Polarization

[KevinTheOmnivore]

Originally Posted by Preechr

Remember Kevin the Herbivore? What a nice guy, right? He might have argued with you here and there, but for the most part, he was content to let you, no matter how wrong you were on an issue, believe as you wish, happy that you would eventually (possibly with some coaxing) realize the error of your ways and admit your logically flawed thinking (or die a lonely death after suffering through a tortured existence based in lies.)

Maybe the guy who gets about two posts a month on his message board shouldn't be so quick to judge.

This board has always thrived off of conflict, and I'd argue we get more traffic here now than we do when it's just a bunch of lefties yesing each other to death.

Well, now that he can ban people and eat whatever he wants, he's a rampaging, mutated juggernaut and we all fear him. I'm pretty sure it's affected traffic here as well, too... That's authoritarianism, kids, and it's not a pretty thing. Just as Kevin's abuse of power is ruining I-mockery, authoritarian politics is ruining the world.

This is a load of crap. First of all, I've never banned anybody. I've also never deleted a post b/c of its political content. Read the rules. I don't like stupid and annoying, and that is what I toss.

If you don't like my "abuse of power", than take it up with another moderator (which is also stated in the rules). Or leave, whichever suits you. But please don't confuse people actually confronting your long-winded ideas with "Authoritarianism".

It's a message board. It's a place to debate and argue issues. if you want a club where everybody pats each other o the back and reaffirms how right they are go over to newsfilter.org.