In fairness, I wasn't going to respond to him. My intent was to carry out his
intent expressed on R&E. In all this time, the fact he chose this particular time
to appear on Blue indicates a likely associated reason. Not necessarily with me,
or around me, but topically and politically, which in the world of  American
Christian Nationalists is inseparable from religion. It is why in RL, religion and
politics are volatile topics generally avoided. People are hurt,
and nerves exposed raw. It begins the moment someone tells somebody else
his beliefs are wrong, or his critical thinking flawed, or ability to comprehend
compromised.. Politically, or religiously. 

Differences can be discussed cordially and respectfully, or not. The first builds and
adds to, the second subtracts and dehumanizes. It makes hypocrisy of religious 
beliefs. Doesn't take long for intent to appear, especially if there is a prior history
and especially if there's a recent history. 

I am kinda disappointed. At first he seemed to carry on good conversations. Something changed recently, and it has been profound. Maybe he needs to be born again "again"

=19.5pxSadly I do not have the admin control to post DNRs.

greenman wrote:

BTW, and FWIW, kudos to Ken for locking that thread which GOG had stunk up with conspiracies. Credit where credit is due.

Well-done!

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I totally appreciate you being fair to Ken by applauding him when you see him doing something you see as fair, rather than only dissing him when you feel he did something wrong.

He really tries to be fair and reasonable. I think he ALWAYS believes he is being fair and never disregards fairness in favor of anyone. I think that it comes down to differences of opinion on whether something is right or wrong the times you, me, or others might disagree with a "ruling" and NOT that he isn't doing his best to be fair and reasonable.

It is always difficult to see the other side when personally invested in it or we feel something is wrongly handled from our own POV. Sometimes I disagree vehemently, but I am always sure that in his POV, he is doing the right thing. He is a good person so I trust that he honestly believes he is doing the right thing.

Plus, it is an unpaid, unappreciated job to run or moderate any board. Time constraints make it that much harder in even seeing violations when members CONSTANTLY hide them in posts and the mods are always playing catch-up and being criticized throughout! Sometimes things are just missed and if no one emails him a/o Trish, it just gets left as is.

So, I'm just saying that I'm happy to see that you see it and say so when you recognize that Ken has been fair, even if you don't always think so.

I like him and am very uncomfortable when people diss him personally, as if he is a bad person if we disagree with something, rather than just fussing about that something we might think should have gone another way. I've noticed that you do a lot less attacking and trashing him, which I'm glad about.

That is so true Pikes!  I remember the informal "shifts"  based on time zones and availability.  It was crazy.

One ruthless, relentless troll, who shall go unnamed, routinely hit the board in the middle of the night.  He'd trash the board, breaking glass everywhere, and then dragging up ancient posts to pile up on top of the new posts (because he could and because he objected to our sort by activity mode rather than sort by date). 

Sometimes it took hours to clean up the joint.  It is definitely a thankless task and few actually appreciate what a chore it CAN be when ANYONE can show up any old time, using a proxy or being bold enough to use their usual handle, to stir up trouble and create flame wars for the "funovit".

It's wonderful not having to do that!

We can get rid of a pest permanently just by shutting them out of registration so they can only read, perhaps fume, but cause us NO PROBLEMS.  Because it's based on membership log ins, eliminating problems is a click of a mouse and they CANNOT sneak back in when everyone is busy or sleeping.

IMHO, registration IS the way to go. 

Either that or having a whole bunch of moderators who can take the time to watch the store and clean up things as soon as they happen.  Otherwise, there's complaints galore due to untimeliness in cleanup.  When a troll or a troublemaker gets an entire day to cause trouble and their posts remain for hours to be read by everyone, it's basically POINTLESS to later remove them since the "damage" is long done and the "victim" is now quite angry that there's no quick "justice".
 

If you don't want to appear as a subject in Back Alley, don't act like an ass and abuse people in your community of choice. 

I prefer Back Alley didn't exist. Didn't need to exist. 
It is a sounding board to relieve the necessary tension from promulgation of the senseless
conspiracy theories and rightwing talking points that devolve into personal attack..
There is no better example than the nonsense of Donald Trump. It isn't a case of both parties do it lies.
Nobody lies like trump, and those who believe and follow him are so ridiculous, they can't be taken seriously. 
He attacks and name calls people, and because he does it, they do it. They're all trolls. 
The base latched onto him like stink on a turd. The worst he brings out in people, so do they.
The DNR list grows longer because these people force it.  Imagine the board without it!

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Best Guess here is that Ken leaned into American Politics since that was the keynote (at that time) causing mass bro-ha-has. I will ask if his position has changed to include external politics.

UPDATE: Email sent

Last edited by Trish (9/24/2024 9:36 am)

greenman wrote:

It's a Rogue's Gallery, always has been.

BTW, his whole 'is Kamala Harris a drunk or on drugs?' nonsense from White Whine appears as a 'question' at the top of a long thread on Yellow. There he can't be explicitly political, but it's clear whom he's talking about.

Amused to see that Sprout is giving him a hard time over it...lol

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That whole idiocy came from Laura Loomer, tRUMP's "new squeeze".  SHE started that nonsense by calling her a drunken prostitute. That's also where the "she slept her way up the ladder" came from.
 

Laura Loomer and Alina Habba are trump skanks. He smells like armpit and butt according to
those who've been near him. so he's skunk with skanks. Skinks are respectable lizards, so can't use them. Trump with tramps. 

Here’s one, the whiner about ‘political posts’ making a political post. Smelly hypocrite!

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Globalist/WEF zombie John Kerry says the quiet part out loud.

Posted by GOG on September 29, 2024, 12:27 pm

“First Amendment stands as a major block to “govern”. [link, twinkie?] This guy threatens our Constitution. He uttered his disloyalty at last weeks WEF conferences in NYC. Prince Harry was there as well, another privileged bully upon free speech.[We know you worship the Royals. Just move to Britain] Hey Johnny, if you want to change our Constitution you’ll have to gain ratification of the various states. [tell Fonnie, not Johnny] What these globalists really want is to govern without populous opposition. Example, the pushback regarding forced vaccines. Etc. This IS Agenda 2030.[an imaginary thing, but a Trump rederence] The US must fall to achieve the globalist wet dream. [the U.S. is the wealthiest nation, wouldn’t they be at the center of globalism?] Now you know why the nation is being undermined from so many directions.[Trump annd Russia?] Only six more years left. Europe is practically a police state thanks to these arses.[Well, Hungary is]
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Trump is the only major threat to this nation, you MORON.  He tried to cast the Constitution aside to steal the 2020 election!

Of course you support the real threat while ignoring the facts, loony boy.

You’d know that if you weren’t a psycho!

GOG endlessly whining ‘free speech’ which he thinks means ‘I get to say anything I want to, rules violation or not.’

When you let trash stink up your board, that’s what you get.

Mayer, jb, GOG and DFM need about 6 months of vacation each.

But Ken has his favorites..

To be replaced by this:

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Lebowitz calls for dissolution of Supreme Court.

Posted by GOG on September 30, 2024, 6:49 am

Believes the Executive Branch can do it. Says the SCOTUS is a disgrace. Weird. They hate the US Constitution and the Court. These far-gone twits want it all. Kerry being one of them. Agenda 2030 only six years away. It’s doubtful I’ll be around to witness. Maybe It (she) won’t
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He’s such a hypocrite..Always whining about ‘politics’ while always posting it.

‘Agenda 2030’ is made-up nonsense. What does ‘Maybe it (she) won’t’ mean? A threat to the VP? This guy is NUTZ.

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and the whiner is whining again... Wah Wah Wah...

greenman wrote:

Sounds like he’s violating DNRs again.

He’s remarkably hypocritical about that, too. And like jb his excuses are soooo lame!

‘It might’ve been Hemi’

‘The cursor jumped’

‘I might’ve hit a wrong letter’

‘Moon aliens hacked my TRS-80’

OK, I made up that last one, but…

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Actually, MY cursor DID jump.  It happens on my laptop all too often.

I was posting something and it jumped into the NAME slot, grabbing the word I'd typed (you).  I didn't notice it.  Since I use the 'save my name for next time I post', it stuck and posted 3 times before I caught on to what had happened! 

I always switch off from laptop, iPad, and my phone, so when I noticed it had happened, I was on a different toy.  So, it happened over 2 days before I found and fixed it.

The rest of the excuses WERE GOG's or GOG-like though.