# Suspended/Banned Poster links **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [October 16, 2014, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suspended-banned-poster-links/701461 "2014-10-16T01:53:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2014, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suspended-banned-poster-links/701461/21 "2014-10-16T14:13:30Z")
> [@Jonathan\_Chance](#): > > Dude, it’s a total win for Miller. He does the work of providing the ninja treatment on Irishman and Marley gets the blame! Nah, it’s fine. I’m sure **Steophan** will apologize for his needless attack any day now. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2014, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suspended-banned-poster-links/701461/22 "2014-10-16T14:28:06Z")
> [@Shakes](#): > > Speaking as an unapologetic lefty. All but two of those warnings posted were total bull shit. Huh. I read the last four and they all seemed like legit mod action to me. Clear personal insults and not just run of the mill snark. ---
**Author:** ![Steophan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steophan/32/9595_2.png) [@Steophan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steophan)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2014, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suspended-banned-poster-links/701461/23 "2014-10-16T14:35:04Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Nah, it’s fine. I’m sure **Steophan** will apologize for his needless attack any day now. When you apologise for the needless warnings and suspension to **Terr** , sure. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2014, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suspended-banned-poster-links/701461/24 "2014-10-16T14:36:34Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Huh. I read the last four and they all seemed like legit mod action to me. Clear personal insults and not just run of the mill snark. But unnamed (and unreported) lefties do it too! edited to add: I’m confused now: Are the warnings warranted and lefties do it too, or are they unwarranted? Which is it? ---
**Author:** ![Steophan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steophan/32/9595_2.png) [@Steophan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steophan)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2014, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suspended-banned-poster-links/701461/25 "2014-10-16T14:38:40Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > **Steophan** , if you think that left-wing posters get away with such behavior, then the remedy is simple: Report those posts when you see them. The moderators don’t actually read every word of the board, and may simply not have noticed them. If you are noticing them, then you have a great opportunity to help them out. Except my view is that, as they are so widespread and unremarkable for the most part, that they’re not worth reporting, and that **Terr** shouldn’t have been warned for them. I have reported, and will continue to report, posts that I feel require moderator attention. But I’m not going to report everything that could be construed as a mild slight if one squints, just because other people have, as it would be both petty and a waste of my time and that of the mods. ---
**Author:** ![Steophan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steophan/32/9595_2.png) [@Steophan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steophan)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2014, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suspended-banned-poster-links/701461/26 "2014-10-16T14:41:01Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > But unnamed (and unreported) lefties do it too! I was under the impression that naming other people was, at minimum, bad practice, if not an actual violation. But, as I said, I’m not going to report people that I don’t thing have done anything wrong, and would prefer that others don’t do so either. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2014, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suspended-banned-poster-links/701461/27 "2014-10-16T14:42:48Z")
> [@Steophan](#): > > I was under the impression that naming other people was, at minimum, bad practice, if not an actual violation. But, as I said, I’m not going to report people that I don’t thing have done anything wrong, and would prefer that others don’t do so either. How con_veen_ient. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2014, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suspended-banned-poster-links/701461/28 "2014-10-16T14:48:12Z")
> [@Steophan](#): > > When you apologise for the needless warnings and suspension to **Terr** , sure. I don’t think they were needless. If you get six warnings in a year, you’re going to get suspended regardless of your political views. And of course we normally link to a poster’s warnings regardless of their political affiliation or anything else. You attributed malice to us; the mods did not attribute any to you. You made a factually incorrect statement; we did not. So that’s a little different. ---
**Author:** ![Steophan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steophan/32/9595_2.png) [@Steophan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steophan)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2014, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suspended-banned-poster-links/701461/29 "2014-10-16T15:06:01Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > How con_veen_ient. You probably shouldn’t be encouraging people to report minor rules violations, Captain Jnr. Mod. ---
**Author:** ![Steophan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steophan/32/9595_2.png) [@Steophan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steophan)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2014, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suspended-banned-poster-links/701461/30 "2014-10-16T15:10:04Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > I don’t think they were needless. If you get six warnings in a year, you’re going to get suspended regardless of your political views. And of course we normally link to a poster’s warnings regardless of their political affiliation or anything else. You attributed malice to us; the mods did not attribute any to you. You made a factually incorrect statement; we did not. So that’s a little different. You wouldn’t get 6 warnings in a year for acting like **Terr** if you weren’t obnoxiously right-wing, as is evidenced by the amount of obnoxious left-wingers who get no warnings whatsoever. Hell, you’re participating in another thread with me now where another poster is saying things to me at least as bad as **Terr** did to anyone, but I don’t consider them out of order, and as such haven’t reported them. But yes, I was wrong to assume that the moderating team wouldn’t link to those warnings, and I apologise for doing so. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2014, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suspended-banned-poster-links/701461/31 "2014-10-16T15:20:28Z")
> [@Steophan](#): > > You wouldn’t get 6 warnings in a year for acting like **Terr** if you weren’t obnoxiously right-wing, as is evidenced by the amount of obnoxious left-wingers who get no warnings whatsoever. I don’t agree. And of course this point never gets made when we ban an obnoxious left-winger. > [@](#): > > Hell, you’re participating in another thread with me now where another poster is saying things to me at least as bad as **Terr** did to anyone, but I don’t consider them out of order, and as such haven’t reported them. If you don’t think the rules are being broken (and I don’t think they are, but I don’t mod GD), then you really don’t have anything to complain about there. ---
**Author:** ![Steophan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steophan/32/9595_2.png) [@Steophan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steophan)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2014, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suspended-banned-poster-links/701461/32 "2014-10-16T15:31:27Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > If you don’t think the rules are being broken (and I don’t think they are, but I don’t mod GD), then you really don’t have anything to complain about there. I’m not complaining about my treatment there, I’m stating my opinion that I wouldn’t have complained about receiving one of **Terr** ’s comments, as they’re no worse (IMO) than things being said in that thread. Maybe my standards are wrong for this board, but I seem to be behaving myself well enough to avoid warnings, except for one where I mistakenly thought I was in the Pit… I actually think I’ve said things similar to some of those **Terr** said without any issue. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2014, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suspended-banned-poster-links/701461/33 "2014-10-16T15:46:16Z")
> [@Steophan](#): > > I’m not complaining about my treatment there, I’m stating my opinion that I wouldn’t have complained about receiving one of **Terr** ’s comments, as they’re no worse (IMO) than things being said in that thread. I agree with that, but that’s different than the first claim you made in this thread, that lefty posters get away with the level of snark that \*\*Terr \*\*didn’t. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2014, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suspended-banned-poster-links/701461/34 "2014-10-16T15:46:57Z")
> [@](#): > > Maybe my standards are wrong for this board, but I seem to be behaving myself well enough to avoid warnings, except for one where I mistakenly thought I was in the Pit… I actually think I’ve said things similar to some of those Terr said without any issue. If this is true, and if the moderators are selectively enforcing the rules based on politics, then how do you account for the fact that you haven’t gotten in trouble? ---
**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:** [October 16, 2014, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suspended-banned-poster-links/701461/35 "2014-10-16T15:57:49Z")
> [@Steophan](#): > > I actually think I’ve said things similar to some of those **Terr** said without any issue. This clearly means that for some reason the moderators must be biased in your favor, despite the fact that you are right-wing. Since this means you must have been sending us Scotch, I wonder why I haven’t received any (hint, hint). ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2014, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suspended-banned-poster-links/701461/36 "2014-10-16T16:11:57Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > This clearly means that for some reason the moderators must be biased in your favor, despite the fact that you are right-wing. Since this means you must have been sending us Scotch, I wonder why I haven’t received any (hint, hint). See? That’s the reason I love this place. The moderators are fair, honest, and reasonably-priced. 😃 ---
**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:** [October 16, 2014, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suspended-banned-poster-links/701461/37 "2014-10-16T16:16:18Z")
> [@gnoitall](#): > > The moderators are fair, honest, and reasonably-priced. 😃 Not the kind of Scotch I like.😉 ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2014, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suspended-banned-poster-links/701461/38 "2014-10-16T16:25:16Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Not the kind of Scotch I like.😉 I’m guessing the big plastic bottle labeled “Monarch” won’t do either? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2014, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suspended-banned-poster-links/701461/39 "2014-10-16T17:57:18Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Not the kind of Scotch I like.😉 Dude, you don’t get yours because of the international shipping. I can hold it at my place until you get up here. Deal? ---
**Author:** ![Steophan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steophan/32/9595_2.png) [@Steophan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steophan)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2014, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suspended-banned-poster-links/701461/40 "2014-10-16T18:04:41Z")
Unfortunately I’m no longer allowed to deal in Scotch due to my lack of support for the Scottish referendum, but I’ll happily make any passing moderator a nice cup of tea. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suspended-banned-poster-links/701461.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suspended-banned-poster-links/701461.md?page=3)