I would have to answer that it is my firm observation that Jim has a lot of patience, but certainly has to make a lot of "call-them-as-I-see-them" judgments as a lone individual running a large forum that is his baby. He does have a core group of volunteer moderators that have been with him long enough to develop his trust and have his general guidelines to try and enforce.
This is a big forum. Disrupters and those who loose a sense of perspective in their roll and begin to think that majority rules on a privately owned site have been putting themselves in conflict since the start of the Whitewater era.
I think that a good rule is to carry on extended debate only with posters you respect on the other side of an issue and in other instances make your point, have one follow-up if necessary to correct misunderstanding and then move on. It is not a debating society and we don't keep score.
Jim does grant latitude to long standing posters based upon their contributions and history. I would hope that he would.
That being said, he has come to his limit with many in that category and has lost friends of long-standing just trying to be consistent.
Don't let your feelings get hurt. Its only one website.
Additionally, remember that we are well read by the internet at large and what you post reflects upon all the participants. Joking tone, satire, hyperbole don't come across on the short posts that we offer in the manner we might intend for them. This is serious business and irony and the like sometimes need to be advertised with adverbial emphasis.
The conservative movement has been painted as bigots, racists, killers, uncaring, theocratic dictators and ignorant. Let's not let ironic, joking and hyperbolic comments lend themselves to the continuance of that portrayal.
Jim Robinson has done an extremely difficult job about as well as can be expected. I respect his efforts even when we don't agree. Find an article that is from those services we can quote, make your comments and post away. but remember, you can't take back imprudent posts and as Russell Kirk and other great conservatives taught, Prudence is the first virtue of conservatism.
yep. What you said.