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MacCruiskeen » Sun Dec 23, 2018 4:42 pm wrote:PREDICTION: There'll soon be an announcement from someone-or-other with the power to make such announcements (under any name) that this board has sadly reached the end of its natural life, that several "sides" are equally to blame, that the "RI community" (ffs) has been split beyond repair, that it's all most regrettable, that he will not tolerate any more aspersions cast against respected long-term posters such as the Screeching Dream and the Voiceless Dream or their two or three suck-ups, and that he does not see fit to maintain this board financially or support it in any other way. Financial, health, work and family pressures may well be adduced. Suggestions of crowdfunding or the like will not be accepted,
We will be wished all the best, Elvis will be thanked for his sterling service, and we may even be advised that Facebook and Twitter are available to us as alternatives.
I sincerely hope I am wrong about all this. I do not want to believe it possible.
MacCruiskeen » 24 Dec 2018 00:57 wrote:^^ arsebiscuits
guruilla » 24 Dec 2018 03:41 wrote:I just skimmed this thread and the latest developments, so correct me if I am wrong; but isn't the relevant question here "How did AD get back on the board after being fairly & justly banned by the Mod.?"
The logical assumption seems to be that Jeff Wells let him back on. So then the question is why? Why did he do this without posting his reasons? Why at least not explain why he undermined the authority of the Mod, Elvis, thereby leaving him no choice but to quit, as the only expression of autonomy left him.
Elvis, did you get any explanation from Jeff?
I am currently an almost total non-participant at this board, not even a lurker; the reason is that I have seen how consistently the sanest, most reasonable voices are censored, while power and freedom is given to the worst, with no apparent explanation besides sentimentality or a hidden power hierarchy. This suggests the board is not functioning in accord with its own supposed purpose or principles, but as something else entirely, something more sinister.
I'll probably alert JW to this on Faceborg. I have nothing to lose by pointing out to him that, either he's dropped the ball entirely and someone else is running with it, or he's behaving unconscionably.
guruilla » Mon Dec 24, 2018 2:41 am wrote:I just skimmed this thread and the latest developments, so correct me if I am wrong; but isn't the relevant question here "How did AD get back on the board after being fairly & justly banned by the Mod.?
The logical assumption seems to be that Jeff Wells let him back on. So then the question is why? Why did he do this without posting his reasons? Why at least not explain why he undermined the authority of the Mod, Elvis, thereby leaving him no choice but to quit, as the only expression of autonomy left him.
Re: American Dream: Supporter of Ukrainian fascism on RI
Postby Elvis » Fri Dec 21, 2018 11:20 pm
- AmericanDream is suspended for one year. This forced sabbatical is not lightly given, nor is it by any means solely a result of the arguments given by Jack and others here. For all the reasons cited in this thread, and by so many other members over many years now, AD's banishment has been on the table since long before I became a moderater. This fact was volunteered to me in my "orientation" so it is not just the wish or view of a few noisy, partisan posters, but rather a recurring, strongly expressed theme among a broad range of longtime members and moderators, and the natural consequence of AD's habitual trollery.
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