# Colibri's "Political" moderation **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [December 9, 2015, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colibris-political-moderation/739880 "2015-12-09T00:58:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2015, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colibris-political-moderation/739880/61 "2015-12-09T05:49:55Z")
> [@Habeed](#): > > Anyways, Colibri slammed me up, down, and sideways for this. And now he’s threatening to ban if I make just one more “political” jab, when pretty much any post he doesn’t like that contains any topic related to government or public policy is actually “political”. Let me make one thing absolutely clear to you. You are becoming a consistent problem in GQ in threads that involve law enforcement by posting things that belong in GD or the Pit. While some of these posts would only get a mod note if they had been made by another poster, you are clearly not getting the message. Because of your continued behavior, you can expect to receive warnings instead of mod notes if you continue this behavior. And at some point you can expect your posting privileges to come under review. I don’t know why you are having such difficulty understanding why your posts are not appropriate for GQ. I strongly advise you to not post in threads on these types of topics in GQ until you can understand what is and what is not appropriate for GQ. ---
**Author:** ![Habeed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a587f6/32.png) [@Habeed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Habeed)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2015, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colibris-political-moderation/739880/62 "2015-12-09T05:51:13Z")
> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#): > > Let me make one thing absolutely clear to you. > > You are becoming a consistent problem in GQ in threads that involve law enforcement by posting things that belong in GD or the Pit. While some of these posts would only get a mod note if they had been made by another poster, you are clearly not getting the message. Because of your continued behavior, you can expect to receive warnings instead of mod notes if you continue this behavior. And at some point you can expect your posting privileges to come under review. > > I don’t know why you are having such difficulty understanding why your posts are not appropriate for GQ. I strongly advise you to not post in threads on these types of topics in GQ until you can understand what is and what is not appropriate for GQ. Let me be clear. I’m telling the truth. **You** have the problem. If I can’t speak about the facts here in order to “fight ignorance”, without getting slammed with wrongful moderations, I don’t care for “posting privileges.” I suppose you dispute the well known fact that we live in the “largest police state that has ever existed in human history” and that “mass incarceration has not reduced the crime rate below competing nations that don’t mass incarcerate” and that “mass use of solitary confinement, a practice generally accepted to be torture, is in use”. Those 3 statements I made, which of them do you feel makes me a “problem poster” for making? ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2015, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colibris-political-moderation/739880/63 "2015-12-09T05:51:58Z")
> [@Habeed](#): > > As for wrongfully banned posters, why did you ban Ryan from this thread : [Semi-Trailer Trucks Cruising at 120 MPH: Myth? - Factual Questions - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=97985) > > Or Otto, SingleDad, Satan > [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=18868510#post18868510](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=18868510#post18868510) > > How many people out there make insightful, intelligent posts then turn around and troll or shill or sock-puppet? I frankly don’t believe you… I wasn’t even registered back when those posters were banned, so what makes you think I’m going to know anything about why they were banned? That’s a pretty asinine question. And I don’t care whether you believe me or not, you’re still wrong. You can let anything “confirm” in your mind that you are right all you want, however. I’m not going to stop you. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2015, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colibris-political-moderation/739880/64 "2015-12-09T05:52:16Z")
> [@Habeed](#): > > None of the moderators have gotten back to be to justify why they banned the 4 names I came up with. Moderator actions are taken on a case-by-case basis. Why someone was or was not banned has no relevance at all to what is being discussed here. Stick to the topic of the moderation of your own posts, or this thread will be closed. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2015, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colibris-political-moderation/739880/65 "2015-12-09T05:53:38Z")
**Moderator Action** > [@Habeed](#): > > Let me be clear. I’m tell the truth. **You** have a problem. If I can’t speak about the facts here in order to “fight ignorance”, without getting slammed with wrongful moderations, I don’t care for “posting priviledges” Since you clearly have no intention of following the rules, you are now suspended while we discuss your future posting privileges. This thread is closed. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colibris-political-moderation/739880.md?page=3)