, and I have no political affiliation whatsoever. I HATE politics. I hate talking politics, I don’t like to read about politics, and I am in no way active on any real issue. I have my own beliefs, but I don’t assert them in any real politically tangible way. If you’ll notice, I rarely, if ever, post my own non-official-mod-stuff posts in Tilted Politics- and when I do, it’s usually just because something peeved me enough to make me want to weight in with my $0.02.

The 1* thread not closed by myself was closed after, in my opinion, all hope was lost. I’d also have closed it- and maybe a few posts sooner.

I HATE censorship in any form.

Only problem is, WarWagon said it very well already:

I couldn’t have said it better, because it wouldn’t weigh as heavily coming from my name.

Considering that:

1. The thread starter already had 4 other posts started by him go very very sour due to the way the topic and subject matter was presented and perpetuated, and

2. They always went downhill in much the same fashion- always degrading into a volley of flaming and trolling,

I do not think it is unreasonable for me to say that- even if I couldn’t normally see it coming- It was blindingly obvious in this case, based on past threads of that nature.

Also, I might mention in my own defense (but more just to offer explanation, I have no reason to defend it) that his argument was largely speculation and opinion, with little to back up his very controversial, damaging, and politically white-hot assertions.

Closing that thread was an easy decision, and an obvious necessity. I apologize to those who feel they may have had something of value to contribute- I was not trying to censor you, and I think most of you know this. Had it been phrased differently (better, not as a troll) and had it more factual information or sources to back it up, it’d still be open (most likely) and up for discussion.

Thanks for reading.

-analog.

*EDIT:

That's actually not true- I closed that thread as well, MrSelfDestruct accidentally posted to it afterwards, making it 4 of his 5 threads I closed.