[gondramB]

Interesting. I already thought the “get stuffed” comment was way out of character for RA. I have to confess that I thought you might have gotten that quote from another site that misquoted him, until I looked it up.

RA and I have talked about online tone - He’s a genuinely nice, generous, smart, good communicator who apparently really lost his online temper on April 5. That’s gonna happen sometimes. And he certainly wasn’t/isn’t the only one - it almost never happens in a vacuum.

As for science...

There are all kinds of topics that can be key to understanding the news of the day: law, history, religion, economics, medicine and science etc.

Non-science folk may feel as bored in the pure science threads as I feel when my wife tries to share a 50 page thread on some aspect of scrap booking.

But its really good for a news discussion forum to have folks around who are knowledgeable about key topics, particularly when they are open about their identity and we can check their credentials.

I don’t get involved in forum administration and I don’t know what went on privately in this case but I hope on a going forward basis we can appreciate the benefit when we get conservative experts in relevant fields.

[wagglebee]

I was personally on the thread with RA and T’wit when RA made the statements.

[Diplomat]

Would RadioAstronomer come back if his account is reinstated? I really don't think one bad language incident directed at a poster who named himself "twit" for gosh sakes should even count as an offense. Yea, he kinda asked to be banned, but still, this is so completely out of character for him and is not the man we all know from reading his works. This man is extremely thoughtful and kind.

T'wit, if you're a Christian/Jew/other, he should be forgiven and you should ask the Admin to reinstate his account. I'm not sure he'd come back, but forgiveness is an obligation if you are going to debate on the evo/creo threads.