Not that it should matter, except to maybe old ladies or folks acting like *harpies*, trying to vent and whine, but I know of three Palin supporters who have been banned.
Two were retreads and the other supporter got *carried away* much like rabid supporters of others. Ditto for the retreads getting *carried away* with their support and attacks on others.
A troll is a troll is a troll and a disruptor is a disruptor. Those folks don’t serve any useful purpose.
Jim is a fair broker. I am not a moderator and have never been a moderator, but it’s my understanding that posters are banned most often for being retread trolls -— like the lastest casuality, RINOSsuck -— and for supporting Romney, abortions, the homosexual agenda, and for a history of disruptive behavior and posting. It matters NOT which candidate a member supports, or doesn’t support, so long as it’s not Romney.
Calling supporters *cultists*, is a prime example of disruptive behavior which almost always leads to the start of flame wars. pissant learned that the hard way. He made several enemies and he finally went too far in one of his posts.
We’re all supposed to be Conservatives here, so unless a candidate isn’t a Conservative, like Romney, and for the better part, I’m pretty happy to support the one of my choice and leave the wars about other candidates to their supporters.
All of us have enemies. Some more than others. Not much can be done about that. We can only be responsible for our own behavior and posts. There’s no rule that says every ping has to be answered. Consider the source and decide....lol.
Very well stated, thank you ;)
Well, I have a different perspective. I was a 2008 Romney supporter of course, although I favored Fred Thompson until he dropped out. I no longer support him, and I support Sarah Palin, I like what she says, and I rarely disagree with her or attack what she is doing.
But I regularly get attacked with terms like PDS, and RomneyBot, and I was called me a deranged idiot. So I see name-calling allowed in some cases, while in others it is not.
I think that most recent post with the fake “Q&A” was way over the line, but unless that was the 3rd time I’d expect the post to be deleted and the freeper warned. I was sorry to see Pissant go, but his comment was crude.
I’ll say that in the past few days, these threads have gotten pretty heated, and while people have asked JR to take action, I haven’t seen people getting zotted except the retread, so maybe there is more freedom to attack people then I thought. Of course, I tend not to pay attention to who posts what, so often what appears to be a zot out of the blue is simply because I had no idea all of what someone was saying.