[wouldntbprudent]

And a good thing too. The RudyBots were the same jackals that would hit the abuse button like a gang rape on someone and get them banned.

Then your point is that JR and the mods---the people who banned the "Rudybots" apparently for their political views---are actually "AbuseButtonBots"---all you have to do to "get" someone banned, is hit the abuse button? Voila, it's done? No abuse actually has to have occurred? Button=banned, no thought involved?

Kewl. I did not know that.

[Tench_Coxe]

"Then your point is that JR and the mods---the people who banned the "Rudybots" apparently for their political views---are actually "AbuseButtonBots"---all you have to do to "get" someone banned, is hit the abuse button? "

Actually, I think hhc's point is that some of the same people who could be described by the moniker of 'Rudybot', tended to be, IMHO, vile and abusive posters (wonder if there's any 'howling' at this comment) on this site. In fact. some of the same were instrumental in getting some long-time Freepers banned because of differing views. In fact, there is a thread lurking in the smoky backroom somewhere where members of a particular coven were openly talking about how nice it would bee to see more people banned. I believe that coven is among those now departed.

[sauropod]

Then your point is that JR and the mods---the people who banned the "Rudybots" apparently for their political views---are actually "AbuseButtonBots"---all you have to do to "get" someone banned, is hit the abuse button? Voila, it's done? No abuse actually has to have occurred? Button=banned, no thought involved?

That was going on for a while.

There was also another episode, pre '04 election with a very famous (at the time) bloodletting thread that Jim Rob posted. More than a dozen people opused on that one.