Agent Orange Cooper » Fri Dec 28, 2018 6:19 am wrote:Will we ever get an answer as to why AD was unbanned and Elvis resigned?
Yes, so long as members keep the pressure on 82_28 to come clean...
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Agent Orange Cooper » Fri Dec 28, 2018 6:19 am wrote:Will we ever get an answer as to why AD was unbanned and Elvis resigned?
Re: American Dream: Supporter of Ukrainian fascism on RI
Postby Elvis » 22 Dec 2018 00:20
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I am shocked—shocked I say!—to come back and find arguing going on here!
Round up the usual suspects.
This is perhaps one of those threads that needed to happen. I'll try to make this brief.
- Because the thread was conceived as a provocation, reactionary retorts will stand, but with a request/warning to SLAD to end the old "kill yourself" controversy; with sophistry detected on both sides, JackRiddler has explained himself sufficiently. (Also see: ["kill yourselves" +diogenes])
- Jack's thesis here is, in my opinion, essentially correct, but Jack will get a one-week suspension for directing profanity at another member.
- 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.
- Thread locked.
82_28 » 25 Dec 2018 19:18 wrote:I must admit and apologize for not being here for quite a bit. I will divulge, just to get this part out of the way that I sorta lost the love of my life of about 30 years. I fucked the fuck up. But she lives far away and moved here and then moved back. I have been extremely depressed. I have not been able to really log in at all. So now that you know all that. Can I ask you guys a favor, since apparently I am the only "mod" around now? Get the fuck along? You share the same fucking planet. Observe the same holidays whether you want to or not. But we are not enemies.
The reason I am writing this is that I was reached out to by members by other means asking me "what the fuck is going on here". I still don't know completely. I grasp the problems, but I didn't see them go down.
About 10-12 years ago I signed up to start posting here after being a long time reader/lurker. The reason I did so was actually because of a deep abiding depression and this site came through for me. It really did. You guys did. I may swear and shit all the time, but it was never pointed. I have always appreciated what everyone had to say. No one should be singled out. Trolled. Flamed. If you use the word "fuck" a lot you are just using it.
Personally many of us, as I have, met many people from this site. Should the apocalypse happen tomorrow, we know that there are good souls upon the Earth. Should we find them, we would take care of one another.
That really is the name of the "game" -- to be one and all and all for one etc. There have been some characters on this forum who totally pissed me off. I got some flat earther yoinked for instance. I didn't think Hugh Manatee should have been. But I am full on hands off. Everyone is a functioning adult. Perhaps it is because RI is so contained now. Perhaps it is dying, but some are already dying on their own and we do not need to have Ri exacerbate the negative feelings we all feel alike.
It is a place to read, write, discuss and bounce ideas off one another. It is not a pulpit or judge's bench. It's just Rigorous Intuition.
I am going to delve into what has happened in my absence and see what changes were made. As a human, I am not sure what to do with what has gone on and I am not a boss of anyone. Yes. This entity "82_28" can flick a button, but I won't do so. Give me a bit to see what has happened. Fairness is the only thing that I care about.
Merry Christmas. . .I guess.
Iamwhomiam » Fri Dec 28, 2018 2:16 am wrote:In future, I hope our mods will post notice of all suspensions in the Members Notice Board which is linked to in our RI Index page, as well as the rule violation prompting the action.
Wombaticus Rex » Fri Dec 28, 2018 1:04 am wrote:99% of the .jpg content here disappears in 24 months time anyway, it's all hosted somewhere else.
Cordelia » Sun Dec 23, 2018 6:35 pm wrote:Elvis's resignation. What a fucking shame. What a fucking waste.
Congratulations AD on finally getting everyone's attention w/your 'Open Letter'; your own arrogant version of a Xmas newsletter I guess."Rigorous Intuition", the board which you sponsor, has been going downhill for some years now. One important and integral factor is the inconsistent moderation, which has been quite a problem at times. This is an ongoing issue in the time since you left, as you once played a much more active role in cultivating a healthy culture within the community.
Never has that been more apparent than now, under the defacto rule of the unaccountable Elvis Administration, which seems intent on running the board as the personal plaything of a small group of problematic posters. It would be no exaggeration to describe them as an ideologically aligned group of serial abusers.
Ultimately this is something that must be figured out in accordance with your own inner presence. I urge you to investigate thoroughly and reflect deeply on what Rigorous Intuition is in the process of becoming. I then urge you to act according to the voice of your deepest and truest conscience.
Sincerely,
A.D. aka American Dream
^^^What a Crock of Shit
vondardanelle » Mon Dec 24, 2018 4:38 pm wrote:long-time lurker, i appreciate my comments carry alot less/no weight, but felt compelled to chime in a jesus christ and maybe a long sighhhh at that "open letter". i stopped reading almost everything posted by AD years ago as I was really not into his writing/copy-pasting (don't mean that as an insult, and obviously some posts get read in different threads) and that's been fine for me but it's probably alot easier for a lurker. but i really thought that wombat really said it the best here, 4 years ago: http://rigorousintuition.ca/board2/viewtopic.php?p=553948#p553948
my first reaction to that "letter" was to have a good laugh, but then i saw elvis' resignation and yeah, what a giant shame. moderating is clearly a thankless job and i think all the mods here have not only done their best but done a good job trying to balance everything. i think everyone who regularly posts here, if they maybe take a step back for a minute, forget every/anything else on the board at the moment, and read that again...i don't know how anyone could have a reaction different to Cordelia's. many disagreements here, and the post-2016 world is an unending trash fire etc... but in the spirit of the season, maybe let's all try to at least shake our heads at that preposterous "letter".
happy holidays, everyone.
Jerky » Fri Dec 28, 2018 9:34 pm wrote:What, exactly, do you find 'hateful' about AD's letter? I don't sense any hate coming off it at all. He spoke his truth, eloquently and honestly. No profanity. No exaggeration (unlike the senseless attacks that HE suffers on a multiple time per day basis here from others).
So I'll ask again: Aside from the fact that you hate AD, what was hateful about AD's letter?
Jerky
PS - That spit gif - one of the purest, most distilled expressions of inchoate hate that I've ever seen on ths board - shocked the hell out of me, as well, just FYI.
Iamwhomiam » Fri Dec 28, 2018 2:16 am wrote:Regarding #3, I was disappointed to read a few complaints about either the dearth of posts to discuss or that the majority of topics of discussions on the opening General Discussion page were produced by only two members. I notice those complaining about either of these issues rarely posted new topics for discussion themselves, and so, I would ask for folks to not fault others for their own shortcomings.
Iamwhomiam » Fri Dec 28, 2018 2:16 am wrote:"Mostly," Wombat, 'cause I'm not sure if you mean all pics. There are photos with different file extensions, other than .jpg, right?
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