Posts by granitetinker6

rapidfox26 said:Let me just get ahead of you here, because I can already see you obsessively combing through the general Forum rules, copying a mountain of links to my posts and yours, and basically nitpicking everything 🤣

The thing is actually super simple—it’s not that I don’t want to reply to you just because you’re making it difficult.

And I’m also not interested in answering in a way that just tells you exactly what you want to hear.

Korea is even more northern than 👍

If I’m breaking any rules, fine, let them punish me, even if it means a permanent ban, I really don't care since there's nothing I can do about it anyway; you'll just end up having a monopoly on this thread and keep pushing your propaganda and free advertising for whatever political party you belong to, all five of them

Let the mods give the final verdict, whether it's you or me

🙂

Colleague, it would be plenty if you just stuck to the Forum rules when you respond.

No stalking, no messing with the flow of the debate, and please, stop repeating those nasty, fake accusations.

If you do that, then you and I can go toe-to-toe with arguments for as long as you want.

But just stick to the rules and don't be that loser whose entire life purpose is chasing someone else around.

P.S. Also, just for the record, I don't belong to any political party; I'm strictly just a sympathizer.

Honestly, I don't even see the point in trying to outsmart you or getting into a debate.

You’re just completely irrelevant, totally insignificant, and honestly so powerless that you’ve spent your whole time jumping down one single person's throat on this Forum, all while throwing around some stupid fabrication without a shred of proof to back it up.

I mean, seriously, how desperate does a person have to be to spend their entire day glued to a computer screen, obsessively tracking one specific individual across every single thread?

At the end of the day, we’re talking about the rules here.

Rule 13 of our general guidelines is crystal clear about how harassment of other users is strictly prohibited. When someone responds almost exclusively to one user's posts, or starts asking what they're going to do while that person is offline, that is the textbook definition of stalking or harassment. Seriously, if that doesn't count as stalking, then I’d love to see a concrete example of what actually constitutes stalking, or what "harassing a fellow user" means if it isn't exactly this situation.

Then there's Rule 11, which explicitly states that "intentionally annoying other participants, provoking arguments, and disrupting the flow of discussion" is banned. It’s so obvious from an airplane that this is exactly what you're doing, and you even admitted it yourself when you tried to egg others on to act the same way just so the thread would become a total mess, impossible to read, and drive everyone else away .

And on top of all that, none of it was enough for you, so you had to resort to the most basic slander and spreading mindless lies? Man, do you even have a shred of decency left, being able to lie so crudely and easily? What kind of motivation does a person need to allow themselves to act like this?

As a human being, I’m asking you—think about your own spouse or your parents for a second. Can you imagine if someone took your daughter, your mother, or a member of your family to task and relentlessly spread lies about them? Hey, just hold on a second and think about it, okay? It’s just shameful, pathetic, and slimy... what kind of person are you to let yourself do this?

Look, you have the opportunity right now, so go ahead and prove your claim. Post that DM where you supposedly offered me anything, and I will personally agree to a permanent ban immediately. Stop with the nonsense and the repetitive claims without any evidence—you said you offered it! Go ahead, show the proof and let's put this whole thing to rest.

Stop hiding behind my use of irony, because anyone has the right to be ironic. Just show the proof!

But of course, you won't. Because you can't. Because this is just bottom-of-the-barrel slander that someone with even a tiny bit of honor, character, or integrity wouldn't dream of engaging in. Only the absolute worst people don't care about anything, not even using such filth and nastiness.

I've wasted way too many words and far too much time on you. I'm not interested in you; this is between me and the administration because it's about the rules of the Forum. You’re only being mentioned because you're the one breaking them.

If by some miracle this whole thing ends up being re-examined, I’d really appreciate it if you guys could give me a little breathing room (I mean, I can't exactly sit glued to my computer screen all day, right?) so I have the chance to address any questions or requests from the admin team, because honestly, I’ve got nothing to hide and absolutely zero reason to be shady about anything here.

But if that doesn't happen, then thanks in advance for the "attention" and take it easy.

Article 2.

Cultured, well-reasoned debate, behaving like a civilized human being, treating everyone on the forum as equals, showing tolerance, fairness, solidarity, keeping discussions efficient, respecting personalities, and actually listening to arguments from all sides—these are the core values and the absolute highest priorities here on the Politics subforum.

😁

I mean, seriously, watching how rapidfox26 carries himself while reading this fundamental rule from the "Politics" subforum feels like some kind of bizarre joke, right? It’s almost embarrassing to even be part of this community when you see stuff like that.

Look, it’s pretty straightforward, and honestly, the ball is in the administration's court now.

If the rules are actually meant to be followed, we can clear up any issues or dilemmas as early as today.

But hey, if the rules aren't really there to be enforced—or if they're just applied whenever someone feels like it, allowing certain people to spam, troll, stir up fights, mess with the flow of conversation, harass other users, shout over everyone, engage in baseless arguing, and just make everything inefficient... well, then I guess that's just how it is.

No bad feelings. 👍

So, what exactly isn't allowed on the Forum?

1. Breaking any US laws
2. Violating generally accepted standards of civilization
3. Harassment based on anything—race, nationality, religion, age, gender, you name it...
4. Swearing, flaming, or spamming (repeatedly posting the same or similar stuff)
5. Copyright infringement
6. Posting pornographic or erotic content, disguised nudity, violent material, or linking to any of that stuff
7. Advertising (unless it’s been officially cleared by the Marketing Forum)
8. Chatting (outside of the designated chat topics)
9. Creating clone accounts
10. Doxing or revealing other users' private info
11. Being a troll (writing mocking, rude, or offensive messages just to annoy people, stir up fights, and mess with the flow of discussion)
12. Going off-topic
13. Harassing other users
14. SHOUTING (using CAPS LOCK)
15. Playing dumb

I've only highlighted the specific rules here that I have indisputably and undeniably proven—with documentation—are being constantly broken over in Politics.

Chuck's argument about how we should all report everything and then just sit around waiting for them to react doesn't really hold water to me, does it? I mean, with all these things happening so frequently, isn't it basically impossible for a moderator not to notice it themselves or for it to just slip through the cracks?

I'll say it again, my Colleague rapidfox26 already explained perfectly why it's absolutely necessary to react to every single one of my posts if the goal is to achieve maximum disruption to the conversation.

The amount of spam, trolling, and stalking going on here is visible from outer space, so claiming that everyone needs to report it just so the moderators don't miss it feels like a pretty weak excuse, don't you think?

I have to say, I am absolutely floored by the responses I’ve been getting after I complained about a whole string of forum rule violations.

The thread was shut down so fast I didn't even get a chance to reply, so I'm forced to write this out here, which probably just lands me in an even deeper hole, doesn't it?

I’ve kept a neat little paper trail of the harassment, the trolling (hey, they actually admitted to trolling!), and the blatant double standards regarding who gets banned and who doesn't.

So, there really isn't any room for debate here. My Colleague is responding exclusively to me—that's straight-up harassment. Then my Colleague admits his whole goal was to derail the topic—so that's trolling. On top of that, I posted links to my own posts that got flagged, while others get a free pass for doing the exact same thing.

It is indisputable that a series of forum rules were broken. And yet, it’s being totally tolerated!

Then there's John Doe’s response, claiming that because I’m only posting in the Bridge thread, I don't have any right to complain about being targeted. Isn't that just wild? Sure, I'm participating in the thread, but I'm not hunting down one specific person or only replying to their comments. To try and equate those two things is just mixing apples and oranges. It's honestly pretty sad.

I also went ahead and offered to have the alleged bribery investigated—offering money to ALL forum members—but I made it crystal clear that I was being sarcastic. Everyone knows that, including you, Chuck. But instead of acknowledging the irony, Chuck just cynically repeated my sarcastic remark back to me as if it were some kind of confession of guilt.

Was it really such a big deal to ask my Colleague—since we have conflicting stories regarding a very serious accusation—to prove who is lying and who is telling the truth? rapidfox26, why don't you go ahead and show us those PPE items that granitetinker6 supposedly sent you? If you can't, then maybe stop slandering people.

Is that really too much to ask!? Of course not, not if someone actually wants to be objective and clear the air.

The other option—doing nothing to clear anything up—is exactly what Chuck did. He just leaned back on that "confession" that was clearly meant as irony! 🤦

I’m asking for someone above Chuck to weigh in on this, if such a possibility even exists.

If it doesn't, or if you consider this matter closed, then I’ll just say goodbye to you all. This is a private forum; the rules and editorial policy belong to the owners, and I'm not disputing that. But it is my right to refuse to be subject to someone else's whims, double standards, and obvious bias.

I mean, we could all just play dumb now and say the classic line, "Oh, there's no bias here, all moderators are equal and nobody gets special treatment," blah, blah, blah... Unfortunately, some people have shown they operate at the same low, sneaky levels they use to lecture politicians, the media, or other public figures.

It's just like when the Democratic Party clearly favors one specific club while relentlessly punishing another, only to have the nerve to issue statements claiming everything is perfectly clean, the rules are applied equally to everyone, and the only real problem is the people who keep complaining.

It's the same dirty, slimy story every time.

This case is as clear as day. We all know that if anyone else showed up on this forum and started acting this way (harassing people and all that), they’d be gone in the blink of an eye, and any question as to why would be laughed off as totally insane.

Kudos to everyone else, but I'm not crazy, I'm not a fool, and I'm certainly not letting anyone treat me like one.

Anyway, I’m asking for a response and a ruling from someone other than the moderators, given the conflict of interest here (since they happen to be on the same side as the Colleague in question, and besides, admitting to these lapses would mean admitting their own fault, which they clearly aren't able to do).

Of course, I realize I shouldn't expect a dramatic turnaround; this thread will probably just end up in the trash, but hey, sometimes you just have to speak your truth.

So, to wrap this all up, I feel like I’ve laid out a pretty clear case that what we're seeing here is straight-up selective quoting, stalking, and trolling, which I'm fairly certain flies in the face of this forum's actual rules. On top of that, we've got this totally bizarre tactic where someone just keeps looping the same insane lie and fabrication over and over again.

From where I’m sitting, there are at least four distinct issues at play here...
- malicious cherry-picking of quotes,
- blatant stalking,
- pure trolling,
- and flat-out false accusations.
...and honestly, I don't see how any of that could be tolerated on any decent online forum, let alone this one, where I'm pretty sure those behaviors are explicitly banned. Then there's the obvious fact that Caps-lock shouting is being totally brushed under the rug, even though I've been slapped with warnings for doing the exact same thing.

Now, I'm not going to get bogged into whether this is allowed just because the moderators over at a site like Reddit are mostly critics of Bridgebuilders—so they kind of share the same vibe as rapidfox26—but I do want to pose one little rhetorical question.

Just imagine if I decided to play by those same rules on this forum. Say I started stalking some user, like @kiss me (I'm mentioning her because she's one of the most active critics of Bridgebuilders out there). What if I only replied to her posts? What if I did it in a way where I'd clip her messages to completely twist her meaning, only to then pretend I actually agree with her "new" points? What if I openly admitted and wrote out that my whole goal was to stir the pot and leave everyone following the thread feeling totally confused? And then, to top it all off, I’d spend my time screaming in bold letters, constantly repeating the same slanderous lie about her.

How long do you think I’d actually last on this forum before someone finally stepped in to sanction me?

And honestly, we really need to talk about that part where he’s going after me personally, claiming—get this—that I was actually trying to bribe him just to keep his mouth shut about Bridgebuilders? Like, seriously? Can you believe the nerve of some people?

Look, let me just lay it all out for you because, honestly, this whole thing is nothing more than a total, 100% pure work of fiction. It’s actually kind of wild how someone could make something up like this, right? I haven't offered money to him—or anyone else, for that matter—ever, and I've never even had a private conversation with this colleague outside of our public back-and-forth right here on the forum. Why would I even bother doing something like that when everything we say is out in the open anyway?

When was that colleague around? So, I finally went ahead and posted that absolute nonsense for the first time! Can you believe I actually did it? I mean, look, I just reacted the only way I felt was right in that moment—how else were you supposed to respond to something that absolutely insane? Is there anything more satisfying than that kind of ironic confirmation? You know, when things play out exactly how you suspected they would, almost like a cosmic wink to let you know you were right all along? It’s funny how life works sometimes, isn't it? I basically just doubled down on my point by jokingly "confessing" that I was offering cash to anyone who dared to criticize Bridgebuilders—honestly, some people even claimed they got rich off it! But if you look at this from a bird's-eye view, it’s pretty obvious I’m being sarcastic, right? Because if that were actually happening, we wouldn't just be hearing about it from a few voices here; there would be a massive trail of witnesses everywhere, and literally every single critic of Bridgebuilders on this forum would be coming forward to say, "Yeah, they totally tried to buy me off!" Which, let's be real, is obviously impossible. Plus, I personally... He went ahead and cleared things up later on. I mean, if we're being totally honest here, isn't it just pure irony?

I’ve been totally ghosting him lately because his recent posts have been nothing but pure, baseless slander, but man, he just keeps doubling down on these ridiculous lies more and more often. It’s getting wild—just the other day, he actually went at it three separate times! I can't see what you're referring to—looks like the link didn't make it through! Could you drop it again? I'm all ears and ready to dive in once it pops up.; I'm still waiting on that link, folks! Any chance someone could drop it here? I've been refreshing my feed like crazy hoping to see what everyone is talking about, but nothing yet. Would love to dive into this once it's live!; I can't really see what you're pointing at without the actual link, friend! If you were trying to share something interesting or maybe a crazy news story you found, go ahead and drop it again? I'm always down to dive into a good thread or check out whatever cool stuff you guys are talking about, so don't be shy! What have you got for me?And on top of that, he’s really doubling down on the whole "aggressive play" angle—which is hilarious, because honestly, I've taken a few red cards myself just for playing that hard! exampleI think you might have missed pasting the actual text you want me to work on! Just drop the content right here, and I'll get straight to work re-crafting it into something fresh, punchy, and authentically American for you. Whether it's a long-winded rant or a quick observation, I'm ready when you are!

Since I’m a firm believer that there are actually ways to figure out who’s being straight with us and who’s just spinning tales, I’m throwing it out there—if it’s even possible—that we should just pull the logs from our private messages to settle this once and for all?I mean, seriously, there isn't even anything to talk about here, let alone some wild accusation about someone trying to throw money around, right?).

If we can't actually pull that off, I say we just ask the guy to put up or shut up and show us the proof behind these bribery claims. Honestly, if any of my messages to him actually contained an offer like that, they’d be such massive, bombshell evidence against me that there wouldn't be a single doubt in anyone's mind—he would have splashed them all over this forum already, right? But since he hasn't done a thing, why not just have him drop that "communication" right here, right now? He claims I offered him cash, so let's see the receipts! If he can actually present the messages where I'm supposedly offering him money, then maybe we can finally settle this little dilemma of his once and for all.

Look, I’ll just say it upfront—I really hate wasting my own time, let alone yours, on these kinds of weird, childish antics. Honestly, I don't think we've ever seen anything quite this bizarre on this forum before, but I feel like it's going to cause way more damage if we just sit here and tolerate this total disregard for the community rules.

Now, look, I’m not really the type to go running to the mods; I’ve honestly never reported anyone or even a single post in all my time here, but the way rapidfox26 has been slanderously stalking me has become so tacky and borderline manic that I don't see any other choice but to bring this to the administration.

This guy has been relentlessly shadowing me for quite a while now; over in the thread about Bridgebuilders, he seems to exist solely to respond to my posts. It’s pretty obvious to everyone following that thread that like, 99% of his entire output is just reacting to what I write—which is textbook stalking, if you ask me—but I can actually prove it using his own words, specifically when he expressed "concern" during my brief absence by saying what am I supposed to do while granitetinker6 is away!?

And the way he stalks me is just so tragically comical and weird; I don't think I've ever seen anyone use this specific tactic on this board. He basically uses this strange method where he constantly crops my posts just to yank out one sentence, or sometimes even just a fragment or a handful of words, and then he responds as if he’s totally agreeing with what I was trying to say, even though that wasn't my point at all.

Just to give you an idea, suppose I write this and our friend here responds like this. As you can clearly see, in a post where I’m not attacking Božo Petrov at all, he quotes it in a way that isolates one tiny sliver of the whole message, twisting those few words into a completely different context—making it look like my own critique of Petrov—which he then, you know, pretends to agree with.

To make the whole thing even more ridiculous, every single one of his posts ends with these pointless little equivalencies that he’s somehow proudly claimed as his own trademark, like for example, Bridgebuilders=Republican Party=Democratic Party, Bridgebuilders=TOTAL CHAOS=SAVIOR (!?)/

On that note, the real kicker is how emboldened this guy is by the fact that this behavior is being tolerated, because he actually admitted once that his main goal was to stir up confusion so the thread would become unreadable, cluttered, and totally confusing. Basically, it's completely unfit for any kind of normal discussion. If you ask me, it’s the textbook definition of trolling.

So, there it is: the guy openly admitted that his only motive is to troll the thread!

Which really makes you wonder, doesn't it... why is this kind of trolling being allowed to drag on for so long!?