Bipartisan Senate group proposes ‘no fly, no buy’ gun measure

[Bob Butler 54]

(10-14-2018, 12:00 AM)Classic-Xer Wrote:

(10-13-2018, 03:00 PM)pbrower2a Wrote: This is what I recall. KIA-67 told a fellow poster to commit suicide. Odin and I told KIA-67 to delete the post and apologize, and we reported the post to the moderator. KIA-67 did not delete the post and apologize; I would have advocated that he not lose his posting privileges had he done so.

He was gone.

Craig listened to you (1st mistake) and he did exactly what the two of you expected of him (2nd mistake) and then proceeded to carry out the order that he'd been given by you  (3rd mistake) which brought him into direct contact with me where he received questions relating to the severity     punishment for something viewed as piddly by most at the time that no one other than you seemed to really care  about at the time including the poster that it was directed at at the time  and an accusation of bias and an ultimatum (Last mistake which ended with his removal and job loss shortly afterwards). I bet you didn't know what you did actually represented the beginning of the end of Craig as T4T moderator at the time. As a business owner, I saw no value in him whatsoever. I mean, a clown/puppet running a large forum.

For the record, asking another poster to commit suicide is just the sort of thing I quietly report, and I would not be surprised or disapproving if the moderator took action. The difference here is I just do not advertise to the other posters when I report or the contents of what I report.

More importantly, it illustrates an aspect of tribal thinking. If the other guy has a different opinion politically, then he is of another tribe, and common courtesy is therefore out the window. It seems a common red perspective that the Right of Free Speech can become a right to insult and abuse. It runs into the blue idea of common human decency, that others should be addressed with courtesy, an ideal that the reds seemingly reject with prejudice, often literally, insisting on abusing others.

Fighting tribal thinking is one small aspect of "all men are created equal'. You can post on a moderated forum, and the idea becomes real or not according to the moderator.