i'm going on vacation for a week with limited access - i assume that, in my absence, everything will be wine and roses given i'm everything that's wrong with bl
a few general thoughts...
...feel like Im speaking up for the people that don’t have a voice...
who are these people with no voice? i'm seeing plenty of criticism in this thread and nobody's been banned for expressing an opinion.
Doesn't matter who started the thread.
of course it does. i tend to echo cosmicg's specific comments in this regard. it's hard (not just for me) to take seriously the idea that the op is posting in good faith given that poster's history. further, the irony of being told we're 'toxic' is not lost on me
when you read my posts soso78 do you think "
hmm. he makes some good points and i'm trying to see his point of view" or "
great. more excuses from this awful, virtue-signalling, sjw, commie, libtard cuck who's responsible for evrything that's wrong with bl!"? bias goes both ways and it's, frankly, inevitable.
from the much-mocked blua: "
...you may not...post or upload any content that victimizes, harasses, degrades, or intimidates an individual or group of individuals on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation..."
i don't like to generalise but left-leaners tend not to post content that degrades people on the basis of race, sexual orientation and such. post like that tend to come from right-leaners. so there's always going to be a tension with that constituency and this rule. that is simply not going to change and this isn't me being a nazi mod. the owners are quite clear that kind of content has no place on bluelight.
Even though certain admins and moderators will now claim or post in this thread and elsewhere, "that there's no political bias at all here..."
i don't see anybody doing that.
much of this discussion seems to be centered around a specific user - jgrimez. he's being oppressed! his alternate viewpoint is being silenced! in the interests of transparency let's discuss.
jgrimez is currently on a temporary ban. here's a recent post for which he received a one-point infraction:
No offense but can you please shut the fuck up...
that's not an alternate viewpoint being silenced. this is not politically motivated censorship. it's somebody who's been asked numerous times to stop being a dick being a dick. it's especially ironic coming from somebody who constantly complains about others' abuse and name-calling. when people do this then turn around and claim they're being victimised for theiir politics, can you truly blame us for rolling our eyes and not giving a shit?
ce&p is a microcosm of the country and the world... see:
America may be more divided now than at any time since the Civil War
Though the country has been heading toward such a schism for decades, the Trump presidency has accelerated this trend. Today America may be more divided than it’s been at any point since the Civil War. Though he has only been in office for about nine months, Trump is already the most divisive president in modern history, and according to an ABC News/Washington Post poll from last month a majority (66 percent) of Americans think that the president is doing more to divide the country than unite it — higher than his two predecessors, George W. Bush and Barack Obama, who both peaked at 55 percent.
like you, i have many questions and few answers. believe it or not, i ask myself constantly what am i doing to make things better...
so let's talk about
specific things that can be done to improve matters?
How can we have more conservative voices present in CE&P that are welcomed and appreciated? Stop spreading hatred masquerading as politics. Respect the User Agreement that YOU consented to uphold when you activated your account. If your problem is with the User Agreement, maybe try suggesting how it could be amended to further your goals.
indeed.
...shaking up CE&P and instating a new team of moderators is way overdue IMO.
who are you suggesting? i totally agree that a balance of perspective is important. we did have a 'right-leaning' voice on the ce&p staff until very recently. he just went awol and had to be removed after numerous attempts to contact him went unanswered. maybe left-leaning staff tend to be more caring, compassionate and dedicated to the responsibilities of volunteering by their very nature?
so who would you add and why?
for those who kept reading to the end of this extemporaneous download, thank you. thanks also to those in the thread who've offered their feedback - both negative and positive - in good faith.
alasdair