So, let me get this straight: Reverend Mykeru posts a lot in the Pit, expresses perfectly viable (if offensive to some posters - boo hoo) opinions, gets flamed for it, defends himself, and gets banned, with the stated reason that he’s a troll (even though he only reacted to scorn heaped upon him)?
Unbelievable bullshit. The mutual masturbation and inconsistent moderation around here, always a problem, is getting worse.
And don’t give me the old “jerkish behavior” saw. If that were really a viable reason for banning, half of us would already be out on our asses.
This is simply a case of the SDMB Flame War Society not liking being beaten at its own game.
There is a certain pattern of repeated behaviour by some on this board. They find a person with controversial beliefs and badger him endlessly to put him on the defensive, and eventually his vigorous defense escalates into his lashing out against someone. At this point, the people who egged him on jump up and cry “HAHA, see he really is a jerk”, thus retroactively validating the provocation campaign they undertook against the controversial poster. I have a pretty large amount of scorn for this process and have decried it on the numerous occasions I’ve encountered it in the year of my membership here.
That said, I’m not entirely convinced that’s what went on here.
He was given friendly advice on multiple occasions by both Coldfire and Sauron, among others. He could have easily started contributing his “unpopular opinions” in GD - lots of posters in those forums don’t even post in the pit and wouldn’t even know what was going on here. Instead, he continued to froth at the mouth here. So yeah, I think he was trolling.
The biggest problem was with him being a you-know-what. It was fairly obvious. It’s against the rules, so he was banned. He knew he was going to be banned, and he got what he wanted in the end.
I did support him. You will find the relevant posts on my website. I did not jump in here, as if it matters at all, because I didn’t think he would actually be banned for defending himself against a Pit onslaught.
I was mistaken.
He’s obviously intelligent, and he made his points in a highly intelligent manner.
Understood, but I am convinced that’s precisely what happened. The Rev is obviously very intelligent and sarcastic, and he was banned because 1) The regular Pit crew got their asses handed to them, and 2) Lynn Bodoni didn’t like the cut of his jib, so to speak.
I gotta disagree with you on this one, Ogre. If a guy continually pokes a rattlesnake with a stick, and is told time and again “You’re going to get bitten,” and even says to the world at large “Eventually this snake is going to bite me,” no one should express surprise, or even sorrow, when the snake does indeed bite him.
Could he flame as good as he got? For the most part, yes. The problem is, that’s all he seemed to want to do.
