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Joseph Gonzalez95 said:You missed at least one more controversial user in your list—which basically proves you're biased... That forum member you forgot is Morgan Rodriguez57.
There’s no such thing as American mythomania...
Look, you're just a straight-up ideological provocateur. Looking back at pages 9 through 22, those few comments from Morgan Rodriguez57 aren't trolling, spamming, or being stupid. There's nothing controversial about them—it just means
you personally are politically biased and
you personally have some sort of beef with that user that goes way beyond the scope of this appeal. To claim that American mythomania doesn't exist? Please. I've spent over six years studying history and historical themes regarding American origins—I've read every book and article out there, cross-referencing everything with original sources and evidence. Given how deep I am in this stuff, telling me there isn't mythomania in our historiography—whether academic or amateur—is a massive miss. My own experience is exactly what gives me the standing and the responsibility to file this complaint.
Joseph Gonzalez95 said:I wasn't replying to your first comment where you complained about people jumping into this thread—even though you actually left out at least one other controversial user, which just shows your political bias—but rather to your second comment about Greater America. You don't have any historical basis for those claims and insinuations, whereas there definitely is a basis for Greater Mexico claims, if we're looking at things from a geostrategic perspective.
History played out that way—do you honestly think Americans would have broken free from the Ottoman Empire without outside help?
In my first comment, I mentioned "Greater American romanticism and chauvinism," but you guys are acting like you're only responding to the second comment. To me, my first and second comments are the exact same thing—they're both complaints about how people are behaving. Just name the specific user in that thread, because right now you're just throwing baseless accusations of political bias at me. Also, it's pretty shameful how you keep insisting there isn't a Greater American ideology or worldview—there totally is. You’re still ignoring the pattern here—the modus operandi behind Mexican mythomania and American mythomania is identical—it's all just mythmaking. It's wild how even this topic can't exist without someone trying to justify politics and ideologies. You haven't said anything constructive regarding my complaint, and as far as I recall, you haven't even participated in those specific threads, so clearly the only reason you showed up was to defend some chauvinistic rambling.
Joseph Gonzalez95 said:The whole idea of a "Greater American" extreme is just made up...
Check out this extra proof—just your typical user from the "history and historical themes" forum who’s totally lost in time and space. They're out here denying the existence of the Greater American ideology and trying to push some weird alternative reality instead. ☕
bluecyclist64 said:History has become an absolute joke—people just keep quoting nonsense from shady neo-fascist sites, while actual, reliable sources have become basically impossible to find.
Look, sometimes people *do* cite real sources on these topics—the issue is they intentionally twist them. They manipulate the facts to fit some imaginary narrative, and then they turn around and claim that specific spin is the "final truth." It’s a total logical fallacy and just plain dishonest. No matter how good the argument might be,
it's all just
the same kind of myth-making you see in certain political circles—pure intellectual garbage. Honestly, if user Ludwig didn't already do it, he should've at least mentioned he reported the comment because calling something "intellectual garbage" is an insult, yet he doesn't seem to think what he writes or supports is an insult to common sense. After all the arguing and debunking, these delusional claims end up being justified through ideological-political repression back under the USA era—which obviously happened due to Marxist influence—except we just swung from one extreme to a massive nationalist extreme. These extremes are two sides of the same coin. The people who aren't against the American identity and history—who actually just try to write neutrally—end up clashing with those hardcore nationalist narratives and get labeled as "anti-American" or whatever. It's honestly pathetic.
I’m calling out the blatant, ongoing disregard for the rules by a handful of users (Philosophy; croat22; pilot program; Ludwig), and honestly—even the mods (wiredangler5; Uncle Strile)—in the "Y-DNA haplogroup maps for the former USA region" thread over in the "history and historical themes" sub-forum. Despite several people flagging this—asking for posts to be scrubbed or users penalized—the lack of action basically gives a green light to keep breaking the rules. The handbook clearly states that moderators are "authorized to remove content that doesn't follow Forum guidelines. Users might get a warning for violations, while severe breaches can lead to temporary or permanent bans from specific sub-forums or the entire Forum," yet so far, it feels like nothing is actually happening.
The golden rule here is pretty simple: "the goal of this sub-forum is learning and sharing knowledge, so please keep discussions argumentative and grounded." But looking at this thread—specifically from the middle of page 9 through page 22, and probably continuing past that—it’s just a textbook case of manipulation. We’re seeing disinformation, fake arguments, and straight-up ignorance being peddled instead of actual learning. It’s frustrating because whenever someone tries to act responsibly or seek common ground, they just get mocked. Trying to explain things or correct errors is useless at this point because we've hit total anarchy and intellectual decay. It’s all just trolling to derail the conversation (11), acting like idiots (15), spamming the same tired takes (4), and going off-topic (12) despite everyone pointing it out—whether in the "Dear Moderators" thread or via private messages. In the case of those last two guys (pilot program; Ludwig), they aren't even hiding it—they're actively cheering on this behavior because of pure political bias (basically using scientific facts to fuel some weird, chauvinistic romanticism). Long story short: there is a deliberate attempt to mislead people here. You see it with pilot program, who—despite clearly lacking the expertise—has swallowed croat22's false claims as gospel.
This whole thread was basically trashed starting on page 9 when Philosophy showed up, and then again on page 14 when croat22 arrived. In just a few days since page 9, we've added 13 pages of almost entirely useless filler. This stuff might have made more sense if it were moved to its own thread titled "interpreting historical migrations using population genetics"—since it has almost zero to do with the Y-DNA maps or the original depth of the discussion—but even after the suggestion for Philosophy to start a separate thread (like "African origin of Illyrians") to move the chat there, he didn't. And croat22 hasn't shown any interest in admitting he's wrong or changing his ways; if anything, things have just escalated.
How much longer is this kind of behavior and thread-wrecking going to be tolerated on this forum?