# re: moderators ubusing authority to shut down debates they are losing

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**Created:** [November 15, 2015, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-moderators-ubusing-authority-to-shut-down-debates-they-are-losing/737608 "2015-11-15T01:24:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Hank\_Beecher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hank_beecher/32/7275_2.png) [@Hank\_Beecher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hank_Beecher)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2015, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-moderators-ubusing-authority-to-shut-down-debates-they-are-losing/737608/1 "2015-11-15T01:24:49Z")

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> No, it hasn’t been proven, because it’s been shown to you other Great Debate topics about Islam are currently going on and not closed (see the link below, although this has already been pointed out to you).  
> So, since that’s resolved, I’m closing this thread.  
> And I’m someone who am not biased in any way, shape or form, toward any religion, group, or politics since I don’t even know or understand what Islam is about and I don’t care about politics, government, or religion…nor have I ever been or ever will be involved in debate about it, lest you think this is just another mod against you and trying to stifle discussion.
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> You’ve been answered many times and this thread doesn’t seem to serve any other purpose other than for you to argue against something that’s untrue. If you wish to talk about Islam or anything to do with it, please take it to Great Debates and–if it is and stays within the rules–much like this thread is, it should not be closed.

You are making a basic error of comprehension here. Stormfront has ongoing debates about the Holocaust, yet that doesn’t mean that the mods there don’t use their powers to shut down debates on the subject. The presence of survivors does not disprove the existence of the disease.

For you two to use your mod powers to get the last word using this simple minded argument proves my point, and is intellectual cowardice.

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**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2015, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-moderators-ubusing-authority-to-shut-down-debates-they-are-losing/737608/2 "2015-11-15T01:34:46Z")

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It would have helped if you had said who the quote was from without me opening the other thread as well. No biggie - just a matter of being polite and making it look less like a personal rant to one particular mod.

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**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:** [November 15, 2015, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-moderators-ubusing-authority-to-shut-down-debates-they-are-losing/737608/3 "2015-11-15T01:37:42Z")

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You have already PMed me what you say here, so I don’t know why you felt you had to start another topic just to say it. I can only guess it’s because you’re intending to deliberately thumb your nose at the moderation and question authority. I have replied to your PM, so if you want to talk about it in there, we don’t need this topic.

Topic closed.

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2015, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-moderators-ubusing-authority-to-shut-down-debates-they-are-losing/737608/4 "2015-11-15T01:38:53Z")

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> [@Hank\_Beecher](#):
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> You are making a basic error of comprehension here. Stormfront has ongoing debates about the Holocaust, yet that doesn’t mean that the mods there don’t use their powers to shut down debates on the subject. The presence of survivors does not disprove the existence of the disease.
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> For you two to use your mod powers to get the last word using this simple minded argument proves my point, and is intellectual cowardice.

**Moderator Warning**

This is a warning for violating **Idle Thought’s** instructions in the other thread. Keep this obsessive posting up and you will find your posting privileges under discussion. Do not open another thread on this subject in ATMB; you have had your say.