Reply #41: Gloating never looks good....

[PoliticalAmazon]

...IMO, it's a sad event when a poster gets evicted because it means that, for whatever reasons, the poster couldn't learn, even with the help of moderators, to function in this community.

Any group is a sum and function of its members. If one is removed, it changes--even if slightly--the dyanmics of the entire group.

Even the worst asshat...yes, they were an asshat, but they were OUR asshat, and part of our group.

I think to evict someone because of the way they phrase their opinions is especially dangerous. When we start censoring in that manner, it is a slippery slope between Bush Jr's "There are too many freedoms" mentality.

I say, "Let diversity live!," even the diversity that irritates the hell out of us.

Just my opinion...your mileage may vary.