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Originally posted by librasoul22
I think that in your efforts to defend the seasoned members of GC, you are losing sight of the point: to what degree must you be offensive in order to get banned? That is the only reason why members other than UF_Pike have been brought into the discussion, to illustrate the disparity in the moderator's discretion.
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To put it another (more blunt) way:
Why was
UF_Pike banned for being "offensive to women on the board", but
TKEmz894 wasn't banned for being EVEN MORE offensive toward homosexuals (as well as a few) women?
This is illustrative of the disparity in moderators' discretion, as
librasoul22 put it . . . why this disparity? I'll go so far as to openly boo this disparity, and state my opinion that neither should be banned at all (and I have a lot of posts, so my opinion counts extra, right?).
If this guy was banned just for having a very limited weltanshauung, especially with regard to women, then I think that sucks.
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Originally posted by librasoul22
The moderators are so quick to come over here now and deny all responsibility. On the first page of this thread, you all were saying that a member can ONLY get banned IF the moderators recommend it! Did I miss something?
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Yeah - this is what I was thinking too . . . look, the moderators don't push the button, but
somebody had to 'take up the cause' here, right?
I'm not going to rail against the moderators here - the vast majority (if not all) were selected to moderate based on significant contribution to the board. BUT - recognize that you are all in a unique position of
authority over other people and their free speech on a semi-public forum.
KillarneyRose - you don't have the explicit power to ban someone, but you have more influence than the normal member when it comes to the ultimate decisions. How moderators use this influence is certainly up for discussion. Bottom line - w/out intervention by someone (and it was inferred that
moderator intervention was required), no one gets banned. I disagree with the banning - In this way, I disagree with the intervention of the moderators.
Make sense?