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I checked my block list and already had this covered. I don't need that kind of shit in my life. But good on you for making it a better place for everyone. I 100% support banning folks just to make a board less miserable to visit. Both sides is good. Agenda is bad.
Playing devil's advocate here... I exclusively post news from sources on the left to the center. Doesn't that mean I more or less have an agenda?
I think the issue is more so the specificity and the precision in their posts always being about one person.
See, I'm not interested in Devil's advocacy. The board was overwhelmed by negativity that just made me want to not come here at all. When I blocked them, this became a better place to hang out immediately.
I don't care about the justification (either of the moderation or how I enjoy the board). All the rules and everything is just an attempt to codify how to keep the place enjoyable and useful. If someone makes the place less enjoyable or useful, get rid of them. I don't have room in my life to engage with people or content that just makes me want to be elsewhere.
It's super easy for me to agree when I already had the dude blocked, of course. If there was a voice I liked hearing from, I'm sure I'd feel this is all very dictatorial. But I don't. I think that person is insufferable and people coming to the board for the first time are more likely to stay without their posts being here. And that's plenty of justification for me.
Edit: snipped a paragraph that was just rambling and redundant.
God damn this was way longer and more effort than I wanted to put into this. Guaranteed autocorrect has fucked up a bunch of things I'll need to edit if I even catch them.
Anyway, tldr: fuck that guy and glad riddance. That was an autocorrect failure but I like it so I'm leaving it.
shit, at least you admit you don’t care because you don’t like them.
Everyone else is trying to pretend different
Other people are allowed their reasons. They don't have to secretly feel the same way I do. I speak for exactly one person - me.
I already had this person blocked because I felt they contributed negatively to the experience of being here. That's a subjective call, but if the mod happens to agree, I want him to know he has my full support in his efforts to make this a nice place to visit for anyone who doesn't like being around insufferable assholes. Those are my kind of people. I don't personally need any rules cited or clarified, but mine isn't the only perspective.
It's really just the bad faith part that matters the most. Pushing your opinion is fine if you're honest with what your position is
Except from the post it looks like he was banned because he was honest about his opinion (e.g. 'I don't like biden, i prefer articles that support that opinion')
What do you suppose ozma's actual opinion was, then?
You don't understand propaganda do you?
When centrists can't answer a question, they get condescending.
Was ozma not?
I think they were perfectly honest about their feelings