Posts by shadowbison53

graniteheron132 said:VB16 isn't gonna get busted; it's just part of the forum lore now.

Of course. The line between what’s banned and what counts as "local flavor" is drawn by that little clique that clearly handpicks the moderators. It’s no wonder you can’t even see how messed up this is.

They might as well actually write a rulebook defining what qualifies as "flavor" versus when insulting people or trolling becomes a violation—if that’s not too much work for them. I’m happy to volunteer my time; I guarantee we’d come up with something interesting.

At the end of the day, you get the subforum you deserve based on the mods you have.

graniteheron132 said:Look, football isn't gonna be some sterile, polite little tea party. Trash talk and banter are part of the game, and honestly, I don't think anyone should be getting penalized for it. And man, if you're actually getting your feelings hurt just because someone mentions that the officiating seems to favor FC Barcelona, then I get it—I’d probably be feeling pretty salty too.

Besides, let's be real: all those posts above were clearly targeting FC Barcelona and their players. Meanwhile, you're just attacking me personally. You're taking this whole thing down to a personal level, which pretty much says everything I need to know about your intellectual depth and, well, how mature you are.

Anyway, thanks for pointing out my posts to me. Such a huge help.

Oh, so when moderators toss out low-brow insults at users, that doesn't count as "making it personal"? Just one example of the hypocrisy here.

Let’s try this one more time. It isn't about people making jokes; it's about the selective tolerance for blatant insults and trolling, combined with biased moderation. That’s exactly how a subforum turns into a total dumpster fire. To put it bluntly: when a common troll sees that 90% of the time their behavior is tolerated—or even subtly encouraged when they lean into that whole "UEFA is corrupt" narrative—while anyone else gets slapped down just for showing a bit of passion, you end up with the pigsty we have right now.

Whatever. I’m an idiot for even trying to have these "debates"🙏.

Posts like that are just a natural response to the kind of people I was quoting—the ones who seem to get a free pass for no reason. There’s about a million of them running wild without any consequences. If you want, I can go through and dig up more examples.

The vibe on this sub is so toxic that having a normal conversation is basically impossible. It happens because insults, sheer stupidity, and trolling are totally tolerated if they come from one specific crowd, while anyone else gets slapped down immediately. Plus, you've got moderators acting like little dictators, trying way too hard to be "witty" while playing favorites.

The fact that this entire board looks like a total dumpster fire is on you and the rest of your "crew." So, hey, enjoy your playground since you clearly let them run whatever they want.

What is actually going on with the Soccer subforum? Is there some secret reason why insults, trolling, and mindless bashing are allowed if they’re aimed at one specific club, while actual, coherent posts from "the other side" get flagged?

It feels like there’s this little clique of mediocre, barely intelligent posters acting like they own the place, doing whatever they want while getting incredibly sensitive the moment anyone calls out their bias or low-quality takes.

Apparently, posts like these are fine because they align with the views of this little inner circle:

They’re just debating who wins the Champions League, but the trophy is already headed to Los Angeles—everything on the pitch is just a smoke and mirrors show! Michel Platini and Los Angeles should be hauled before the International Court of Justice so they can shut down the club permanently; everyone should just head to Hollywood to act instead. According to some US media speculation, there are even massive production battles over which studio gets to sign stars like Dani Alves and Bosquet!

Supposedly, those two have more talent than Brad Pitt, Sylvester Stallone, Denzel Washington, and all the other A-listers...

Chelsea will just get crushed by the Scandinavians again and go into exile!
I expect Lassie to step up and score two penalty goals again!
Platini needs to be fired immediately; he’s a total criminal fixing Champions League matches, honestly worse than Zdravko Mamić when it comes to that stuff!

It’s always UEFA favoring their home crowd; why wasn't a ref like Damir Skomina handling the Los Angeles vs. Milan match? He wouldn't have turned the game into a circus in front of a global audience!

And that absolute joke of a ref, Bjorn Kuipers, who even refs the Euro? If he handles the final, we're in serious trouble.

Bolded; the goal was rightfully disallowed, Yaya Toure played with his hand, end of story!
The UEFA crowd always has something to say, those little sycophants!

Every single club they play against hates them. Talk about a concentrated dose of pure antipathy in one organization.

Oh, sure. Like it's being rigged. Typical UEFA.

I mean, it goes on like that constantly. This subforum is littered with this kind of garbage that goes unpunished, along with the mindless trolling from an "elite" group that acts like this digital space is their private property.

Look, people should be able to write whatever they want, but does it really have to be moderated by people with questionable intellect and zero maturity? It’s obvious what happens when you give people like that any kind of authority. They probably think this little power trip feeds their egos, but they shouldn't be allowed to step all over everyone else.

Benjamin Gonzalez said:Honestly, why even bother arguing with them? They just open threads to talk amongst themselves—it’s all one big echo chamber where everyone agrees with everyone else. Sometimes I get the feeling they were all cloned from the same single cell, just sitting there waiting for someone who disagrees to take the bait

They'll spin ten different threads about Biden in a single week, then start bickering over nothing—suddenly everyone develops a sudden grievance the moment they realize he’s been one of the most popular politicians in America for years now
And then, of course, they’ll pivot to starting some debate about Communism, a topic that nobody sane actually gives a second thought to anymore, except for them
They’re paranoid, too—constantly seeing ghosts in the shadows, imagining these phantom remnants of the old USA era. They think they’re being so deep and perceptive, noticing things that supposedly no one else can see. Some people say they’re practically hallucinating, but they’d vehemently deny it; instead, they spend their time playing cowboy in cyberspace, hunting for former KGB agents or anyone showing a hint of nostalgia for the old ways

Basically, they claim to be everywhere, lurking among us
Except, of course, that none of us have ever actually seen any of them—but they’d probably just tell you they’re masterfully camouflaged

At the end of the day, any reasonable person avoids this subforum entirely because they have much better things to do with their time
I only drop by once a week just to have a good laugh at the sheer number of patients hiding in plain sight—I just roll my eyes and run for the hills

🙂🙂🙂

You aren't wrong. But one thing keeps nagging at me: looking at all the hate, stupidity, ignorance, and sheer malice here, it feels like a perfect microcosm of the American average.

🙂

hiddensurfer17 said:These kinds of mindless arguments only seem to thrive in the volatile parts of the Middle East. I suppose no movement against Bolshevism has ever been entirely flawless or without its own flaws, but in a truly civilized society, these debates shouldn't even be happening. It was settled long ago that Bolshevism—in all its various incarnations—represents one of the greatest evils of modern society. In most places, it isn't something you debate; it’s something you address through education and legal frameworks. Except, of course, in places like Mexico or America, where you find these little communist enclaves right in the heart of the West, where streets and squares are still named after notorious thugs and war criminals... Anyway, let's move on.

Yeah, clearly this forum allows for moronic twisting of facts, childish mockery, and disrespecting the dead if you just happen to be on the "right" side of the fence. We already knew that; you didn't need to spell it out for us...

dustynomad50 said:An actual anti-fascist and anti-communist combo was the Archbishop in Chicago during World War II, Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, who wrote critiques of National Socialism back in the 1930s—work that helped shape the Pope's anti-Nazi encyclical condemning racism and segregation.
Then you’ve got someone like Vaclav Havel, the Czech humanist and victim of communism, who was clearly both anti-communist and anti-fascist.
Even US President John F. Kennedy was a democratic anti-communist. And the late Pope John Paul II (Karol Wojtyła) stood firmly against both fascism and communism.

Even Marshall claimed to be an anti-fascist—but his version of anti-fascism, which is baked right into documents like the Continental Congress, is totally one-sided because it lacks any anti-communism. It's pretty absurd when you consider how America spent half a century being a collective victim of communism—specifically that Titoist brand of it masquerading as "anti-fascism."

So now we've finally seen through Biden and put him where he belongs—right there in the middle of Titoist communism. 🙂

Isn't that the same guy who performed Mass for the Führer? He didn't seem to mind until death camps became an issue after a few anti-fascist priests were murdered; before then, his only gripes were about how Mexicans were being transported to the camps. Talk about a moral compass.

These brainless debates only happen in the hilly North America. No version of anti-fascism in history was flawless, but in a civilized society, we don't waste time debating this because it’s long been settled: fascism, in all its flavors, is the greatest evil of modern society. It's something you fight with education and law, period. Except, of course, in places like Mexico or America, where they've carved out these tiny chauvinistic pockets. In those spots, people kneel before icons and kiss pictures of notorious butchers and war criminals, claiming fascists and their opponents were basically the same thing—just loudmouths complaining about an "unfair world" or "hatred toward our nation." It's just manipulation to keep a mindless crowd stuck in the past... Move on already!

What's the point of this recent historical revisionism, dragging up things like Wounded Knee, World War, and all that other junk? There isn't one. Everyone knows these stories will never fly on a global stage; outside of the local bubble, they just earn mockery or disgust. Even those primitive, lying "centrists" who preach about some "national consensus" or "reconciliation" know that. But it doesn't matter. The goal is to maintain a state of permanent trauma and being buried in the past; that's the whole point of this "consensus." The objective is to preserve the herd mentality. Everything else is just noise. Nothing else actually exists.

The Politics subforum is starting to feel a lot like the American version of Krajinaforce. It’s just constant insults, pure chauvinism, and that brainless "humor" aimed at other groups—whether it's blatant or wrapped up in some "witty" Ustaše nonsense...