Reply #163: re: sides

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

You have to bias things, of course.

For instance, nobody will ever be TSed for expressing too much admiration for the President and many have been TSed for expressing too much disdain.

And that is as it should be.

But that disparity plays out as license.


Example: In l'affaire Gibbs the whole discussion was in-house. There was no issue of RW disruption of the site. The battle was broadly joined on these terms: People on one side saying Gibbs is an asshole and people on the other side saying certain DUers are assholes.

You will notice this dynamic time and again.

Reverse it in your mind and you'll see that the inverse would not be tolerated.

There are different rules of civility.


I would suggest that you revisit why the site is moderated. It is to bar Republican and RW voices, not to maintain a specific opinion stance within the group.

Thus in dust-ups and cases where RW disruption is not at issue you should strive to be truly even-handed.

Impossible task, I'm sure.