# Why was this post not modded? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 2, 2017, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-this-post-not-modded/783610 "2017-04-02T21:32:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 149
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2017, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-this-post-not-modded/783610/149 "2017-04-05T14:46:41Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > The speed limit is 55. I am pulled over for going 60. I agree the ticket is proper and justified. > > If I notice that cars with a Dallas Cowboys sticker are permitted to drive 65 before they are pulled over, and cars with Redskins stickers get ticketed for 60, I would contend that there was a chilling effect in play for expressing my Redskins fandom. In your apology, you state: > [@An Apology to Jonathan Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-apology-to-jonathan-chance/764493/1): > > Over a year ago, I got a warning from Jonathan Chance. I protested this warning twice, \*\*believing it to be an uneven application of a standard \*\*-- that is, **I believed my words were judged more exactingly than others’ words had been in previous interactions.** > > Over the past year, however, I have gradually come to realize that I was wrong.\*\* The issue was not that my words were judged more exactingly, but rather that Jonathan Chance was applying a more exacting standard across the board.\*\* So to speak. > > **I was wrong in my earlier protest, and in any suggestion that any less even-handed motive was in play.** > > I apologize. My bolding. Are you officially rescinding the apology and believe that you were incorrect about being incorrect? --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-this-post-not-modded/783610)._