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Originally posted by Lebell
Sixate is a supermod on TFP.
Like a police seargent, he doesn't normally direct traffic, but if he needs to, he can.
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Well, he's active here and he has closed threads in the past, so I'd call him a mod on the politics forum.
Sixate's style of Link/Body Text/Inflammatory statement has become a signature style of many people posting here (myself included). Here's a classic example:
http://tfproject.org/tfp/showthread....ghlight=sixate
No offense to sixate, who seems to be a lovable guy with somewhat misguided political beliefs (grin). But, when a super moderator is lowering the intelligence level of the discussion, other people are going to follow suit. People learn by example, and I have never seen Sixate go "oh, good point, I never thought of that." He is here to impose his opinion on others. If that's a valid way for a mod to act, then others are going to learn from that. This forum is best when there is discussion and all sides are trying to understand the point-of-view of the people they disagree with.
Mojo Peipei, who has been guilty in the past of making some inflammatory posts and statements, just posted a well reasoned question about marijuana laws. What happened? Several of us weighed in with well reasoned answers.
So, I'll agree to try to raise the intelligence level here. I resolve to:
- Try to post insightful topics, not LINK/STORY/FLAME posts
- Try to reply intelligently to posts that are intelligent
But, I think the old timers and the mods need to set a good example. You can disagree with someone without resorting to insulting them or their beliefs.