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Strong-arm tactics
No, I'm not resurrecting THAT thread, but I do want to address the issue of how moderators enforce forum rules. I would have spoken up earlier except that I was banned (to the delight of some) at the time that thread was still open.
Personally, I've neither seen nor experienced bullying or strong-arm tactics from the moderators. However, I have been subjected to their arbitrary and capricious actions.
Case in point:
A couple of weeks ago in the thread "Help a youngin," one of our members accused the OP of being a drug dealer. He/she also wrecklessly labeled the OP's parents as "incompetent" because they do not parent in the same manner as he/she. To my knowledge, this member was neither reprimanded, nor banned.
Which conduct is more deserving of being banned? accusing a member (more than once) of financing the purchase of his FJ through drug sales, or making sarcastic apologies? Which is more offensive? Libeling a member's parents or calling a few members "stupid"? You don't think that is being disrespectful of another member and his family? What's more, the member seems to have delighted in his/her attacks ("I already ripped him a new one for about a half a day on a different thread"...from the original bullying and strong-arm tactics thread.)
This is but one example of the arbitrary manner in which at least one moderator functions. There are others. But, if you're a favorite of the moderators, you can get by with a whole lot of disrespect and misconduct.
It is not a question of bullying or strong-arm tactics, it's a question of favortism and fairness.
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