@ThunderHorse
You aren't going to win an arguement with an administrator, so I'd recommend you let it go.
You know exactly what I mean by it. You don't need to get all upset.
I'm just trying to help others learn what I had to learn <Mod-Delete> You won't win a disagreement with an administrator or moderator on this site, so don't engage in one.
I'm confused. If you believe that to be the case, then why are you doing it? That's rhetorical, don't bother answering.
Here's the bottom line, so I'm going to put it up front: a discussion about how the site staff is repressing you--or whatever--is not germane to this thread, and it's also highly unprofessional. You could have handled this with a PM to Thunder, if you really wanted to warn him; to me, if you really thought I was out of line; or to the site owner if you genuinely think that the staff is suppressing legitimate discussion on the site. But you didn't do any of those things. That to me indicates that you just want to cause problems, not be part of the solution.
So here is where we are now: if you want to continue this particular line of discussion, you can hit me up on PM. Heck, you can hit up the whole staff if you want. But if you post anything in this thread that isn't directly about the Ahmaud Arbery case, I'm going to delete it and ban you from this thread. I'm not going to allow another productive discussion about an important subject get derailed by emotion and unrelated petty grievances.
A few points of clarification:
-Reference your first post, I'm not an admin and haven't been for years.
-With regard to your second post, I think you are referring to an incident that involved you literally saying "Fuck you" publicly to an admin, who, by the way, was not me. Notwithstanding any of the other nuances of that discussion, there's no way that kind of behavior doesn't catch at least a temp ban.
-The above-mentioned incident occurred something like four years ago. I think it's time to let it go, bro.
-The admin with whom you had that exchange is permanently banned from the site, and you're still here. I'd say that's the clearest possible evidence that your hypothesis about arguing with the staff is erroneous.
-I don't recall "winning" or "losing" any arguments with you in the past, and up to this point don't remember ever having an issue with you, so I don't really get where this is coming from and why you're directing it at me.
-From a personal standpoint, I'm not in this to "win arguments." We all win if learning occurs. If people feel like they "lose" in discussions with me, it's because they lost on the merits, not because of my position as a staff member.
I suspect that you lashing out like this stems more from the points I'm raising in this thread than the frustration you experienced four years ago, from a member of the staff who has been banned for at least half that time. If my posts make you angry because they represent an opinion different than yours, so be it. But don't try to stir up trouble by attacking the staff.
This discussion is over unless you--or any other members who might feel similarly--want to take it to PM.
