(01-09-2021, 12:46 PM)flsprtsgod Wrote:

(01-09-2021, 12:38 PM)StroudCrowd1 Wrote: You dont need to keep advertising you are an advocate of shutting down free speech. The forum has ignore features if you or anyone else are so inclined.

It is my personal feeling that the modern day liberal is pond scum, and that is sugar coating it. Sorry.

Oh, and for the record, a moderator just called me an idiot. Rules for thee but not for me.

The issue remains the same, scum absconded with the term Liberal much as they have so many other words. Claiming the language is part of their strategy to claim the culture and we permit it when we allow it. They are illiberals and it's past time we reclaimed the true meaning of the words.

Here you call a nebulous "they" first scum, then "illiberals".  Neither of these things are productive.  We don't know exactly who you are talking about, so how can we really engage with the statement.  You called them "scum" which is intentionally offensive and dehumanizing, but then you spout the word "illiberal" in a tone that has just as much venom as "scum".

So who is they?  Even PragerU put out a video describing how Liberals are actually good people that a conservative can have productive disagreements with. What "scum" is absconding with the word?

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(01-09-2021, 01:31 PM)flsprtsgod Wrote:

(01-09-2021, 01:28 PM)mikesez Wrote: He didn't say there was or should be a rule to keep it positive.
He was very precise - he wants less name calling.  Let's not straw-man his request.

Line 4, begins with "I think maybe the Moderators..."

I know you are chief among the people who manipulate plain language, so I'm happy to help!

He thinks the moderators should issue warnings for posts that cross into name calling.  He wants a post calling someone "scum" or "jerk" to result in a warning.  He did not say anything about any other type of "negative" post.

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