Nathan Turner3 said:The partial penalty was issued after we all sat down and discussed it with CBS. We aren't trying to play games with you; honestly, looking at your reactions and your posts on other threads even after the penalty, it seems like you haven't quite grasped the message or how you need to adjust your tone. Based on why the penalty was given in the first place and your recent behavior, we've decided the penalty is staying.
Look, you can say whatever you want—you don't have to agree with me. You seem like a newer admin, too, since you weren't around before to see how things used to run. But northernpilot2 knows exactly what happened; he remembers who stood up for me when people started lobbying to get me penalized. Most people just went along with it, but he was the one who strictly opposed it and wouldn't budge. Since you caught me on that, I'll ask: why don't I have a penalty for the whole forum? If my communication style is the issue, then I should have been flagged for the entire site, not just one part. I’m not even banned, and there are plenty of people here doing much worse who are still around. Honestly, I don't see anything I need to change about my writing. I don't attack or insult anyone; I just find a topic I'm interested in and leave my thoughts. What's the problem? Is it just because I occasionally use more colorful language when discussing an event? Trust me, I'm not the only one, yet I don't see others getting penalized for it. It doesn't matter, though—feel free to push me as much as you want. I'm not going to bend over backwards or suck up to anyone just to get someone to stop hovering over me and feeding their ego while they're on the clock. That's just not who I am, even if I had to deal with this penalty for the next five years. I just care about one specific series, and now I can't even comment on it. This isn't a personal attack on you or the female mods. I've already made things right by apologizing via PM to the girls I offended and publicly apologizing to the mods for my behavior. But here, if you actually try to be a decent person and settle things civilly, you just hit a wall that doesn't even acknowledge you.☕