Posts by Drew Brooks8

Even here in the States, they’ve cleared the way for kids to get vaccinated.
But look, three professors and MDs from top-tier medical schools—the absolute heavyweights of our medical community—have gone on the record saying now isn't the time to be vaccinating children. They’re arguing that until the adult population finishes their rounds, there's no need to touch the kids, and frankly, they aren't even vaccinating their own offspring.

Brenda Johnson68, shoot an email to this oncologist. Isadora Duncan, that famous American author, went to see her with 77 metastases and now they're completely gone. This doctor is the real deal.
I'm rooting for you to get through this treatment successfully.

Hey there. I’ve been lurking here and reading through all your posts for a while now. Honestly, I don't know if this will actually help anyone, but maybe try asking about the cost for Radiochirurgia at this private clinic? They pull in a massive amount of international patients, so you know they definitely offer it. I realize Skopje is a long haul from here, but who knows—the price difference might be huge enough to make the trip worth it.

mellowotter17 said:I’m talking about you guys! And I really hope there are some Americans in the mix too, assuming we're actually smart enough to be included in that group, right?

Oh, you're plenty smart 👍. Your officers are right there, patrolling side-by-side with ours.

Casey Ramos31 said:Oh, you're gonna send them back... with interest? 😁

Of course. Everything in this life comes with a price tag and a bill to settle. 😁

Matthew Rodriguez9 said:Drew Brooks8, you're being totally unfair right now...

It’s just not cool to leave the Greeks hanging out to dry like that, shutting down the border and basically telling them, "good luck, you're on your own," don't you think???

And are they being fair? Dragging them all to our border knowing damn well that if we take them in, they’re stuck here forever. They can't go any further north, so they just clean up their mess and dump it on us.

Sophia Ramos5 said:The same people who decided to use ropes to cross the river? Or the ones who sent those guys in blue over with the rope?

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...7980380577.jpg

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ht-Greece.html

It’s pretty convenient how the Daily Mail manages to have a professional photographer right there while they're pushing the river narrative. No more blurry cell phone shots, I guess.

Yeah, those guys in blue are just "volunteers." I don't know who they are, but I’ve got my suspicions about the Greeks. They just dump the whole burden on the rest of us instead of actually sending people back—at least, at least regarding those folks over at Idomen.

mellowotter17 said:It looks like over 2,000 people have already made it through, though whether they were actually intercepted by the Mexican authorities or just slipped right past them is anyone's guess!
And where does this leave us? If a few thousand more clear the second checkpoint, and then thousands more at the third... it feels like we're losing any sense of control, and honestly, does anyone even know the true number currently in the country??

Of course, they aren't planning on staying in North Mexico; the goal is to push through toward Mexico and eventually make their way into the States. But if we assume the government actually finds some backbone and decides to step in, how are they even supposed to move? There aren't any free trains anymore, the subsidized bus routes are gone, and nobody is jumping into an expensive taxi.

So, how are they expected to navigate this "southern route"—just by walking? And what kind of chaos are they going to cause along the way?
Are they just going to block major highways or go wandering through farmers' cornfields?

I really wonder, who is actually going to be the one to step up and say enough is enough? Or better yet, who's going to stand their ground and tell them to stop right there?

Our officials announced that the police and military, working alongside units sent from several other countries, turned everyone back—including journalists and volunteers—who were then fined and banned from entering.

Dennis Hall41 said:Wait, they actually wrote it in the first person plural? Like, "Let's all get togetHER"?

Edit: Oh, wait, yeah. I know enough about grammar to know that's definitely the first person plural.

Yeah, that’s exactly how it's phrased, and it raises a ton of questions. Who’s actually organizing this? Who handed them the roadmap?

Yesterday, authorities found maps on migrants detailing exactly how and where to cross. One flyer explicitly says: "The camp in Idomeni will be shut down and everyone gets sent back to Turkey. If we gather enough people, the police won't be able to deport us all. Let's group up and hit the border together at noon."
Keep this flyer hidden—don't show it to anyone.
The map includes specific instructions on crossing points, locations of the wall, the river, and more.

link:

Now I’m starting to think Greece is playing dirty.

Casey Ramos31 said:Turkey doesn't need a damn thing from us. Don't let a single migrant through to Europe. If they need help with logistics for Syrians, fine—give them money, food, or medicine, but that's it. Nothing more. Turkey is a sovereign nation; they should be the ones taking people in.

Exactly. This wannabe sultan is just looking for leverage and trying to blackmail us. Europe needs to stop playing nice and actually show some teeth.

lonebadger6 said:Nah, the gray world isn't being punished because of that...

Exactly, it isn't. But the fact remains that she went completely off-topic, which is exactly how she baited everyone into replying, and you all just left her hanging.
He got called out because he pointed out that what she was saying was totally contradictory—just getting lost in her own nonsense.
Which, let's be real, is the truth.🙂

lonebadger6 said:Meadow didn't start this conversation. You're complaining about supposed double standards, yet you're applying them yourself...
To make things even more amusing, the whole topic—though framed much more to suit your own views—was actually kicked off by another moderator too.
Neither post was deleted.
But somehow, there isn't a huge outcry about why someone else talking about Muslim women's clothing and hijabs hasn't caused any drama...
She basically set the tone for the whole thing.
So much for those "standards" of yours...
Our rule remains the same—nothing was deleted, and we saw no reason to hit the delete button.

By the way, over in Politics, both of them are just regular users, with no more authority than anyone else on the forum.

I don't have double standards. I'm not out here defending anyone—I have no reason to. You guys are the ones with the double standards, and you're proving it yourselves.

And I have no idea what "drama" you're talking about 🤦. Honestly, I don't even care who started it. But if you guys noticed who the instigator was, it just shows you left troll posts from the moderators—in this case, nasmijanonebo and Meadow—allowing them to go off on tangents about irrelevant stuff. Meadow wasn't penalized because she didn't start it, yet at the same time, some random guy gets flagged just for responding to Meadow, who *did* start it.

The most bizarre part is that neither you nor Bradley Sanders4 see any reason to delete those posts, which suggests you barely have a clue how to moderate a politics board or distinguish between off-topic chatter and actual trolling. And saying both moderators on the politics board are just regular users with no more rights than anyone else? That’s just plain false. The post I linked proves it.

Bradley Sanders4 said:And why on earth would we delete that post? Does it actually break any of the subforum rules or trigger some moderator warning?

Yeah, they’re arguing.

In this specific instance, the whole thing boils down to the criteria. It’s just not a level playing field. You've got people like lonebadger6 and Bradley Sanders4 who don't really have an opinion on anything, and then you've got everyone else who actually stands for something. The rules aren't being applied equally to both groups.

Not really. Honestly, some people's takes just align more with... Look, let's talk about the rules of this forum. Seriously.It’s about fairness—making sure one person isn't treated differently than everyone else. To be blunt, it means people who wrap their opinions in insults based on race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, politics, or any other identity are going to get flagged way more often. If you're out here promoting or calling for criminal acts defined under the U.S. Penal Code, or if you're glorifying Nazism, fascism, or any racist or xenophobic garbage, expect to get banned. You'll be kicked off the forum a hell of a lot faster than the people actually playing by the rules.

This particular example of hate speech flew completely under the radar—the kind of stuff that Bradley Sanders4 just dismissed as "trolling." So, let me lay it out for you one more time:

Look, I know it’s technically none of my business to be answering for you—especially since other people's bans and moderation drama shouldn't really affect my life—but since we're actually talking about how this place is moderated, I figured I’d weigh in on this specific complaint. It feels right to give an answer here.

I was actually giving that post some serious thought—wondering if it qualified as hate speech or just some really aggressive trolling. But once you take a closer look, it’s pretty obvious that the slur used toward the Canadian folks isn't actually his own opinion. It’s a direct reaction to that comment about refugees having "mindsets from the 12th century," where the author implies that's how Germans used to describe immigrants from the North America who "refuse to integrate." Since you mentioned we need to look at posts in context, this one can only be read as a sarcastic jab at people pushing that whole "failure to adapt" narrative. Yeah, it's trolling, for sure, but that's why it got flagged.

Look, your case was already picked apart in another thread, so there’s absolutely nothing left to debate here.

Are you being serious right now, or is this some kind of joke?
We're in a thread discussing the massive crisis of mass immigration, and she’s over here rambling about what Muslim women look like in swimsuits on an American beach—whether they wear headscarves or not, and how many she's seen?😵
Can you seriously not see how wildly off-topic that is?
Just be honest for once: you didn't delete the post because it was off-topic; you deleted it because the moderator is the one who wrote it.

Edi Bosanceros, none of these posts were ever deleted

Michelle Evans said:I’m talking about their specific comments regarding enrollment—comments they clearly left without permission, which is why they're being called out for being absolute muppets. Of course I'm not asking for a link to something that doesn't exist anymore. Please, next time, actually read the reason behind the warning before you come in here to laugh... and please don't quote my moderator warnings or try to debate my moderation decisions within this thread. That kind of back-and-forth isn't helpful for anyone here. My inbox is always open if you want to talk privately. The deleted posts were truly unnecessary. There's a reason the original post was kept general—because we're complaining about deleted content, making links impossible—so debating that point is just pointless...

There, I posted the link. You all looked at the post and now everyone's staying silent. It’s just as ridiculous to demand links and then ignore what's actually provided.
Now, I’m going to report the post I just linked, along with a few of her others, just to see how "principled" you all really are. Let's see if you react the same way you did when you were punishing or banning other users.

Alright, here’s the link
http://www.reddit.com/showpost.php?p=5...postcount=6979
What does this post have to do with the immigrant thread? And why hasn't it been banned or deleted, especially since the political moderators were active in the discussion while it was being written?
Are they just pretending they don't see it?

Charles Wells71 said:And don't even get me started on Edi Bosanceros. I have yet to see him write a single coherent thought in my life; the mental gymnastics this guy performs are honestly hard to follow. But hey, he’s definitely not trolling since he thinks immigrants are just fine. 👏

Let's not. Clearly, some people just love his mindless off-topic ramblings.🤦
But what does this post even have to do with the immigration topic? And why hasn't it been deleted or the user banned, moderators?

I spent years practically living in a major US city, and I never once saw a woman wearing a headscarf there.

I see them occasionally near the coast—not in hijabs, but in these... I don't know how to describe them... swimsuits that look like pajamas, covering them from head to toe, leaving only the hands, face, and feet exposed. They just stand there on the beach in them.

Yeah, everyone stares and mocks them, but if she’s happy, whatever. It doesn't bother me. It looks ugly, sure, but good grief...

That was recently, just one person.

And I think I saw someone dressed similarly at the beach last year or the year before. One time it was a Japanese woman, or maybe a Korean woman, something like that. Whether she was Muslim or if there was some other reason, I have no clue.

In the city, I saw two women once—don't know their age or anything else—wearing a type of abaya.

That's it. Over all these years, it doesn't seem like much.

In Ottawa, I don't know any young Muslim women who dress like that; it's actually the exact opposite. I even have Muslim family friends, and neither they nor anyone in their circle dresses that way. I'm not denying your experience, but mine is completely different. That's exactly why there's nothing to worry about.
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Meanwhile, the moderator Meadow has gone rogue and completely butchered this entire thread.🤦 And nobody seems to notice. She’s trolling like crazy, yet she stays active while some other guy gets banned and left out in the cold.

And one more thing: you guys keep telling everyone on Reddit that it’s been debunked—that people aren't skipping meals because of the Red Cross. Who actually debunked it? What sources were the media even using when they claimed this story was false?