BladeForums has a ZERO TOLERANCE policy towards threats of violence & extremism. Be warned.

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Spark said:
This thread is stating, unequivocally, that threats of violence & extremism will not be tolerated, period.
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So will the extremism, some of which has been screenshotted and posted in this thread as evidence, be removed from the PA? If you look, I'm sure there is a lot more.

I'm sure going forward the mods in the PA will make sure to run a tight ship. But what about the content that is already there? That seems like a worry for deplatforming, no?
 
I'm not going to retroactively dig through 22 years of postings looking for stuff but if something is explicit, it will be removed
 
Spark said:
I'm not going to retroactively dig through 22 years of postings looking for stuff but if something is explicit, it will be removed
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I'm more thinking about the threads from the last week since the capital was stormed. Seems like that topic is where most of the threat of deplatforming would occur. Would be real easy to nuke those threads, or at least have the mods go through them and remove content like what has gotten other places shut down. Just a thought.
 
Threats of violence are never OK and if I or Codger miss them, please do report them. But at the same time, consider this.
The PA has been around a long time and at times it has been far worse than it is now. One of the recent themes in the PA, and in some more "serious" circles, is that the USA has been increasingly divided and intolerant and more and more people are being censored and cancelled for politically incorrect and unpopular opinions rather than for actually breaking a law, even though there are many apologists for law breakers and hate speakers if they are on the politically correct side. The rising intolerance is a feature of a certain political bent, which I call "progressive", which whether they know it or not is an example of Marcuse's Repressive Tolerance. If Jefferson were a member and wrote about blood of patriots and a little revolt is necessary he'd be banned from Facebook and cancelled, and his comments at the PA would have to be scrubbed. Sorry. I wouldn't scrub Jefferson
I would love to give these monkeys a test with quotations and see what they would ban. Voltaire? Paine? banned.
Probably rip down their statues too.

Why exactly after 22 years or so is censorship or the fear of platforming now reaching into this private forum and intimidating lawful thoughtful people, and empowering the censorious, the authoritarian and the hypocritical? Is it Trump and the threat of an imminent revolt that justifies this? Fuddle duddle. There is no revolt and that is just a flimsy excuse for those who would intimidate and those who would take advantage and don't understand that nobody has the right to not be offended, especially by the truth. But you shouldn't be forced to hear or see anything you don't want. That's a different issue. Someone please tell that to the MSM

Some concerns are real and legitimate. Many are just partisan and personal. Enjoy the rest of your discussion.
 
Norcaldude said:
Install some liberal mods to counter balance what you have now and maybe that is possible. Right now, anybody that has spent any time looking over the PA knows that right wing commenters can get away with saying just about anything while a leftish voice gets shut down and given warnings and has a ban hanging over their heads for just about anything they say.
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I offered to be a mod there. They had no interest in that.
 
I’m a big fan of the decision to reject rallying cries for violence and upheaval because it’s the right thing to do. I hope we as forum members would reject it regardless of whatever cause we support.
 
HJK said:
Threats of violence are never OK and if I or Codger miss them, please do report them. But at the same time, consider this.
The PA has been around a long time and at times it has been far worse than it is now. One of the recent themes in the PA, and in some more "serious" circles, is that the USA has been increasingly divided and intolerant and more and more people are being censored and cancelled for politically incorrect and unpopular opinions rather than for actually breaking a law, even though there are many apologists for law breakers and hate speakers if they are on the politically correct side. The rising intolerance is a feature of a certain political bent, which I call "progressive", which whether they know it or not is an example of Marcuse's Repressive Tolerance. If Jefferson were a member and wrote about blood of patriots and a little revolt is necessary he'd be banned from Facebook and cancelled, and his comments at the PA would have to be scrubbed. Sorry. I wouldn't scrub Jefferson
I would love to give these monkeys a test with quotations and see what they would ban. Voltaire? Paine? banned.
Probably rip down their statues too.

Why exactly after 22 years or so is censorship or the fear of platforming now reaching into this private forum and intimidating lawful thoughtful people, and empowering the censorious, the authoritarian and the hypocritical? Is it Trump and the threat of an imminent revolt that justifies this? Fuddle duddle. There is no revolt and that is just a flimsy excuse for those who would intimidate and those who would take advantage and don't understand that nobody has the right to not be offended, especially by the truth. But you shouldn't be forced to hear or see anything you don't want. That's a different issue. Someone please tell that to the MSM

Some concerns are real and legitimate. Many are just partisan and personal. Enjoy the rest of your discussion.
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Oh just spare us.
 
HJK said:
Threats of violence are never OK and if I or Codger miss them, please do report them. But at the same time, consider this.
The PA has been around a long time and at times it has been far worse than it is now. One of the recent themes in the PA, and in some more "serious" circles, is that the USA has been increasingly divided and intolerant and more and more people are being censored and cancelled for politically incorrect and unpopular opinions rather than for actually breaking a law, even though there are many apologists for law breakers and hate speakers if they are on the politically correct side. The rising intolerance is a feature of a certain political bent, which I call "progressive", which whether they know it or not is an example of Marcuse's Repressive Tolerance. If Jefferson were a member and wrote about blood of patriots and a little revolt is necessary he'd be banned from Facebook and cancelled, and his comments at the PA would have to be scrubbed. Sorry. I wouldn't scrub Jefferson
I would love to give these monkeys a test with quotations and see what they would ban. Voltaire? Paine? banned.
Probably rip down their statues too.

Why exactly after 22 years or so is censorship or the fear of platforming now reaching into this private forum and intimidating lawful thoughtful people, and empowering the censorious, the authoritarian and the hypocritical? Is it Trump and the threat of an imminent revolt that justifies this? Fuddle duddle. There is no revolt and that is just a flimsy excuse for those who would intimidate and those who would take advantage and don't understand that nobody has the right to not be offended, especially by the truth. But you shouldn't be forced to hear or see anything you don't want. That's a different issue. Someone please tell that to the MSM

Some concerns are real and legitimate. Many are just partisan and personal. Enjoy the rest of your discussion.
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You've mistaken this thread for the PA echo chamber.

Spark said:
Past that, this is not a thread for you guys to have a political discussion. I've made my position abundantly clear.
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HJK said:
Sanctimonious. Shameful.
These are not terms I used.
If you could actually support your position and understand mine you wouldn't resort to insults and incoherence.

You said it was shameful to point out a member was offended by what he had to choose to see
And you say it's sanctimonious to defend myself by proving my comment wasn't shameful or "attacking the messenger"
And after that you say the mods are the problem as you do the ad hominem.

No, Mr dude, the Mods are not the problem
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This type of response is the problem. It’s uninformed nonsense.
 
SnackPack said:
Who has the power to review mod privileges. This has been an illuminating thread.
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I tried, and got ignored. I’m center right independent, and was seen as a flaming left socialist there. Peer reviewed studies were seen as leftist propaganda, so it is not about supporting your position, it is about agreeing with their feelings on a subject.
 
lieferung said:
Ffs he wasn't saying Post Trump America was specifically offensive, he's highlighting how the PA forum pops up where many can see it.
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This is how every post in PS goes. You make a valid point, someone, often a mod, misunderstands what you are trying to convey, and when you explain the actual point in several ways, they accuse you of moving the goalposts, or changing your story. It’s tiring.
 
HJK said:
Threats of violence are never OK and if I or Codger miss them, please do report them. But at the same time, consider this.
The PA has been around a long time and at times it has been far worse than it is now. One of the recent themes in the PA, and in some more "serious" circles, is that the USA has been increasingly divided and intolerant and more and more people are being censored and cancelled for politically incorrect and unpopular opinions rather than for actually breaking a law, even though there are many apologists for law breakers and hate speakers if they are on the politically correct side. The rising intolerance is a feature of a certain political bent, which I call "progressive", which whether they know it or not is an example of Marcuse's Repressive Tolerance. If Jefferson were a member and wrote about blood of patriots and a little revolt is necessary he'd be banned from Facebook and cancelled, and his comments at the PA would have to be scrubbed. Sorry. I wouldn't scrub Jefferson
I would love to give these monkeys a test with quotations and see what they would ban. Voltaire? Paine? banned.
Probably rip down their statues too.

Why exactly after 22 years or so is censorship or the fear of platforming now reaching into this private forum and intimidating lawful thoughtful people, and empowering the censorious, the authoritarian and the hypocritical? Is it Trump and the threat of an imminent revolt that justifies this? Fuddle duddle. There is no revolt and that is just a flimsy excuse for those who would intimidate and those who would take advantage and don't understand that nobody has the right to not be offended, especially by the truth. But you shouldn't be forced to hear or see anything you don't want. That's a different issue. Someone please tell that to the MSM

Some concerns are real and legitimate. Many are just partisan and personal. Enjoy the rest of your discussion.
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Spark said leave the politics out of it, FFS!
 
Willie71 said:
This is how every post in PS goes. You make a valid point, someone, often a mod, misunderstands what you are trying to convey, and when you explain the actual point in several ways, they accuse you of moving the goalposts, or changing your story. It’s tiring.
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You forgot the part where you’re labeled a leftist and told that leftys aren’t Americans
 
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