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Originally Posted by 57 On Red
Browser claims to be ex-military, doesn't he? And at commissioned rank too. He's used to being obeyed without question and he considers the slightest defiance of his personal will to be a punishable offence, which he calls 'trolling' because he doesn't know what that word actually means. Can't see this ending well, to be honest.
Yea, he is a veteran as far as I know. But this is not what happened here, so have to I disagree. Browser made it totally clear what the rules were. They are the same rules established by previous mods too btw, and these rules were not random, they are todays standard rules accepted by society in regards to trans or gays. They are the same rules as pretty much anywhere where people are having rules- schools, governments, whatever. Try saying all trans are mentally ill in any institition and you get the same pushback.
I personally disagree with the total ban of rick as much as I do with lagtights ban. However, stricly speaking, they were asking for it. They were told multiple times not do say something, received multiple warnings and still did it. stubborn and dumb I would call that behaviour. It was totally justifiable to ban lagtight, as it was totally justifiable to ban rick. lagtights ban received the same pushback imo, and rightfully so. people did not jump on the mods though, as they were 2, who understood no humor. with browser they are jumping him now to see how far they can go. In a terrible way I must say. where are the other mods?
as far as I can tell, browser is trying to be really nice but explains himself too much. state rules ones and stick to it. he made the rules clear and people did not respect that.
what lagtight said is not socially acceptable and gets you banned elsewhere too, and yet his opinion is shared by many people, churches and so on, same with rick.
maybe we should discuss this topic, rather than if browser was messing up here, which he was not. (technically speaking and with looking at previous mod decisions, he is just en par. what did he do? nothing imo, I was a witness when it happened. there was almost nothing he could have done differently. so the attacks arent fair at all, at least not how they are done. (very rudely)
could be nicer, right?
The only question that should be raised is: should we ban people whos posting on the internet was fine for many years, until it got to the trans and gay issue. their opinion on this issue shared by many and yet its not acceptable to say out loud. should this be ban worthy? or should we cut them some slack and only ban them for weeks instead of forever?
With the new owners request of not banning anymore posters, I would like to think this is such a case here, where a more lenient appoach is better. rick was a good poster and a good guy imo, same with lagtight.
Last edited by washoe; 03-09-2024 at 06:14 PM.