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04-07-2015 , 03:44 PM
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Originally Posted by DudeImBetter
So what's the consensus view on what happened to BruceZ?

Did he leave because he was asked to by the higher-ups?

Did he feel deeply ashamed of his position and decide to just evacuate?

Did he get chased out by the mob and feel he could never post here again without being harassed?

Is this a correlation =/= causation issue, and perhaps other life circumstances changed and prevented him from posting?

Other?
Try considering any reason why after 15+ years of contributing so much to 2+2 for nothing he would want to continue doing so?

Would you?
04-07-2015 , 03:45 PM
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Originally Posted by spanktehbadwookie
Yes, he sees you mean to pile on with accusations and mischaracterizations. I mean your stupid enough to either lie or be completely mistaken of how I took being de-modded. You have a long history now of posting content-less derision and mockery. You're just here because your mistaken sense of infallibility when it comes to calling people racist is terribly shaken by better information.
What's your take on why you were demodded? Thought it was primarily due to how you managed SM2 and the response it garnered from the cool kids.
04-07-2015 , 03:46 PM
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Originally Posted by DudeImBetter
Worse than BRUCE?! Impossible.
Bruce had a lot to offer and it's too bad his own hubris prevents him from posting.

You have nothing to offer and it's too bad your own hubris prevents you from leaving.
04-07-2015 , 03:48 PM
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Originally Posted by ctyri
Bruce had a lot to offer and it's too bad his own hubris prevents him from posting.

You have nothing to offer and it's too bad your own hubris prevents you from leaving.
So you're a Bruce apologist? Thought you were on team #goodriddance.
04-07-2015 , 03:48 PM
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Originally Posted by chezlaw
Try considering any reason why after 15+ years of contributing so much to 2+2 for nothing he would want to continue doing so?

Would you?
Not with you stirring the pot every day.
04-07-2015 , 03:50 PM
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Originally Posted by chezlaw
Try considering any reason why after 15+ years of contributing so much to 2+2 for nothing he would want to continue doing so?

Would you?
Chez, you're like his #1 defender, right?

Is your position essentially that everything racist he said was done in some kind of thought experiment? Like, devil's advocate style? I'm thinking specifically of the cock roaches bit and the circus music commentary.
04-07-2015 , 03:50 PM
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Originally Posted by DudeImBetter
So what's the consensus view on what happened to BruceZ?

Did he leave because he was asked to by the higher-ups?

Did he feel deeply ashamed of his position and decide to just evacuate?

Did he get chased out by the mob and feel he could never post here again without being harassed?

Is this a correlation =/= causation issue, and perhaps other life circumstances changed and prevented him from posting?

Other?

Other. PM me and I'll tell you why I think he will probably not come back.

I wouldn't count on public opinion to get anywhere close to an accurate perspective.
04-07-2015 , 03:51 PM
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Originally Posted by spanktehbadwookie
Other. PM me and I'll tell you why I think he will probably not come back.

I wouldn't count on public opinion to get anywhere close to an accurate perspective.
Why does your opinion need to be kept a secret?
04-07-2015 , 03:51 PM
Secret apologies, secret reasons he can't come back, interesting!
04-07-2015 , 03:51 PM
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Originally Posted by rjoefish
Quit calling people stupid while using your/you're wrong.

Your stupid and unimaginative.
04-07-2015 , 03:59 PM
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Originally Posted by rjoefish
Secret apologies, secret reasons he can't come back, interesting!
04-07-2015 , 04:00 PM
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Originally Posted by spanktehbadwookie
Other. PM me and I'll tell you why I think he will probably not come back.

I wouldn't count on public opinion to get anywhere close to an accurate perspective.
PM him Dib, then report back here. Inquiring minds and all that.
04-07-2015 , 04:01 PM
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Originally Posted by DudeImBetter
Why does your opinion need to be kept a secret?

It's nothing secret. I would share my opinion of that specific matter with you in private if you were curious. Otherwise, I have no interest to speculate or gossip in public about that.
04-07-2015 , 04:03 PM
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Originally Posted by DudeImBetter
What's your take on why you were demodded? Thought it was primarily due to how you managed SM2 and the response it garnered from the cool kids.
Had nothing to do with all that.
I forgot to step down before taking a more active part in confronting the irrational mob who went after Bruce.
04-07-2015 , 04:04 PM
It's not secret, it's just secret. He'd rather people know he's talking about his buddy Bruce behind his back than out in the open. It's classier.
04-07-2015 , 04:11 PM
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Originally Posted by spanktehbadwookie
Had nothing to do with all that.
I forgot to step down before taking a more active part in confronting the irrational mob who went after Bruce.
So mods shouldn't confront groups of posters on convo topics? Wookie makes his living confronting people in Alpha just as if he were solely a poster and not a mod. News to me
04-07-2015 , 04:12 PM
Forgot to step down actually made me lol.
04-07-2015 , 04:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Leo_Trollstoy
That explains why meta is always jaywalking.
I thought I had detected a faint odor of thug.
04-07-2015 , 04:30 PM
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Originally Posted by DudeImBetter
So mods shouldn't confront groups of posters on convo topics? Wookie makes his living confronting people in Alpha just as if he were solely a poster and not a mod. News to me

No not like that. The ATF thread about Bruce had taken a turn towards reconciliation and community, but the mr wookie and his cynical angry mob were not having any of that ACTUALLY HUMAN kind of business. So I questioned the mob's responsibility and got demodded. I assume it was coming out publicly and strongly like that unintentionally towards Mat which made him pull the trigger. I had already decided to probably quit modding and was going to make it final the next day anyway, so I had already lost most of my investment in the role. Kinda boring, no wonder rjoe has to hate and doubt to make it more interesting.

Last edited by spanktehbadwookie; 04-07-2015 at 04:42 PM.
04-07-2015 , 04:33 PM
Oh, I don't doubt what actually happened.
04-07-2015 , 04:36 PM
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Originally Posted by FoldnDark
Well, there's the rub, of course. Conservative politicians shoot themselves in the foot appealing to racists, which opens the door for liberals to try and discredit almost every racist conservative argument by claiming there is some code word or dog whistle, regardless of intent.
FYP
04-07-2015 , 04:41 PM
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Originally Posted by rjoefish
It's not secret, it's just secret. He'd rather people know he's talking about his buddy Bruce behind his back than out in the open. It's classier.

I don't know Bruce, I know Bruce's posts. Just like I know your posts and on this topic, your posts are mostly cynical mockery and derision. It's been stale for a while now fyi.
04-07-2015 , 04:43 PM
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Originally Posted by rjoefish
Oh, I don't doubt what actually happened.

Man, you are stale.
04-07-2015 , 04:43 PM
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Originally Posted by DudeImBetter
Chez, you're like his #1 defender, right?
Not in the sense you mean and I'm not going back over the how it started, there's no point it's all been said many times.

Bruce isn't blameless but nor are the people who are determined to provoke as much trouble as possible. A far better way froward should have been found imo. It was possible as well but I'm not sure others wanted a way forward.

The question remains as to why should Bruce who was so much a part of 2+2 and put so much into it wan't to continue to do so? Seriously, would you?
04-07-2015 , 04:48 PM
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Originally Posted by chezlaw
Not in the sense you mean and I'm not going back over the how it started, there's no point it's all been said many times.

Bruce isn't blameless but nor are the people who are determined to provoke as much trouble as possible. A far better way froward should have been found imo. It was possible as well but I'm not sure others wanted a way forward.

The question remains as to why should Bruce who was so much a part of 2+2 and put so much into it wan't to continue to do so? Seriously, would you?
I don't know Bruce nor the whole posts/fiasco as it has has been called. But given my limited experience in the Mike Brown thread I certainly can't blame him for not wanting to subject himself to the mob here as it seems obvious that no matter what kind of apology he made, they either (1) wouldn't buy it, (2) would use it against him to ridicule him further, or (3) would say they buy it and then wait in the weeds looking for any comment that they could potentially link back to the other thread and then pounce.

So for Bruce it seems it would be a Lose/Lose more/Lose later prop at best.

      
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