D_Chocho_Lippz
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Let's face it, this site leans Left. VB was pretty squarely camped on that side of the river. I hear many people on here complaining that there is a "blanding down" of the site, specifically the political forum. However, I think you are all forgetting the slew of people who have debated from the other side of the river and been banned. Yes, some of them were banned properly, others completely out of line. This is not to even include the many people on the Right who simply left the pol-forum (myself included) because it did feel like a bash fest for the simple fact of the nature of the forum.
Being very Right of center, I clashed with VB many times. And I cannot help but think that many of you viewed his posts as A-OK simply because you ideologically agreed with his posts and let the banter behind it slide. Regardless of whether this ban was instigated by the moderators watching or a member who felt flamed, it was the moderator in the end who confirmed that VB had indeed broken the rules. Furthermore, as it sounds, he is a repeat offender.
As Bush W. said, "There's an old saying in Tennessee I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee that says, fool me once, shame on [pauses] shame on you. Fool me [pauses] You can't get fooled again."
With that said, I think there are people who I probably think are more worthy of the ban; however, I haven't been to the pol-forum for a long time for the aforementioned reasons.
Being very Right of center, I clashed with VB many times. And I cannot help but think that many of you viewed his posts as A-OK simply because you ideologically agreed with his posts and let the banter behind it slide. Regardless of whether this ban was instigated by the moderators watching or a member who felt flamed, it was the moderator in the end who confirmed that VB had indeed broken the rules. Furthermore, as it sounds, he is a repeat offender.
As Bush W. said, "There's an old saying in Tennessee I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee that says, fool me once, shame on [pauses] shame on you. Fool me [pauses] You can't get fooled again."
With that said, I think there are people who I probably think are more worthy of the ban; however, I haven't been to the pol-forum for a long time for the aforementioned reasons.