[Religion Moderator]

If the complaint is "completely ridiculous and totally laughable" then you should not bring even more attention to it but instead ignore it.

On the thin skin issue, my responsibility involves separating the ones who are truly offended from those who only pretend to be offended.

The former have no business on "open" Religion Forum threads - the latter may be trying to get a thread pulled, a poster or source banned, policy changed, etc. The latter sometimes threaten to withhold donations if posters don't stop offending them, etc. The solutions vary accordingly.

The former are best served by being told to "leave the thread" and/or ignore "open" Religion Forum threads altogether.

But that kind of on-thread attention to the latter allows him/her to play the e-martyr and further his own agenda. And so how I deal with him/her depends on more than what meets the eye and it may or may not be apparent on thread.

[greyfoxx39]

But that kind of on-thread attention to the latter allows him/her to play the e-martyr and further his own agenda. And so how I deal with him/her depends on more than what meets the eye and it may or may not be apparent on thread.

Well, it appears that agreeing with the poster regarding "tinkering" certainly allows him to "play the e-martyr and further his own agenda."

I do have to reiterate...after the names we have been called and accusations made against us, the attention given to someone feeling insulted by being called "Stormy" is quite unexpected. Perhaps the Inmans are mistaken in not making more of the personal slurs directed at us daily.

What were the directives made by you when we were called murderers, arsonists etc? I may have missed seeing them.

[aMorePerfectUnion]

RM,
Thanks for a thoughtful response. I appreciate all that
goes on behind the scenes and the thankless task you
must face each day.

Best,
ampu (your perfect onion)

[Stourme]

RM, thanks for all the work you do patrolling and enforcing the rules of the forum. I for one appreciate the work you do.

I for one will try to obey the forum rules and follow your rulings with out complaint.

Thanks again!

[Tennessee Nana]

May i take this opportunity to state that there have been have been intentionally attempted at offending me more than once in these threads...

To the point of being accussed about a year ago of planning to crucify certain FReepers upon crosses..

“e-martyrs” indeed...

However I had to quickly grow new and thicker skin, grit my teeth, and journey on through the race..

The LORD Jesus Christ is more important than I, a mere piece in the great jigsaw puzzle of the Bride of Christ..

[Elsie]

On the thin skin issue, my responsibility involves separating the ones who are truly offended from those who only pretend to be offended.

I think I get it: mindreading for THEE; but not for ME!

OK then...

[RnMomof7]

I just want to thank all of you that monitor the religion forum. This has to be the toughest of the forums to mod..

Every one of us have done hard nose apologetics on this forum, we have said words that others have taken offense at.. and every one of us has had words said to us that offend.. That is what freedom of speech means.. it does not mean the right not to be offended..

The mods here keep the line of traffic open without stomping on the rights of anyone here

Thanks again for all you guys do