Quote:If my mother posted on this board and displayed behavior that lent itself to those terms, I'd recognize that she is an adult and knew what she was getting into when she started posting comments on the internet. I might defend her, but I wouldn't consider any of those terms particularly hateful or harassing. Is your skin really that thin? My mom never called me a bed wetter, but she told me to quit being a crybaby once. Guess what, I quit being a crybaby.

 

When I think hateful, I think of racist terms like the n-word and raghead.

 

When I think of harassment, I think of responding to every post in every thread with an off topic insult, and unwanted PMs.

 

Lazy? Attention craving? Really? I know good, decent parents who have referred to their own children in harsher terms at one time or another.

 

Now, a point can be made that mods should be above that, and I know you, in particular, have commented on it before. It's a valid point, and one that will forever be an issue when there are user moderators on a message board. All I can say in response is that every one of us sincerely care for this board, and are invested in keeping it the best official team message board in the NFL.

 

Also, the mods that typically post on The Sideline on a regular basis have modified their style and toned it down quite a bit since becoming mods. We have received warnings, one was even relieved of his responsibilities. I've been called out here for skirting the political boundary too much, and rightfully so. But I challenge anyone reading this to show me an example of a warning being issued for behavior regularly displayed by any moderator. If we are indeed above the law, I'd like to know exactly why one would say that.