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Is it okay for a moderator to insult rural communities with their rude and absurd assumptions?

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Matthew Grant9 Matthew Grant9 Active Member
76 messages
joined Jul 2011
#21 ·
hollowtrucker77 said:
I honestly can't even begin to wrap my head around how some people manage to navigate a single day without completely losing their grip on reality, but here we are, staring down the barrel of yet another instance of pure, unadulterated nonsense being treated like gospel. It’s funny, really, in a deeply cynical sort of way, how we collectively decide to ignore the obvious just because the alternative requires actually using a brain cell or two, which, let's face it, is asking a lot from most of the folks scrolling through these threads. You see it everywhere, this desperate need to cling to a narrative that falls apart the second you apply even a shred of common sense, and yet everyone acts like they've discovered fire when they're really just playing with matches in a dry forest. It’s exhausting, watching the same tired arguments cycle through like a bad sitcom that should have been canceled three seasons ago, but I suppose that's just the modern American experience for you—constant noise, zero substance, and a whole lot of people shouting into the void while pretending they aren't just echoing what they heard on some half-baked news segment. kaže:
Look, I’m going to be honest here, because I really don't see any meaningful distinction between the guy who insists on slaughtering his own pig in the backyard just to feel close to the source, and the person who happily buys their steak from a massive industrial meat conglomerate. At the end of the day, the fundamental motivation is identical: they both want to eat meat, and frankly, the person pulling the trigger doesn't change that reality. If you take away the professional butchers, we aren't some enlightened species that suddenly loses its appetite; we’d all just figure out how to do the killing ourselves pretty damn fast.

I honestly feel like if we’re going to sit around labeling someone a war criminal, there are a whole lot of more pressing life details we should probably be looking at first—things that actually carry weight, you know? It seems a bit much to focus on whether or not someone ever slaughtered an animal, when we could be discussing far more consequential stuff, like whether their mother actually loved them, or if they were getting bullied back in kindergarten, or even just whether they had a fulfilling romantic life. I mean, does it really matter if you've lacked attention growing up, or if you didn't eat quite enough peanut butter in your lifetime, when compared to the actual gravity of the crimes being discussed? It all feels a bit misplaced.

Honestly, Andy really owes those folks an apology. I mean, unless he was just trolling the whole time, which would be even worse because you shouldn't be pulling stunts like that when you're holding down a moderator position. Personally, I could never live with myself if I did something like that; being a moderator comes with a certain level of responsibility that he clearly just ignored.

Look, if you’re asking whether being a war criminal matters, the answer is obviously no. It doesn't matter at all.
Look, at the end of the day, what really matters isn't just the act itself, but the specific nature of the crime—you know, the actual methodology used to pull it off.
There’s a massive difference between just pulling a trigger and actually getting your hands dirty, picking up a blade, and doing the real work. One thing is easy enough, but having the stomach to look someone in the eye and handle business that way? That’s a whole different level of grit, and honestly, most people just don't have it in them.

Oh, man, isn't it just so incredibly easy to throw shade at someone you don't even know?🤣
I’m honestly curious if you’d defend a claim with that same level of passion if someone argued that you—being a city kid through and through—could never actually love your own children or care for them nearly as much as someone from a rural farming community could. Based on your little analogy about how easily one shifts from slaughtering animals to humans... well, those folks in the countryside are there for the birth process too! From the moment livestock is born to making sure every single chick survives, they nurture, protect, and raise their young way more often than any city dweller ever would.

Does it actually sting your soul to think that the kind of deep love they’ve clearly developed—which they obviously feel for their own kids, too😵—is something you might never truly experience with your own descendants?
...
I mean, I could probably pull an even better dramatic performance out of a theater troupe specializing in the absurd, but I guess there's no need for all that, right?😁
placidjackal36 placidjackal36 Active Member
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#22 ·
What a pointless thread. Morbid, this isn't some ego trip for you. This whole thing feels like watching a session of Congress, if you consider our government—or maybe some even more chaotic state—a valid comparison.
I’m not apologizing to anyone because I actually made an effort to weigh my words. There’s a massive difference between pointing out trends and making sweeping generalizations. I don't do generalizations, and I genuinely put more effort into explaining my logic than the average person here. I never said rural folks are just unrefined savages.
Your signature comes off as pure trolling to me; it’s just sensationalist noise. It's like those old headlines where they claim a mouse was born during a thunderstorm. If I were a public figure, this would be a tabloid headline in a heartbeat. Morbidangel, by that standard, you're acting just like the writers for the New York Post.

Look, everyone, I’m fully aware there are people out there (who unfortunately all brand themselves as "animal lovers") who show up just to mock others with their fanatic "eco-friendly" nonsense, pushing absurd theories about plants feeling pain or claiming meat-eating should be a jailable offense 🤦. But I’m also aware that some people find it hilarious to push back against them with an equal level of fanaticism, and some of those folks aren't joking. Among the cynics, there are those who are dead serious. Honestly, I don't care enough to start a full-blown flame war with them, but am I going to stir the pot between both groups? Absolutely. I refuse to play the "us versus them" game or get stuck in some petty clique mentality. I won't conform. If I ever start conforming, then I'm not myself anymore. I know the consequences, which usually means a lot of people talking trash about me. So be it.

I don't know, I don't have anything special to add. I don't owe anyone an apology because I haven't said anything wrong, nothing malicious, and I certainly didn't insult anyone living in the countryside. And if you all find joy in behaving like a flock of chickens that found a "healthy" hen only to panic and want to kick her out once they decide she's "sick," go right ahead. That says way more about your character than it does about mine.
Non, je ne regrette rien.
Matthew Grant9 Matthew Grant9 Active Member
76 messages
joined Jul 2011
#23 ·
placidjackal36 said:What a pointless thread. Morbid, this isn't some ego trip for you. This whole thing feels like watching a session of Congress, if you consider our government—or maybe some even more chaotic state—a valid comparison.
I’m not apologizing to anyone because I actually made an effort to weigh my words. There’s a massive difference between pointing out trends and making sweeping generalizations. I don't do generalizations, and I genuinely put more effort into explaining my logic than the average person here. I never said rural folks are just unrefined savages.
Your signature comes off as pure trolling to me; it’s just sensationalist noise. It's like those old headlines where they claim a mouse was born during a thunderstorm. If I were a public figure, this would be a tabloid headline in a heartbeat. Morbidangel, by that standard, you're acting just like the writers for the New York Post.

Look, everyone, I’m fully aware there are people out there (who unfortunately all brand themselves as "animal lovers") who show up just to mock others with their fanatic "eco-friendly" nonsense, pushing absurd theories about plants feeling pain or claiming meat-eating should be a jailable offense 🤦. But I’m also aware that some people find it hilarious to push back against them with an equal level of fanaticism, and some of those folks aren't joking. Among the cynics, there are those who are dead serious. Honestly, I don't care enough to start a full-blown flame war with them, but am I going to stir the pot between both groups? Absolutely. I refuse to play the "us versus them" game or get stuck in some petty clique mentality. I won't conform. If I ever start conforming, then I'm not myself anymore. I know the consequences, which usually means a lot of people talking trash about me. So be it.

I don't know, I don't have anything special to add. I don't owe anyone an apology because I haven't said anything wrong, nothing malicious, and I certainly didn't insult anyone living in the countryside. And if you all find joy in behaving like a flock of chickens that found a "healthy" hen only to panic and want to kick her out once they decide she's "sick," go right ahead. That says way more about your character than it does about mine.
Non, je ne regrette rien.

Well, you might have gained a tiny bit of ground there, but let's be honest—it was just a tiny bit! And honestly, it isn't like we're talking about some massive tragedy, at least not in my book, though I suppose morbidangel probably feels stung by it. You definitely poked the bear a little bit.
If you ask me, your signature comes off as a total troll move because it feels so sensationalist.

If I were actually being malicious, I’d probably snap back and say, "Oh, look at how the mods and admins are just tearing people apart in their signatures."
Luckily for everyone involved, I’m not that kind of person!😬
I don't know, I don't really have anything special to add to this. I don't feel the need to apologize to anyone since I haven't said anything wrong, nothing bad, and I certainly haven't insulted anyone from small-town America. And if it makes you all happy to act like a flock of chickens that found a "healthy" hen only to start panicking and worrying that she's actually "sick" and coming up with ideas to kick her out of the coop, then go right ahead. That actually says way more about you guys than it does about me.
Non, je ne regrette rien.

See? Just like you felt stung enough to think we were trying to paint you as some sort of coward, I bet that's exactly how morbidangel felt reading your post.
It’s wrong, isn't it? That's how it went down. Just like it did for you.🤣
We—well, I'm at least trying to—are gently and tactically using a few parallels to show you that you might have misread the situation. Here’s a friendly little smiley face just so you know I'm being totally sincere😍.

Goodness, I don't want to corner you.😲 It's just that I'm on vacation right now, so I find myself typing much more than usual!
mellowraven22 mellowraven22 Active Member
105 messages
joined Jan 2007
#24 ·
placidjackal36 said:What a pointless thread. Morbid, this isn't some ego trip for you. This whole thing feels like watching a session of Congress, if you consider our government—or maybe some even more chaotic state—a valid comparison.
I’m not apologizing to anyone because I actually made an effort to weigh my words. There’s a massive difference between pointing out trends and making sweeping generalizations. I don't do generalizations, and I genuinely put more effort into explaining my logic than the average person here. I never said rural folks are just unrefined savages.
Your signature comes off as pure trolling to me; it’s just sensationalist noise. It's like those old headlines where they claim a mouse was born during a thunderstorm. If I were a public figure, this would be a tabloid headline in a heartbeat. Morbidangel, by that standard, you're acting just like the writers for the New York Post.

Look, everyone, I’m fully aware there are people out there (who unfortunately all brand themselves as "animal lovers") who show up just to mock others with their fanatic "eco-friendly" nonsense, pushing absurd theories about plants feeling pain or claiming meat-eating should be a jailable offense 🤦. But I’m also aware that some people find it hilarious to push back against them with an equal level of fanaticism, and some of those folks aren't joking. Among the cynics, there are those who are dead serious. Honestly, I don't care enough to start a full-blown flame war with them, but am I going to stir the pot between both groups? Absolutely. I refuse to play the "us versus them" game or get stuck in some petty clique mentality. I won't conform. If I ever start conforming, then I'm not myself anymore. I know the consequences, which usually means a lot of people talking trash about me. So be it.

I don't know, I don't have anything special to add. I don't owe anyone an apology because I haven't said anything wrong, nothing malicious, and I certainly didn't insult anyone living in the countryside. And if you all find joy in behaving like a flock of chickens that found a "healthy" hen only to panic and want to kick her out once they decide she's "sick," go right ahead. That says way more about your character than it does about mine.
Non, je ne regrette rien.

I guess I can wrap this whole thing up now.

(honestly, I can't believe what some people spend their time on. 🤦 Like, just straight up insulting folks from the Midwest 🤦)

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