I guess you've never heard of Wifi. Jim has a laptop at the hospital and logs in periodically to check up on things as well as giving us progress reports on his leg (it's looking better, BTW, and prayers and encouragements for Jim from FReepers and lurkers are deeply appreciated).
All moderator on FR activity is logged, including decisions to not delete comments after Abuse is mashed about them. Jim can log in and review that activity after the fact and overrule the moderators if he so desires. Nothing is done behind his back.
In the opinion of all of the moderators that are around today, who encompass a wide range of views, the comments directed at Lori are pithy but do not rise to the level of personal attacks that we would typically pull. If we pulled all comments that rose to the pithy level, a lot of FR threads would look like Swiss Cheese.
And since Lori posts from a wide variety of sites, including some written from a liberal point of view, she needs to be willing to defend those posts. She is always free to start a blog where she can control the content of what is commented upon in response to what she posts. But FR is a forum with a long history of often-heated debate. One person's personal attack is another person's pointed debate. That is what the moderators believe is the case here.
And you are free to ping Jim or mash abuse that you disagree with the moderators. We can't delete abuse reports that come in, it will be visible to Jim and all moderators.
The opposition to bailout corporatism is, and has been, neither a “liberal” or “conservative” stand IMO. Some liberals support the bailouts, as do some conservatives. The issue is not by any means a litmus test for conservatism.
“In the opinion of all of the moderators that are around today, who encompass a wide range of views, the comments directed at Lori are pithy but do not rise to the level of personal attacks that we would typically pull.”
A thread on the Unemployment Rate, where the poster has not said anything much about the article, or called for “redistribution of wealth” can then be accused of being a commie.
OK, I will remember that.
Thank you.