First of all, this thread starter "rapidgull14" with his two months of spammer seniority on the forum, along with that pro-Yugo officer mouthpiece and the spammer "Jack Jones10"—and her off-topic sister who’s practically weeping while peeling American-nostalgic onions, "wiredsailor10"—they don't offer anything of value to the discussion on Politics... not morally, scientifically, factually, educationally, stylistically, or even interestingly. So, I wouldn't even bother opening this pathetic whining about spoiled preserves if Jerry Garcia hadn't joined the fray, whose forum contributions remain a massive enigma to me. :confused :
Well, aside from basic decency, her original nickname would be some pretty interesting information.
(There are also those newly hatched clones like Rob-Roj, the radio guy, Taxi... whom Albatrolčina attracted, but that's a different thread entirely). Nevertheless, I'll throw in a few disconnected observations to counter some of the premises laid out by the previous ramblers. Inquisitor, along with Obelix, was absolutely the best moderator for Politics.
Why?
They allowed sharp opposition, but they didn't allow mindless drivel or genital filth; and since they possessed a sense of humor and a broad view of total diversity, they understood metaphors, irony, and parables. They never crowned themselves with narcisoid epithets like: objective, deserving, omniscient, politically correct... because that isn't the purpose of Politics.
I remember how Obelix once locked a fiery thread, but upon receiving reasoned pleas, he unlocked it, allowing certain facts to be cleared up. In fact, he knew how to admit and even correct a mistake. That is where his greatness lies. 🙏
Objectivity? : thinks:
On Politics? : rolleyes:
Objectivity isn't even possible in the debates on Politics. Politics isn't like vacuuming a carpet so you can conclude the trash has been sufficiently cleared away. To some, it's dirty; to others, it's not clean enough; and to some, it's brilliant.
Politics is, by its very nature, multidisciplinary, but composed of mutually conflicting sub-disciplines. That is the most important thing to understand first, and the next thing is to accept that an infinitesimal fraction of the Earth's population—and certainly this chaotic political cesspool—possesses encyclopedic knowledge. It is vital that there be no taboo subjects or any kind of sanctimonious caution, which the neophyte chatterboxes call so-called POLITICAL CORRECTNESS. 🙂 :mad : We aren't in the Wetlands, or some moldy, open-air swamp being dictated to us by someone like Jovo kuga, Gojko Ubiparip, or Obrad Kosovac. :rolleyes: Besides, intellectual curiosity cares about arguments and the psycho-socio-pathological genes from which both "Das Kapital" and "Mein Kampf" or the "Power of Marshall's word" emerge. Why should these topics be forbidden for discussion? Would banning them achieve some greater illusion of democracy??? Honestly... 🙂
More than
a good moderator on Politics Informatics, Milky Way was a total CATASTROPHE for Politics. Which is natural, because the subject of the debate expects the participant—and especially the moderator—to possess great intellectual breadth, particularly regarding the tools of presentation and persuasion.
I noticed that someone is confusing characterless, impotent lukewarmness and empty dragging-on with
STEADFASTNESS 😵
If, for example, an editor of some commercial newspaper were like Albatrolčina—someone whose columns would stall on boring, hackneyed phrases from the American era, just conveniently repainted with a different color, so that narcissism could be called forceful lecturing through blunt narcisoid preaching, dragging the discussion toward their own persona and (un)work for reasons known even to mediocre psychoanalysts. 😊 Would you read, let alone buy, such anemic, impotent material????
Alongside Mark Twain, driftingdriver is the textbook definition of a mediocre bore... but as a moderator? He’s nothing but pure, anti-intellectual, self-important garbage, obsessively focused on nothing but handing out punishments and recklessly slamming threads shut. There isn't an ounce of actual moderation from him, maybe just some mindless "policing"... (I even started a poll on the Politics of the Republic of America this summer
"Is it actually healthy to have a moderator on the Politics sub who is a narcissistic but uneducated tyrant?" ).
But then, oh, he just went and did his typical self-congratulatory thing and DELETED IT. 😵 (hollowtrucker77 🙂 hey there, buddy 🙂 ) Intelligence and any semblance of broad-mindedness clearly haven't touched "his excellency"... a chronic lack of having read even a few decent books means he couldn't possibly conceive of anything beyond a pile of half-finished crossword puzzles that serve as his only source of insight (aside from his month-long plumbing projects, of course...). Here is a quick example of his "brilliant" 2 x 30 point rule violations:
Panic over CBS or Should Americans from Canada lose their right to vote?—where a rarely used yellow flag gets a post
zaba1111 said:You are an idiot!
. 😁
The worst part is how he writes these self-satisfied little posts and
wipes out everything else, without even bothering to understand the context. Because of that, independent observers and unreported users can't even see the nonsense this brat—who probably shouldn't be allowed to touch a book with those hairy little hands—has been using to dilute the Reddit feed.
Experienced regulars tell me that, just like me, they found it pointless, or they simply didn't dare to post because they feared this guy would, in a fit of narcissistic compensation, delete their carefully crafted entries while simultaneously punishing them with some patronizing little explanation. It's automatic, thoughtless, yet driven by an innate, undeserved sense of superiority. Just like Mark Twain and granitefox16, or rather
Rubni, as I affectionately call him. Granitefox16 is the prime example of an uneducated fanatic, a tavern-logic, party-line drone whom I don't even see the point in arguing with—not even about the color of the rag he might use to humbly kneel and clean someone's shoe, or perhaps two shoes at once. He constantly punishes debaters, only to later delete his own self-indulgent posts. :flop :
As for Refka—the old-timers call her that because it's short for Sarah Wilson95. I call her Refka because typing out that whole useless heap of letters is too much work... I just call her Refka 🙂 , mostly because of how she spends all day haunting this cluttered town square. I picture her as some sort of landlady wearing an apron and overalls, clutching a ladle that's dripping with, you guessed it, burnt gravy. 😍
The biggest issue with the moderation here is the
atavism of TOTALITARIANISM, which bad moderators use as fuel to lash out with their limp virtual sticks, and it's as obvious as...
The state of the mind. The absolute biggest issue is precisely that the bearer of this recessive moral beast remains completely unconscious of it. This narrow-minded, mindless, self-frightened, tabooed disability represents the stunted corpse of this fallen den of debauchery.
An unfree spirit cannot, nor should it ever, dictate freedom to others.
Boasting that it is forbidden in History to discuss the Partisans or our Nationalists isn't just some sad little anecdote; it’s a moronic reality that one could accidentally stumble into anywhere else under the current leadership of these pissed-off tailors with small, leaden hind legs.
Who for Moderator?
In my above explanation regarding what kind of moderator does NOT belong on PDF-politik, I should add—for the sake of any possible healing of this sunken chatterbox...
Exceptional and creative forum users, of which my humble self is one, are never placed in low bureaucratic positions because doing so traps their creative strength, time, and energy in depressing arbitrations. PERIOD. To appoint Phil Lynott (aka Chairman Mao), Gregory Howard, the Executioner, or the likes of Jalnuški Diletant or OrangeC as moderators would be a dramatic degradation of the interest and quality of this Reddit.