PapaG was banned tonight

Ah, the good old "double standard" line. Because further was the one who brought up a private message between the two (which I have seen, he forwarded it to me asking if I thought the response was papag was warranted), and further was the one who continually said shit about someone (and two mods), and has a history of being suspended and temporarily banned in the past.

It can't be that, it has to be the double standard.


btw, its not a double standard when people don't understand the difference between addressing the issue and addressing the person.

 

Let's start a bidding war, HCP style.

$49.

 

it's like that, but with more. the poor kid goes back to the kmart, and starts swearing at the cashier, brings up things from the cashiers past (which he knows because they've shared the information), cusses out the manager, and when the police come to escort him out of the building, he blames it on the fact he's treated differently than others are prior to his blow-up.

Or in other words, a typical weekend for Mags!


(I'm really liking this new meme!)

 

It's either Bush's fault or Obama's.

 

He can be. If that's what people figure out is best.

 

I want everyone to know I could but never would consider it. I consider that a pretty major violation of your privacy. I won't do it.

 

I think eventually if he comes back, maybe he should be.

But I doubt that he'll want to come back to the board (at this point, why would you want to come back? Granted, it's not like he went insane or something, just had a bad night). I think it depends on how he reacts/responds over the next few days.

If he continually makes fake screen names, just to get the last word in, it won't do the situation any good.

I know he knows this (as do we all, since we've either all done it or know people who do this to avoid admitting they're wrong about something), but after a while we almost all collectively forget shit that was said or done if it's forgotten or not talked about. SO if he comes back in a while (maybe under a new screen name, but don't be obvious about it), and say or does nothing to draw attention to himself, most people will not care.

We're the king of short attention spans.

 

Sorry for all the posts.

I generally do not at all favor banning people. I've been on the receiving end of some of this, but I don't take it personally. It comes with the territory.

 

We've been really generous about giving people second (and third...) chances. I actually banned him once a long time ago when he wanted to quit the board and delete his account. It was restored at his request.

 

for what she felt were making bigoted statements? no.

did she start a new thread about it, calling out an individual person?

did she share a private message between her and a person?

did she have a melt-down like papag did?

if the answer to those is "no", then I think that it's not a case of a double standard, but someone getting themselves banned by their own choices and not someone getting away with stuff. Hell, posters here get away with more shit than anywhere else. INCLUDING those you think have a double standard forced on them.

btw, look up with bigot means. It's not just against races.

: a person who is obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices; especially : one who regards or treats the members of a group (as a racial or ethnic group) with hatred and intolerance

there are times when the people she called a bigot, have actually been bigots.

 

To be fair, even if someone is making statements that one perceives as "bigoted", calling them a bigot is a personal attack, and I have yet to see one of crandc's posts of such nature edited, so I think MM has a valid point. Not saying she should be banned, not putting her on the same level as PapaG, but there does appear to be a general difference in handling.