Personal comments of any kind are out of line in GD. You haven’t figured that out in four years?
I don’t think I’m the one not figuring things out.
Well, if the various sides all maintain that they’ve “figured it out” and still disagree, I guess that’s as far as it can go.
I think it’s similar to how you can’t accuse someone of lying in GD, which as far as I can tell is OK in other boards.
Except that name calling and personal insults are a violation in any forum other than the Pit. We;ll see what Marley or Tuba come back with this time. Marley might take a while though,. He’s probably figuring out how to operate the backhoe so he doesn’t strain himself.
Am I the only one that sees this thread as part of the slowest suicide by mod in board history?
Possibly. He’s starting to look like someone who’s daring the moderators, rather than questioning them. I look forward to his next ATMB thread.
And there’s your answer. It is not an insult. It is a comment about the poster rather than his or her argument, and those comments are discouraged in GD.
It’s getting kind of tedious, but I’m not going to kill myself over it.
Not even in the running.
Re the racist bit: There are many people who would self-identify a such so it isn’t inherently an insult.
If I called someone a tea-partiest (because in my eyes they really came off as one - though they might not think of themselves as one), they may not like it one bit, but that doesn’t mean it’s an insult.
I’d be offended.
It should be “tea-partier”.
But what if you were the tea-partiest person there?
Then I’d be racist.
Or so I hear.
Wouldn’t the proper way to refer to such a person be the tea-partyingest mofo?
I must be in Bizzaro World. To recap:
- this is not about GD, this is about ATMB (so I don’t know what the heck Lute Skywatcher thinks he was contributing. And then you site his response?! Yep, Bizzaro.)
- insults and name calling are only allowed in the Pit
- ATMB is not the same as the Pit, therefore insults and name calling are not allowed. Don’t believe me? Here: (bolding mine)
- “Racist”, as used by Ad Gadai, was clearly an insult—or if you prefer, an instance of name calling—as it was directed to another poster.
- since it was a violation, and a flagrant one at that, and it was reported to the Mods, a warning or admonishment was due to him
- that didn’t happen. TubaDiva skirts the issue and then pulls a disappearing act, and
- you still refuse to admit that it was a violation. Which means you need to be pointed—once again—to something you should already be aware of, given your role as a Mod:
- ?
Oh, if you still want to try to claim that it is not an instance of insult or name calling, explain why it is a violation in the Pit. You can’t have it both ways. Unless you want to take Logic and throw it in a food processor.
You are missing the greater point, which is
Go argue in another forum and not in About This Message Board.
Because this is not an appropriate place to conduct your argument.
The problem is that it’s not an insult (as I explained upthread) and it’s not name-calling. It’s a comment about another poster, but it’s not an insult or name-calling like “stupid” or any of the more creative variants. I think it’s about time you gave up on this attempted gotcha.
magellan01, if I speak bluntly, reading your misplaced anger in this thread reminds me of the movie Overboard. Allow me to quote:
Ha. So it all comes down to this? You’re going to maintain that it’s not an insult to call a poster a racist. Unfuckingbelievable. But if you want to carry that flag, you go right ahead. Just don’t be surprised when you get laughed at and dismissed for being so blatantly biased. Then again, that kind of behavior is likely to get you a promotion around here.
Wait. I thought this is what this forum was for…to discuss the board, it’s moderation, etc. No?