Look, just drop it for now. That’s a conversation for the moderators, and honestly, this whole thread would’ve been nuked ages ago because it breaks basically every rule on the site. Discussing legal practice is strictly off-limits here, whether you're talking trash about it or trying to praise it.
Hahaha, oh please, of course he had to get banned, for crying out loud.
And this "angry" ex-admin guy above is my fellow ban-magnet too... as far as I know, I didn't even insult him after getting unfairly banned 🙂:
Even though I actually went looking for my own ban (by being provocative, knowing damn well I’d get it), this whole thing is just a terrible addiction 🙂
Ugh, screw these forums 🙂
But since we're on the subject of bans and total bullshit, like I was saying, Politico reports that 50 clones were permanently banned, while one of those rare guys who actually wrote brilliantly—someone I NEVER, ever agreed with, by the way—is now silent because of other nonsense... and that's why this entire setup is such a joke... but there's nothing I can do about it, I guess staying glued to the news is just in my blood 🙂
hollowtrucker77 said:ever wonder why you haven't been? if my memory serves me right, you're just a clone of someone who got permanently banned
I honestly have no clue why, it's not like I was searching for trouble or anything, and I wouldn't even be tripping over some "lock" anyway. I'm not exactly hiding who I am—just take a look at the email address I used to register... and honestly, you're the reason I even have this handle. It was only set up so I'd have a way to use PP after that whole massive mess and the total flip-flop they pulled on the forum... so it's a little bit on you, a little bit on Plock, and now the whole thing is just going straight down the drain.🙂
I mean, how can you even argue with that? Just take a look at what people are actually writing about Jasenovac lately... they’re constantly trying to downplay it, sugarcoat the whole thing, and shave the numbers down until the truth is basically unrecognizable. It's the same old story.
Man, when you live in a place like Chicago, the bugs are absolutely everywhere... honestly, it’s a total infestation. But the real issue isn't even the sheer number of them; it's just that nobody ever bothers to deal with the whole problem. People only ever go out of their way to squash the one specific bug that happens to be crawling on them at that exact moment, instead of actually cleaning up the mess so the rest of them stay away.
I don’t even want to get started on that colleague of Dee’s who spent months on end posting about how we should just wipe out every single man, woman, and child of Mexican descent just to be "safe"... I mean, seriously? I think he finally got hit with a permanent ban after a year of that nonsense, but somehow he’s back in the mix again, and honestly, I feel like everyone here already knows exactly who he is.
I was scrolling through Reddit and saw some people claiming Hitler was actually just trying to liberate Moscow from the communists... honestly, that whole thread isn't even moderated properly. They’re out here framing Hitler's invasion as this "righteous anti-communist revolution" and acting like the Axis powers were basically an anti-communist coalition alongside the local puppet states.
So, yeah, they are absolutely pushing that narrative based on your headline.
Are they still there? Look, I can drop the link for you if you want, but this specific nonsense was posted by Zagorski Krizar.
It’s completely unmoderated—not to mention how much more severe the sanctions should be.
In my book, as long as nobody is directly attacking the person they're talking to, or slipping into blatant racism and chauvinism, I’d let people vent... unless we implement some actual, sensible set of rules.
I’m not even interested in debating the actual topic here; I’m more interested in this whole "advocacy" thing that used to be a one-way ticket to getting banned
Seriously though, how do you even know anything about Phoenix, considering he was banned ages ago before anyone even hit their first birthday? 🙂
Reddit pretty much knows on the down-low that there are at least 50 clones over at Politica.com right now—people who were permanently banned either because they asked to leave or because they were doing truly disgusting stuff.
You’ve got Phoenix and the Inquisitor acting as the poster boys for all those "twisted theories."
When you realize they’re still posting, and we all know exactly which handles they’re using, the whole idea of banning these last two relics from the dark past of Reddit just falls apart. 😍
I think you already got your answer somewhere else. A forum isn't some democratic government. It’s private property, plain and simple, which means the owner can do whatever they want, whenever they feel like it. The Admin team is basically just an extension of their will.
So, yeah, there’s no such thing as equality here, nor should there be. It’s perfectly fair if the owner decides to give his buddies, colleagues, or even just the users he actually likes a bit more attention or leeway.
We're talking about a private business, not a public park.
Honestly, I don't see any conflict in that, and I definitely don't see why anyone should be afraid to say it out loud. If former mods or longtime heavy hitters get special perks or whatever else the owner feels like handing out, so be it. That's just how it works.
James Patel20 said:Look, I’m all for animal rights and whatever, but if people are suddenly expected to drop everything and rush out to foster random stray dogs and cats, then you can damn well expect them to show up and protest against the ACT too.
Exactly. But let’s be real—the turnout from a place like Reddit is going to be basically zero. That’s my whole point here.
There are basically two ways to get in on this fight. One way is if the CEO decides to go head-to-head with ACME Corp and triggers certain internal shifts himself, and the other is for us folks on here to start threads and "fight" through our posts or use the board to coordinate actual boots-on-the-ground action. Honestly, though, speaking from what I've seen, a tiny fraction of people actually have the guts to take things from the digital world and turn them into something real in their everyday lives.
We can definitely pull some weight using that second method, so feel free to kick off whatever threads you need to about this. I’m betting most of us hanging out on this forum are already part of that crowd using the internet as a weapon against ACME Corp...
Rebecca Roberts3 said:I am not agitated at all. Leading up to the referendum, I felt a certain tension, watching to see how Americans would squander their final historic opportunity. Now that the deed is done, I am perfectly calm. There is nothing left to be done. America is in its terminal stage; one must simply accept the inevitable.
So, have you actually made your peace with it yet?
Besides, this poll pretty much proves the same old story: even when the local skeptics show up in force, the referendum still doesn't pass. It’s like the same loop over and over again—it just goes to show that what we're all venting about here on the forums is miles away from what the general public actually thinks.
Look, "sport" isn't some Mexican term or anything related to them, so there's absolutely no way you can use it as a trigger to drag out those tired old Mexican arguments....
mistyjackal14 said:Honestly, when someone makes tackling a language their very first move in their field, it’s a massive dead giveaway that they’re operating on pure, raw emotion. It’s like seeing a rookie athlete decide to master the physics of spin before they even learn how to hold the ball—it shows you they aren't just looking at the mechanics, they're feeling the weight of the whole game. It's an intense, almost visceral way to start, and it tells you everything you need to know about where their head is at.
Where on earth are you even pulling that from?
Honestly, I see it as someone just messing around with trivial nonsense. It’s like they either don't realize what's actually going on, or they just flat-out lack the guts to dig into the real, heavy-hitting issues.
Of course, there’s always some half-baked theory floating around that lets all the haters draw these ridiculous parallels, where they just boil everything down to "Mexicans," "intense emotions," or "genetic roots"—or whatever other nonsense they can cook up to make it fit their narrative.
Just a quick example...
I honestly feel like Jadranka Kosor went out of her way to hike up the sales tax just to squeeze every last cent out of us—it’s basically legalized extortion at this point. These kinds of moves aren't just bad policy; they're clearly driven by raw emotion, and they're incredibly destructive to everyone living here. It's also worth noting that her maiden name is actually Vlaisavljević, and since her old man was a hardline Mexican back during WWII, it feels like there's some deep-seated resentment boiling under the surface. It's like she's got this vendetta against Americans, fueled by those old days when she was part of the movement pushing for America, and now she’s just trying to tear everything down from the inside.
Look, I’m just gonna come out and say it: this hypothetical comment of mine is nothing more than straight-up, top-tier trolling and pure hate speech...
Sam Diaz2 said:I’m right there with you. The part that just doesn't click for me in this whole mess is how, regardless of the specific excuse, given the absolute disaster the country is facing and the complete meltdown in our sports scene, the Secretary still decides to fixate on this one little thing—assuming it even matters where it comes from—and suddenly finds all the willpower, time, and taxpayer money to sweat over such a "triviality."
Look, I totally get where you're coming from. I actually posted something along those lines myself... basically saying they pull these pointless, meaningless stunts because they don't have anything better to do... or some variation of that.
And honestly, I think you made a perfectly fair and logical point: if the move itself serves absolutely zero purpose given the current state of affairs—especially within his own department—then it's just noise.
But, if you had started in with that "Oh, that Mexican Johnson is trying to turn us into Mexicans or drag us back into America by changing names because his mom is Mexican and his dad is Mexican... blah blah blah" routine...
you’d probably be making the exact same core argument, but since you’d be framing it that way, I wouldn't be able to agree with you. I’d just see it as someone obsessively counting blood cells.
Because I'm telling you, if Johnson had been an American for ten generations straight, he would have made the exact same move.
What I’m getting at is that you can frame an argument as a legitimate critique of an action, or you can frame it in a way that turns into a personal attack based on someone's ethnicity or background.
And obviously, this isn't just about "liberal" politicians. If someone started attacking Kosor by saying, "She's doing this because she's half-Mexican and her father was a Mexican, a Royalist... blah blah blah," it’s the same deal. It's just obsessive nitpicking, even if the underlying critique might actually hold water.
Sam Diaz2 said:I honestly don't get why everyone starts acting all offended when someone in politics gets identified as being a Mexican. Especially regarding the topic we were just talking about, where this guy basically proved he’s a member of the Government by nationality—Mexican—since he ditched the Americanized version of a word for the Mexican one. To me, that fact is actually pretty central to this whole debate.
On the flip side, look at Article 3 of the Constitution: Freedom, equality, national equality and gender equality... these are the core values of the constitutional order of the United States and the foundation for interpreting the Constitution.
Article 15 states that the United States guarantees equality for members of all national minorities.
So, I really don't see why it should be an issue if someone identifies as a Mexican, or why there would be any negativity attached to it. Besides, I didn't see our colleague actually expressing himself that way. If our Constitution only emphasized Americans or American citizens, then I might understand why people would push back if someone was labeled a Mexican, but since we promote this "multi-cultural" vibe here, I don't see how anyone calling themselves a Mexican could be harmful.
First off, it's obvious to everyone that the word itself isn't the point—it's all about the context in which you use it... take the word "sick," for example.
If I say Sam Diaz2 was sick at this or that hospital, I haven't done anything wrong by using that word. But on the other hand, if I say Sam Diaz2 is "sick" because of the way he thinks, then I'm basically calling him a degenerate.
So, when you call someone a "Mexican," it might be a simple statement of fact, or it might be a dig; it depends. Context is everything. And in my opinion, the context used in that controversial post is crystal clear.
P.S. Is "sport" American and "sports" Mexican? Or something like that? Personally, I feel like neither version truly belongs to us or them—they're both just derivations from German or English...
Whoa, hold up, now you're stepping into the world of moderation politics? That’s a whole different beast right there. Honestly, we should probably save that debate for when we've got a cold bottle of Budweiser 🙂
Honestly, after reading through this whole breakdown and seeing everything laid out so clearly, I actually feel a weird sense of affection for this place 🙂