Spud still pops in occasionally to say hi. It is correct, there are times I've stayed away for a long time because for so many posters there are two reactions to women, ignore or insult. I know sports boards do tend to be more male but it does not have to be THIS male. And MarAzul talked about my having a dick and knowing what to do with it (in an antigay rant). Oops. Assumptions.
Those of us that ignore you may just not be responding to gender issues or other social issues because they always end in a huge meltdown. I try to avoid the fracas overall. I don't expect to resolve social issues here. I mainly pop in to talk Blazers, see interesting news pieces that other Blazer fans find, and to entertain myself. I could say more, but I don't want to get banned/suspended/PMed. However, I would just ignore certain posters who clearly are out of touch with the world or are trolling. Except for me. Don't ignore me.
Serious question: what did Brian do to cross the line? I stopped reading the exchange after PapaG started talking about Brian and his SO. Sorry, I meant NATE.
Honestly, I do think some posters here lack perspective. After the experiences I have had on other sites the mods here seem like nice, reasonable people! I've seen sites that are draconian, sites that are anarchy, and sites that combine the 2 in some confusing, arbitrary manner.
I've been on forums before where I didn't even want to register because of how hard the posters were on new people, and how quickly the mods would ban someone.
From what I recall you repeatedly asked him to explain his comment over an over until he confirmed that he had said you were emotional or whatever because of some relationship issues and then he was banned. It is likely that is the comment was left alone the situation would have not continue to escalate. Note this is from memory so if any of my details are off I apologize.
That has no bearing whatsoever on his point. Marazul is saying that I goaded him into personally attacking me. I'm asking how I goaded him.
I would say you goaded him into admitting what was said was a personal attack not actually attacking you.
I wasn't goading him. I was asking him to clarify because I wasn't going to ban him if it was just some stupid offhand remark. I wanted to know what he meant by it. Is that what you guys are upset about? You think I goaded him AFTER he posted the attack?
You repeated questions certainly made the comment seem like a much bigger deal than I took it as. Without knowing or caring to know that you were have relationship issues in real life I just took the comment as PapaG offering an explanation as to why some of your comments came off as abrasive. Similar to him suggesting you were on your period.
I missed the boiling over point, and I may or may not have seen the beginning (it's hard to know where it started in particular that day, and let's be honest, Nate and Papa have been going at it for some time)..... But Papa was instigating. I maybe missed something Nate said in the early part of the recent issue, but Papa was pushing on Nate and was referencing something that had nothing to do with Papa (when Nate called me a dick). Then Papa took a personal swipe by mentioning something about Nate's relationship (I have no idea if true or not, but the swipe was unnecessary). So...... as much as I don't think Papa should be perma-banned, he played his role and he did deserve a suspension. I love how our longest threads are these bitch sessions about someone getting suspended or banned for being a dick. I like Papa, but come on people. He can come back on with a new name (as he's done in the past).
