The debate over alternative medicine vs. vaccinations

I’m jumping in here to back up what lemonzoom said. Honestly, doticna doesn't even have a clue how to count properly, and let's be real, that isn't exactly rocket science.
As for that post by Arthur Smith15 that doticna is whining about, I don't see any insult there at all—just someone stating plain, hard facts. The same goes for nadrilekar’s post where he claims Arthur Smith15 is being offensive. It’s pretty funny, actually, how he fails to even link the specific posts his accusations are supposedly based on.
Arthur Smith15 is a serious, high-quality contributor to this Forum who simply calls out the absolute nonsense being peddled by the fake alternative medicine crowd and the scammers looking to profit off people's health.

Has nobody else picked up on the sheer irony here? We’ve got this self-proclaimed guru constantly citing a user who he supposedly has on his ignore list. 😁

That whole "devout" ignore list of his is about as real as the pyramids in Egypt 🕺

stormyrider28 said:It’s just the same old story... the same handful of people drifting over to the alternative boards just to belittle and attack anyone who dares to think differently than they do—Monty-ZG, Jerry White29, Arthur Smith15, urbangull90, Richard Ramirez87...every single thing they post is either an insult or a direct assault on other users here...so naturally, they’re feeling a bit sensitive now that someone actually opened a thread about the insults, looking for justifications and trying to convince us all that being a jerk is perfectly fine... they'll probably try to twist our arms next to make us believe it's okay for them to take shots at us.

No, look, you haven't quite grasped it either, because this isn't really about free speech; it's about basic hygiene.

stormyrider28 said:urbangull90, you've gone off-topic; we aren't talking about vaccines here, we're talking about the blatant disrespect that you and a few others seem so keen on defending.

urbangull90 said:(...)
That is exactly what we are fighting against, and what we will continue to fight. We're fighting ignorance, misinformation, malice, and the modern-day elevation of the typical village idiot to the status of an absolute authority.

We are fighting for the sake of the children and the immunocompromised.
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As for how much you're actually "fighting" for kids or for anyone's health, you've already made your stance pretty clear:

urbangull90 said:Watch out for those people who don't drink coffee, don't touch alcohol, don't smoke, don't do drugs, and won't even touch sugar, salt, fat, spice, or anything fried...

If they can be that hard on themselves, just imagine what they might do to you.

urbangull90

So, I suppose you're also "fighting" for kids to have access to coffee, booze, cigarettes, and drugs? Well, bravo on that crusade, truly impressive work..

I see you've cultivated a rather unique way of processing logic. 😬

To be fair, my comment was intended as a joke. It’s perfectly fine if you didn't find it funny (not that you necessarily should have), and I have no issue if you think it was inappropriate; I realize some people struggle to pick up on sarcasm through text, since written communication makes it notoriously difficult to catch those non-verbal cues that signal a joke, but it would be great if you could just be polite and refrain fromstrawman in this debate.

Look, no, I am absolutely not arguing for kids to go out and grab coffee, drink booze, smoke, or do drugs. You didn't find a single word like that in any of my posts, so let's be clear on that. Framing questions the way you just did is incredibly unfair, though honestly, it says a hell of a lot about you—either you're struggling with basic reading comprehension, or you're just being intentionally malicious.

stormyrider28 said:I’m suggesting to you and the other two or three obsessed people here that you just start your own thread about Ibrahim-Pr. Go ahead, talk about him there, instead of showing up in literally every single discussion and every single post to obsess over him and invent things he never actually said.

I have direct quotes right there in my post. Honestly, working on some first-grade level reading comprehension might do you some good—give it a shot.

stormyrider28 said:I respect him because I've learned a lot from him; his posts are great and he never insults anyone. But if you guys have been whining for months about how he breaks all the rules while your own profiles exist solely to insult people, then fine—why don't you just report him where it actually matters, like on the official moderation site, and stop bothering us with him in every single thread?

And you think you're going to learn something from him... 🤣how charming...

Anyway, I suppose everyone has their limits.

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Kimberly Ward said:urbangull90 already laid it all out for you in his very first post in this thread. Just go back and read it if you're lost.

The word "forum" was used as a masculine subject in that sentence.😵

Mark Cruz15 said:I don't get it.

Kimberly Ward said:Oh, you understand perfectly well. ☕

Casey Bennett said:I don't get it either.
unless you're trying to say urbangull90 is a woman. 🤷

:pokingaroundcheckingonthestatusofmydenim:

Male!

🎉🎉🎉

urbangull90

bluecyclist64 said:Calling you a malicious fraud isn't even an insult or slander at this point.
If anyone actually deserves a penalty here, it’s you and the rest of those power-tripping sycophants, not the people pointing out how much misinformation is being spread.

Watch your back, though—someone might just decide to take you down, because that internet anonymity doesn't protect you from the law. It's a damn shame the owner doesn't have the guts to hire a sane moderator to clean this place up or bring some order to the chaos.

It's the same old story where the rules clearly don't apply to everyone equally.
So, what exactly is forbidden on this Forum?

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Too bad the boss has zero interest in actually enforcing these rules.

Well, look at this—we have found ourselves an alternative guru! Some pseudo-intellectual who clearly hasn't read a single post has put together a compilation for me, and judging by all that heavy-handed highlighting, they seem a bit worked up about it 😁

Ethan Barrett22 said:(...) I know the laws very well (...)

Make no mistake, the moment you feel the need to state something like that, 😁 you should probably ask your friend which is worse: when you dispense idiotic medical advice and play amateur doctor—causing people actual harm through your treatments—or when I simply write to you that you're a complete hack.

(...) Arthur Smith15 hasn't made a single constructive post on the Alternative sub-forum (...)

Oh, don't be ridiculous. Exposing your "alternative" nonsense is incredibly constructive. You’ve become a star of the alternative scene—a glorified smoothie chef. You're the kind of guy who will forever be remembered for making moronic claims like "the molecular structure of a carrot is nearly identical to human blood" or insisting that "fruit pits can cure cancer."

It wouldn't be quite so bad if your obsession was something harmless, like Flat Earth theory or something equally trivial, but you feel a desperate need to broadcast your charlatanism and poor character onto topics concerning human health. That is exactly why you need to be called out for what you truly are.

(...) Just a few examples of the nonsense from Arthur Smith15's forum history (his last few posts) scattered across the Alternative sub-forum, in various threads: (...)

Thanks 😁 but why on earth are you picking on Sponzi's jokes? He's just messing around. 😁 Unlike you, he's actually a decent guy.

(...) Administration... (...)

That moment when Ibro starts calling for more moderators 🤦 😁

Thanks so much for flagging this! I'll definitely swing by and take a look as soon as I can find a spare moment in my schedule.

P.S.: I might even jump back in later on to help moderate this thread as well.