(08-01-2022, 08:07 PM)Cleatwood Wrote: Ronster is the worst guys.

The board would be better without him.

I wouldn't be so sure.  We need frequent posters, and he's sincere and, even if he's usually wrong, he's not always wrong.  
We just need to always push back when he goes against the freedom of opinion that this country was founded on.

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(08-01-2022, 10:21 PM)Lucky2Last Wrote: I don't really care what he says as long as he's not directly threatening anyone. You guys come out of the woodwork every time he posts, and it never seems to make it better. You'd think you learn. I guess I am somewhat hypocritical in this regard, because I do the same thing with Mikesez. The difference is that I think I can move Mikesez.

Ronster's an angry dude, but he knows that and doesn't care. Yet every time he says something hyperbolic, the whole discussion turns sideways. Just block him and move on or have the strength of character to ignore him. Or don't. Whatever. I'd just as soon have any poster leave who isn't trying to learn something, but hey... let's try to rally the board against an individual. Sounds like a great use of your time.

Ignoring threats of political violence is not "strength of character."  It doesn't matter if the scapegoat is a specific user on the board or not.  We should not let violent rhetoric be normalized.  It must be called out and mocked as the destructive weakness of character that it is.

Ronster needs to find hobbies to distract him from the news, or psychiatric drugs that make him less angry.

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