i addressed that idea in the past with no volunteers:

Hey is that Zork guy still being a big ****ing coward?

You're not really bashing your head against a wall if you're not making any effort to substantiate your posts. That's actually no effort, and lends credence to the idea that you're a no-content troll uninterested in actual dialogue.

Well, no-one else has to substantiate their posts. So why should I?

I mean, seriously.

Wait, is mat saying he likes dancing, or that wookie does?

I did wrt clovis. And similarly you did with your offer of posting your infraction history, but I trust and respect you enough to assume you're a reliable authority on your own infraction history.

Nothing says you have to, but respect works both ways. You can't assume you'll get it from others without being willing to earn respect yourself.

I do apologize as it appears I might have confused you with a different politics poster.

Statement regarding Zorkman stands tho as he's shown his overt bigotry in this thread and has a history in POG.

Thank-you. I accept your apology.

muslims are much more moderate than you are fwiw

for the record, this is a clovis post from two months ago that I think quite blatantly violates forum rules:

It's still up, though I have no clue if anyone reported it.

There's 2 guys who moderate that forum, and that thread alone has over 40k posts. Maybe a combination of more mods and more post reports would help conservative posters feel like they're not being singled out?

I like dancing. I posted video a while back.

Yeah, that's the sort of thing I was talking about. Thanks for that.

The last time a new moderator was chosen for the Politics forum that is exactly what happened. The divides were a bit different back then though.

the problem i see with the "mods from each side" argument is that nothing says mods with different political beliefs will equally enforce whatever rules there are. Impartiality, I think, is more important than political leanings.

Further, it doesn't address a problem with posts not being reported (if that's part of the problem)

Maybe any bans or so-on have to be okayed by both mods, not just on the whim of one as it is now.

This is one of those things that is 100% a fact that Zork will find to be a personal attack. Modding politics definitely isn't easy.

Why can't you just answer the question? You think I can't call you out for being a ****ty poster and in the same thread insult you too? I'm surprised more people don't do that to you actually.

I doubt more post reports would help considering the traffic/content that the thread received after an election like this. I'd imagine there were a lot of reports. My guess would be that modding a thread in that situation would be a nightmare.

I volunteer, but I'm sure you'd have a walkout and you probably don't want that, but just letting you know.

He said respected posters

this is a truly impressive pwning. I really cant imagine zorkman will be able to rebut this.

It is difficult to have conservative posters who have been around a long time in politics or PU. A lot of conservative posters have gotten banned or gotten frustrated and stopped posting (or posted less) due to the strong liberal lean and how modding has encouraged that lean.

I got a racist ban by wookie for saying "Barack Obama doesn't care about white people". Which is a play off of Kanye west saying bush didn't care about black people after Katrina. Those were the only 7 words I said in the whole thread.

I was also called racist by a poster (after the above ban) for attacking an Obama/liberal policy with widely held conservative views despite being 2+2's biggest Herman Cain and Ben Carson supporters.

yeah so if the criteria for conservative mod is they must be liked by most people, well that rules out everybody I think

if I'm wrong, name a name and I'll heartily support them as a volunteer if Mat will have them

i understand your frustration to a large extent. i've felt it myself when engaging in conversation in the politics forum. and if this was more of a closed system like a university or a prison or a high school where it might be difficult to find other outlets, i would feel a strong obligation to make sure you had a place to express yourself without fear of sanction.

i don't think i need to continue that thought, do i?

No one is saying you're obligated. It would just be nice, fair, decent, etc. And if it requires any effort from you beyond giving a green light, then you should kill the idea immediately.

the criteria for a conservative mod being added to the politics forum on this site is that they have a history of posting about lots of other things besides politics and, yes, other posters should have clearly liked what they said about those other topics, in general.