I guess the point is moot as Jim has spoken, but I still think that bayourant honestly believed that Mark said what he thought he said. I had to listen to the tape 3 times to really understand him and bayourant only listened to it once. I thought he called the General a mudball at first and hey mudball - dirtbag, not much of a difference there.
When holdonnow first came in the thread I thought he was a lunatic. I've been reading the board since 2000 and I didn't know he was Mark Levin. If he had been posting to me like that I would have told him to shove off. I thought bayourant was being as nice as he could be to the lunatic poster.
I think bayourant acted in misunderstanding and confusion and I think it's a shame that he got banned so quickly, but it's Jim's board and we are all his guests here and I appreciate having this board to come to. I'll trust Jim's judgement and sense of fairness even if I don't really understand it.
Elyse,
I hope you don't mind that I mentioned you had also had to listen a few times to the tape to see exactly what Mr. Levin said/meant. (See my post right above yours to Jim)
I've asked Jim to reconsider since it looked kind of like a so-called comedy of errors. Of course, I know Jim has more information behind the scenes than we do so if he decides not to reconsider I'll understand. It just looked like a big misunderstanding though and so I thought I'd go ahead and speak out. (Of course, now I'm shaking in my houseshoes but Jim's a fair guy so hopefully he won't get too mad at me!)
I'll trust Jim's judgement and sense of fairness even if I don't really understand it.
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Me too. From what I've seen, Jim puts up with a lot before he bans someone.