Politics Manafort could face ‘rest of life in prison,’ judge says

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  1. Lanny

    Lanny Original Season Ticket Holder "Mr. Big Shot"

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    Nobody likes insults and they lead to a discussion that gets no where. Sticking to the issues is the best way to go.
     
  2. Denny Crane

    Denny Crane It's not even loaded! Staff Member Administrator

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    I explained WHY you are "blind" and "ignorant."

    I specifically asked if you were deliberately being ignorant. You've convinced me it is deliberate.

    The .01% line of thinking. Or "if it's not from source I (you) deem credible, it isn't worth knowing."

    By definition, ignorant.

    It's not derogatory, but encouraging you to bother to know about the subjects.
     
  3. SlyPokerDog

    SlyPokerDog Woof! Staff Member Administrator

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    Edits for personal insults have never been partisan.

    Insults escalate quickly beyond being just petty.

    Everyone here has the ability to attack and debate what people say, people don't need to be attacked or insulted personally.

    Removing personal insults does nothing to hurt discussions and debates in the OT section. In fact it encourages it.
     
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  4. Denny Crane

    Denny Crane It's not even loaded! Staff Member Administrator

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    What you deem are insults is partisan. You've been called on it many times over the past years. By people other than me.

    Don't worry about the OT forum. And do not make up your own new rules for it.
     
  5. Lanny

    Lanny Original Season Ticket Holder "Mr. Big Shot"

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    That's as personally insulting as you can get on this subject. You don't call people ignorant, at least not to their face.

    I never said .01%, re-read my post. You're off by a magnitude.

    Now, just like Trump, you're double downing on your insult right in this latest post of yours.
     
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  6. SlyPokerDog

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    I would say that my record speaks for itself. Check the admin log for the last 24hrs, I have edited personal insults from Maris and Cupwizer. I would say they are on opposite ends politically. My personal beliefs have never entered into edits for personal insults. The vast majority of edits for personal insults are just me changing the insult to me instead of the person it was originally intended to be insulted. If I were editing personal insults to support a bias on my part I wouldn't change them to make me the butt of the insult. I try to keep it very simple, if I see a post that says, "you are a ______" and the ______ is insulting I edit it. Doesn't matter which side of the argument it's on.
     
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  7. Denny Crane

    Denny Crane It's not even loaded! Staff Member Administrator

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    blah blah blah

    Don't edit in OT.
     
  8. PtldPlatypus

    PtldPlatypus Let's go Baby Blazers! Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    Not necessarily my domain, but since Sportstwo has both its own OT forum and a separate Blazer OT-subforum, wouldn't it mange sense that one is under the purview of Blazer mods, but the other isn't?

    I mean, yeah this is your site, and you can of course set whatever rules for it that you want, but it seems pretty disingenuous to have this area specifically be a subforum of the Blazer board, but tell Blazer mods not to moderate it.
     
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  9. Denny Crane

    Denny Crane It's not even loaded! Staff Member Administrator

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    I don't see why we want to change the rules from what has been in place for a decade.

    I really don't see why we want to become confrontational with posters by editing, especially on topics that get peoples' blood boiling.

    What we do in the main Blazers forum is a different set of rules.
     
  10. MarAzul

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    Ha! precisely!!!!
    The honest truth is never an insult.
    Insults can only come by intent to insult.
    I have told Sly this many times.
     
  11. Denny Crane

    Denny Crane It's not even loaded! Staff Member Administrator

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    Buh bye, Dog.

    See how you like it.
     
  12. Denny Crane

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    I see you didn't like it. Now you know how those you edit in OT feel.

    Enough is enough. Do you have the brains to stop pushing it already?
     
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    I'd think Denny that you'd carry out this rant in PM mode with a guy who works tirelessly here for your site....why you need to cling to your insult get of of trouble free card...I don't really know
     
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  14. SlyPokerDog

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    Yes, I didn't like it so much that I immediately complimented you and pointed out that you have edited and deleted posts for personal insults in the OT section too.
     
  15. Denny Crane

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    Apparently not.
     
  16. Denny Crane

    Denny Crane It's not even loaded! Staff Member Administrator

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    You've also completely ruined this thread. Far from the first time, too.

    Thanks.
     
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    I'm only having a discussion with you. Not saying you're dumb or making accusations that you're biased.
     
  18. e_blazer

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    Oh for crying out loud, would you two knock it off? Hash this out with PMs and come to an agreement about what goes and does not go in the OT area, make an announcement, and then live by it. This is fucking stupid.
     
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  19. UncleCliffy'sDaddy

    UncleCliffy'sDaddy We're all Bozos on this bus.

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    Pot, meet kettle........
     
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    When the president leads the country by insult it bleeds over into daily culture ...the divide between those insulting and those insulted hasn't been this aggressive in a long time...probably since Nixon..problem here is that it's being allowed to be used in personal attacks rather than attacks on posts...enough folks get to do this in OT to make it the S2 standard....with humor.....I get it...when the tone is serious...it escalates...don't see how personal insults add to the forum in any form
     

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