[quote="Paul Massell" post=290545][quote="JohnnyFan" post=290537]
I agree the thread was massive. So, if no one is saying discussion of the president is off limits, then I imagine a proper remedy would be to create a new topic. It can, again, be in the appropriate area (Players Lounge). Yes?
I disagree that the thread was resurrected out of the blue. I am quite sure a majority would agree that there has been an extreme swell in political discussion resulting from the president's overseas trip (i.e. Nato relations, London visit, Russia summit).
Perhaps you can agree that despite the absence of any partisan agenda, when considering our current events, the moderators' action appears uneven.[/quote]
Disagree in that it is a matter of perspective and not all perspectives are equally valid but you can still be respectful of people even if they are nincompoops or misguided. You see different people have different perspectives. Some people respect that and give people the benefit of the doubt. Some are always ready to assume the worst even despite overwhelming evidence and benevolence to the contratry.
So from my perspective, you feel that you are so entitled and victimized that you made a point of posting an attack on the moderators (which you know is not allowed) who are volunteers and most of whom are probably very close to your own opinions politically. Reasonable people would not care about that anyway and who cares about reality when we're busy maligning peoples' character? And your post is about politics to boot, which you know is not appropriate for the RedmenTalk forum but you posted it there anyway. I moved it to the appropriate forum.
So from my perspective I don't give a crap about your politics. I do however care about respect for people including the people that facilitate the running of this site and most of the people who read it - the vast majority who have ZERO interest in reading about politics here but most especially in the main forum. The reason we separated these forums many years ago.
So from my perspective it seems that you have very little respect for this site, the people that maintain it, or any of the people here who read it. You don't care if you waste their time. You see it as a platform for your self-righteousness. And you don't care that some clown is then going to tag onto your BS with stuff like implicating moderators by association with White Supremacy! Seriously you don't care that it goes there?
That is the perspective I'm getting. Can you see that? I didn't want to drag this out. I gave you a reasonable and true explanation. A reasonable person could also appreciate what I am saying. A reasonable person could also respect that we've wasted too much time on this already.[/quote]
Paul, I am a reflective person. After reading your reply, I reviewed my post. My intention was to broach the subject in a most respectful, yet truly curious manner. I believe I did that, but I also have to accept the fact that you did not interpret it that way.
Regarding the fact that I started the topic in the RedmenTalk forum, my apologies. I have rarely, if ever, started a thread and that was my mistake. I do regret that the first reply was Tom's insightful comment. This, of course, is out of my control yet admittedly derailed my inquiry.
As far as your comments characterizing me as entitled, feeling victimized, self-righteous, disrespectful, attacking, and unreasonable. They are inaccurate and unfortunate. I am going offline for a few hours, but will reach out to you through private message to see if we can find some common ground. I have always had a positive perception of you and feel as if we might be able to understand each other.
