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Post by coldenhaulfield on Nov 19, 2018 14:25:45 GMT
He can claim it as a fact all he wants, but it doesn't make it so. I'm a MCU fan and I didnt see it as a dig at MCU fans. As stated criticism towards Marvel, DC and X-Men is allowed. I also stated that criticism of those franchises shouldn't be treated as an personal attack. You’re probably going to need to figure out a way to differentiate the difference between legitimate criticisms and posts designed specifically to irk and belittle a fan base. So now it's up to these poor mods to divine the intention of the poster? All they asked for was civility, on-topic discussion, and no hate speech or broad generalizations against fans/fandoms. That would be enough for anyone not on a personal crusade to co-opt these rules as a means of furthering the types of vendettas that necessitated them in the first place. You're the last person still tryna split hairs in a twenty-five page rules thread -- oof. Thankfully, the Pats are not off again next week. ETA: how 'bout them Bears?
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Post by onethreetwo on Nov 19, 2018 14:32:40 GMT
You’re probably going to need to figure out a way to differentiate the difference between legitimate criticisms and posts designed specifically to irk and belittle a fan base. So now it's up to these poor mods to divine the intention of the poster? All they asked for was civility, on-topic discussion, and no hate speech or broad generalizations against fans/fandoms. That would be enough for anyone not on a personal crusade to co-opt these rules as a means of furthering the types of vendettas that facilitated them in the first place. You're the last person still tryna split hairs in a twenty-five page rules thread -- oof. Thankfully, the Pats are not off again next week. ETA: how 'bout them Bears? The mods should never have created these rules to begin with. They will regret it, if they don't already. It's not too late to call this experiment off, mods.
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Post by coldenhaulfield on Nov 19, 2018 14:36:48 GMT
So now it's up to these poor mods to divine the intention of the poster? All they asked for was civility, on-topic discussion, and no hate speech or broad generalizations against fans/fandoms. That would be enough for anyone not on a personal crusade to co-opt these rules as a means of furthering the types of vendettas that facilitated them in the first place. You're the last person still tryna split hairs in a twenty-five page rules thread -- oof. Thankfully, the Pats are not off again next week. ETA: how 'bout them Bears? The mods should never have created these rules to begin with. They will regret it, if they don't already. It's not too late to call this experiment off, mods.
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Post by Hauntedknight87 on Nov 19, 2018 15:07:44 GMT
He can claim it as a fact all he wants, but it doesn't make it so. I'm a MCU fan and I didnt see it as a dig at MCU fans. As stated criticism towards Marvel, DC and X-Men is allowed. I also stated that criticism of those franchises shouldn't be treated as an personal attack. You’re probably going to need to figure out a way to differentiate the difference between legitimate criticisms and posts designed specifically to irk and belittle a fan base. No I don't. This is only happening because you and others have forced scabs and mine hand. Either grow thicker skinny or ignore the criticism. Either way we're putting our foot down.
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Post by taylorfirst1 on Nov 19, 2018 16:34:06 GMT
There's a lot of territory covered on this thread. Just a couple of comments.
1. Stripperella is awesome!
2. I grew up in the 70's and 80's in WWF territory so I was able to watch them film their shows live at the Mid-Hudson Civic Center in Poughkeepsie, NY. I saw all of the great ones live. The best part is they would film 3 weeks worth of TV shows in one day, so then I could go home and watch myself in the audience on TV for the next 3 weeks.
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Post by damngumby on Nov 19, 2018 23:26:04 GMT
You’re probably going to need to figure out a way to differentiate the difference between legitimate criticisms and posts designed specifically to irk and belittle a fan base. No I don't. This is only happening because you and others have forced scabs and mine hand. Either grow thicker skinny or ignore the criticism. Either way we're putting our foot down. So let me get this straight ... posts “critical” of the MCU are permitted, regardless of how irksome and offensive they are. The MCU hates US soldiers - Permitted. Tony Stark is a pedophile - Permitted. Wanda is a genocidal maniac - Permitted. Stan Lee is (was) a dirty old man - Permitted. All of these nasty posts are created for one purpose, to torque someone off and create turmoil on this board. You’re good with that (or blind to it). However, reciprocal replies are now forbidden. We don’t want to hurt the trolls feelings by dishing their crap back at them. It’s odd that you don’t require thicker skin on their part, or yourself. Hey, it’s all good with me. I rarely (if ever) use offensive language when I clown stomp a troll. I can make my point without a direct assault. It will be as if nothing has changed. ... and, while you’re at it, why don’t you remove that strike against DC-Fan. Under these guidelines, he really didn’t do anything wrong. The folks who were offended by his posts should just grow some thicker skin.
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Post by Hauntedknight87 on Nov 20, 2018 0:02:48 GMT
No I don't. This is only happening because you and others have forced scabs and mine hand. Either grow thicker skinny or ignore the criticism. Either way we're putting our foot down. So let me get this straight ... posts “critical” of the MCU are permitted, regardless of how irksome and offensive they are. The MCU hates US soldiers - Permitted. Tony Stark is a pedophile - Permitted. Wanda is a genocidal maniac - Permitted. Stan Lee is (was) a dirty old man - Permitted. All of these nasty posts are created for one purpose, to torque someone off and create turmoil on this board. You’re good with that (or blind to it). However, reciprocal replies are now forbidden. We don’t want to hurt the trolls feelings by dishing their crap back at them. It’s odd that you don’t require thicker skin on their part, or yourself. Hey, it’s all good with me. I rarely (if ever) use offensive language when I clown stomp a troll. I can make my point without a direct assault. It will be as if nothing has changed. ... and, while you’re at it, why don’t you remove that strike against DC-Fan. Under these guidelines, he really didn’t do anything wrong. The folks who were offended by his posts should just grow some thicker skin. Dude now your being dramatic.
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Post by damngumby on Nov 20, 2018 0:46:13 GMT
So let me get this straight ... posts “critical” of the MCU are permitted, regardless of how irksome and offensive they are. The MCU hates US soldiers - Permitted. Tony Stark is a pedophile - Permitted. Wanda is a genocidal maniac - Permitted. Stan Lee is (was) a dirty old man - Permitted. All of these nasty posts are created for one purpose, to torque someone off and create turmoil on this board. You’re good with that (or blind to it). However, reciprocal replies are now forbidden. We don’t want to hurt the trolls feelings by dishing their crap back at them. It’s odd that you don’t require thicker skin on their part, or yourself. Hey, it’s all good with me. I rarely (if ever) use offensive language when I clown stomp a troll. I can make my point without a direct assault. It will be as if nothing has changed. ... and, while you’re at it, why don’t you remove that strike against DC-Fan. Under these guidelines, he really didn’t do anything wrong. The folks who were offended by his posts should just grow some thicker skin. Dude now your being dramatic. You’re being evasive. It’s a simple test. Which of those posts are sufficiently trollish to trigger a warning?
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Post by poelzig on Nov 20, 2018 0:51:57 GMT
Am I missing something? I think it's not making assumptions to say these rules were made because SOME mcu fans are SEEMINGLY hyper sensitive to what they PERCEIVE as insults to movies they enjoy. Not movies they worked on or performed in or in any way have any investment in at all. (I own marvel/Disney stock and I enjoy the banter but I digress) Nope. Just movies they watched but for some reason they treat like the children they will probably never have. The rules were made to "protect" the feelings of mcu fans yet they seem to be the ones who are whining about the mods the most. It makes no sense.
Then again I never understood why it's okay for many posters on this board to viciously attack DC Fan while an admitted racist like raptor and his socks like norman cliture are considered harmless. That type of hypocrisy is why I usually avoid this board although I used to enjoy posting here. However, raptor and his sock and a few other bullies from this board have followed DC over to the sports board and are stinking it up. OVERWHELMINGLY the regulars on the Sports board have asked raptor/norman to stop posting his hateful childish insults to no avail. No one wants to drag the admin into it but it's OBVIOUS who creates the problems and hate on these boards. How long do the mods ignore there were no issues here until weird raptor slithered back onto the site first in the guise of his socks and now under his original name in all it's hate filled "glory"?
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Post by Hauntedknight87 on Nov 20, 2018 1:04:00 GMT
Dude now your being dramatic. You’re being evasive. It’s a simple test. Which of those posts are sufficiently trollish to trigger a warning? Not being evasive. This was already discussed. You were the one who wanted me to ban DCfan for an opinion. At any rate this thread gone on far enough. Locking it up.
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