I will note for the record that three people now, two of which are moderators, have been asked,


And not one of them has even attempted to answer the question.

You are trying to defend this rule, but you're not even attempting to defend this rule. It's indefensible.

I just wanted to state this for the record before continuing ...

Isn't it, though?!?! Golly!

AllCowsEatGrass - you can disagree with the rulings we make as much as you like in this thread but you know links to Breitbart aren't allowed.

I also have to tell you that as a 'new' account you do not enjoy all the privileges of a regular 2+2er in Pv7.0 and are likely to get banned rather than timeouts if you break the rules. This may change if you let me know about any other account(s) you have or have had at 2+2.

You just censored my criticism of Breitbart by deleting my post, which detailed how Breitbart is not a credible organization, or source of news, and you're using your position of privilege to bully me.

How specifically did my critical analysis of Breitbart violate the PC rule?

Don't break the rules and you'll be fine.

How specifically did I break the rule? Apparently I specifically broke the rule because you deleted two of my posts. Explain how, please.

I was having a discussion with whosnext about the PC rule, which is specifically allowed in the rule.



I presume the proper area to discuss this is the moderation thread, which is this thread, and I was discussing this exactly with whosnext. You deleted this post. Why? You are defying the only thing that is clear about the PC rule. Please restore this post; it is explicitly allowed in the rule.

Don't link to Breitbart. Discuss away.

How specifically does linking to Breitbart violate the PC rule?

Did you know there's an ancient occult legend about this forum? There's an ancient legend that states this forum was created for evil, for Satan. Some say it's haunted. Some say it's unkillable. Some say, you're censoring me arbitrarily and unjustly, and I don't like it. There's no logical reason for it. It serves no productive purpose.

As I was saying, before you deleted my post ...





To promote a healthy and viable environment for this forum, which subject is politics, there needs to be a culture of logic and reason, and journalistic/publishing standards.

Do you have any experience with College or University? Have you ever been assigned to write an essay? If so, you'll notice that you are required to provide citations to support claims that you make, or to support critical analysis you make about other publications.

I have done several critical analyses in College, and I find them quite fun. On this subject, a poster in this very thread made the claim that Breitbart was a good source of information or news. I asserted that Breitbart is not a good source, and in fact that Breitbart is not a credible source of news or journalism, and provided two examples supporting my assertion.

Breitbart had published an article stating a falsehood about Global warming, and Breitbart had published another article stating a falsehood, that Donald Trump won 75% of the popular vote in a landslide popular vote victory. I provided links to publications that were critical analyses of these Breitbart publications, and I also provided links to the original Breitbart articles. This is in accordance with journalistic standards. If you do a critical analysis on a publication, you directly provide the publication as a citation. This is a journalistic standard.

Banning posting Breitbart links, by asserting they some how, magically violate the PC rule, which states:


Is absolutely preposterous.

I made a critical analysis of Breitbart by asserting they are not a credible source of information, because they report falsehoods, and I provided two examples of falsehoods they had reported, and cited directly the articles published by Breitbart, in accordance with journalistic standards, and chezlaw arbitrarily and unjustly deleted my post, under the assertion that it magically violates the PC rule, without explaining specifically how it violates the PC rule.

Can anybody out there explain how linking to Breitbart specifically violates the PC rule?

TS is back. Yay!

Provide citations to support your claim.


chezlaw did nothing about this baseless claim. My cited and sourced post pointing out how Breitbart is not credible, because they publish false hoods, was deleted.

This post was not


at the PC rule

This is the complete opposite of academic, researched communcation/publication/discourse. Baseless claims stand, cited refutations of baseless claims are deleted.

lol indeed

AllCowsEatGrass: I'm not sure whether to give you an immediate temp ban for linking to Breitbart again. In the meantime you have a 24 hour timeout. Do not post in this thread or on the subject of Breitbart in any other thread for 1 day please

lol what fresh bullshit is this? You don't get special privliges on 2p2 just for having an old join date.

How did that AllCows post break the PC rule exactly?

In before: "It broke the PC rule by linking to Breitbart"

How specifically did I break the PC rule?

I did not link to Breitbart, I linked to a published post, hosted in ATF.

It's always been there. You do in this forum because regulars get so much leeway and so many new accounts are banned users and/or gimmicks.

Abuse the timeout further and it will be a temp ban.

A controversial self-exiled poster not having the balls to post under his previous name is one of the least surprising things about this exchange.

This is a brand new rule you're making up on the spot bc ACEG is dunking on you. It's also a great way to discourage lurkers from getting involved.

chezlaw,

If your position is that whether a link is banned or not, it is up to the judgement of the moderator, who decides if the post is intended to be abusive or not, then it makes absolutely no sense to delete my post.

I am detailing how Breitbart is not credible. If you think Breitbart is horrible, then you shouldn't be deleting my posts, and threatening to ban me. In other words, you are deleting my posts, silencing me, and threatening me because I described how Breitbart is not a credible organization, in a manner consistent with journalistic standards.

That's ****ed up.

What you're doing is you're arbitrarily censoring and threatening me. Why? I don't know, but there's absolutely no authorization for what you're doing, based upon the PC rule.

How many posts does a user have to have before he gets a special privliges status?

To be fair, the mods are stuck between the devil and the deep blue sea on Breitbart links.

Ban them and you restrict people's ability to refute Trumpian nonsense; allow them and P7.0 quickly becomes P8.8 as <some> swamp it with white supremacy bilge.

Edited to remove personal attack