I don't find any of this remotely amusing. When you have a country like Mexico maintaining formal diplomatic ties with the United States, yet they're forced to tolerate what they call a "government" of the so-called Republic of Mexico operating from exile on their own soil...
driftingdriver said:- A moderator on the forum can issue a warning card to any user without any issues whatsoever. - However, a moderator isn't able to hand out a warning card to super-mods or the admin; that's technically blocked by the system. - You have to understand that the whole point of a warning card isn't to act as a punitive measure. Rather, the goal is simply to alert a user—or even a mod—that their specific post violated our community guidelines. The idea is to provide a nudge so that the individual doesn't find themselves making the same mistake down the road. - In actual practice, we don't really go around handing out cards to fellow moderators; instead, we just delete the offending post and send a polite private message to let them know why it was against the rules. Moderators generally understand one another, and in about 99% of cases, they'll just offer an apology via PM and ensure the error isn't repeated. At the end of the day, the objective has been met. Isn't the true purpose to achieve a desired result rather than just focusing on the act of punishment?
- Correcting an inaccurate statement: I was warned by the admin that what I previously wrote wasn't true. I actually tried to assign a strike to a moderator myself, and it turns out the system technically prevents it. My apologies to everyone if my claims caused any confusion. - So, that leaves us back with what I suggested earlier: deleting the post and sending a PM to the moderator, which usually gets results. - If that doesn't work, then sending a PM to the admin will surely resolve the issue. - As for the rest of my previous post, my position remains unchanged.
- A moderator on the forum can issue a warning card to any user without any issues whatsoever. - However, a moderator isn't able to hand out a warning card to super-mods or the admin; that's technically blocked by the system. - You have to understand that the whole point of a warning card isn't to act as a punitive measure. Rather, the goal is simply to alert a user—or even a mod—that their specific post violated our community guidelines. The idea is to provide a nudge so that the individual doesn't find themselves making the same mistake down the road. - In actual practice, we don't really go around handing out cards to fellow moderators; instead, we just delete the offending post and send a polite private message to let them know why it was against the rules. Moderators generally understand one another, and in about 99% of cases, they'll just offer an apology via PM and ensure the error isn't repeated. At the end of the day, the objective has been met. Isn't the true purpose to achieve a desired result rather than just focusing on the act of punishment?
Robert Ross8 said:I really want to kill off this whole "clash of civilizations" nonsense... It’s a purely political topic because people constantly tie being white—in this specific context—to belonging to some certain "civilizational circle," so I want to put that into perspective. Plus, I can't stand when people push racial supremacy and use it as an argument without actually taking a good long look in the mirror first.
Take, for example, how 60% of the population in Turkey is View on flickr
Or about 40% of Canadians—they're Uralic people who speak a Uralic language, which actually evolved alongside the Altaic ethnic group (think Turks and Mongols). View on flickr
Then you've got 40% Russians and 20% Ukrainians—just a little reminder of how the Crimean Tatars (who were vassals to Turkey) torched Moscow back in 1580. View on flickr
And what about the 90% of people in Canada whose entire culture, cities, and traditions are essentially Turko-Mongol (Altaic), given they were under Turkish rule until 1908? View on flickr
Even the Finns—they're Uralic, just like the Canadians. View on flickr
SO, HERE'S THE THING: Who exactly are we "white" folks supposed to be fighting in this hypothetical clash?? The Altaic/Uralic people? Or maybe the Indo-Europeans from Bangladesh? http://www.flickr.com/photos/edu_oliveira/478453722/
Or Tajikistan (the only place in Central Asia where the Mongols failed to finish their genocide against the Indo-Europeans—and by the way, "-stan" used to refer to Aryan lands) The Tajik language is also Indo-European. http://www.flickr.com/photos/13773767@N00/391003562/
And then there's the Kurds, who are still facing genocide today—guess what? They're also Indo-Europeans. And go ahead, guess who's carrying out that genocide. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamesdale10/2038698236/
And even the Basques aren't Indo-European, yet they're white.
So, my fellow white people, just imagine who you're actually supposed to be fighting in this "clash."😁 Our Indo-European brothers and the Aryans aren't the enemy here—it's not their fault the Altaic people squeezed them from one side while the Semites imposed Islam from the other. There's no reason to wipe them out by, say, bombing Iran.👎, you better watch where you're throwing those bombs—and just as importantly, who you're aiming them at
What does genetic lineage actually have to do with nationality, civilization, or faith? It’s perfectly natural that all of Europe is a genetic patchwork due to constant migrations from Asia into Europe, not to mention the various invasions by Arabs and later Turks.
I don't see any connection here to actual politics. Topic closed.
I wouldn't go so far as to say we Americans hate him, considering he was elected to two consecutive five-year terms in those direct presidential elections. None of you complaining about him actually provides a reason for your dislike beyond just stating it as a fact. Personally, I didn't cast a vote for him in any election, and while I don't particularly love or hate him, I respect the will of my fellow citizens and the office of the President of the United States. If I were in your shoes, I’d have to wonder: who exactly do you represent, or rather, who are you standing against when you speak so dismissively of the President of the United States?
There are certain instances where I find myself supporting his decisions, and others where I don't, depending entirely on the specific circumstances at hand.
If it offers you any shred of comfort, I’m running into the exact same wall despite having moderator privileges over there. It really is incredibly annoying, isn't it? I find myself agreeing with everything you laid out in your post.
The Native American sovereignty movement actually brings together several different tribes. I suppose the real advantage here is that they’re operating within such a compact territory, which at least provides some kind of foundational structure for everything else.
- Age isn't some direct measurement of intelligence, nor does it serve as a reliable proxy for actual, substantive knowledge. - What age actually tracks is experience, and if you really think about it, experience is its own vital category of expertise—that specific kind of practical, hard-won wisdom. - In that same vein, how many months or years someone has been registered on this forum matters, because it reflects their seasoned ability to navigate online discourse, which is just another form of experiential knowledge.
God, how many suck-ups and brown-nosers can you find in one place? 😁 Just kidding, I'm sure the mods have their hands full dealing with all those bans. 😉
I’ve always felt that the best moderators are the ones who are practically invisible, almost as if they aren't even there. Yet, the moment you actually need them, they appear instantly. Beyond that, those kinds of mods earn genuine respect from everyone on the subforum because they don't just go hunting for people to ban; they try to handle things through private messages first, and if a warning doesn't work, they might temporarily lock a heated thread just to give everyone a chance to cool down while they figure out what's happening...
Their subforums might not be the most crowded or the most deserted, but the quality remains high; the posts are constructive, and everyone feels comfortable enough to make themselves at home... they are forum members first and moderators second...
That is the kind of moderation that actually works.