What? The post you banned him for was clearly making an academic argument pointing out the hypocrisy of the argument used against him. Dviss used the pronoun 'he' when he could've said Taggart. The purpose of Sinobas' post was to ask " how do we know he wasn't using 'he' to hide the fact that he really wanted to call him the n-word?". You think that sounds ridiculous? Well so do I and I'm certain so did Sinobas, but that's pretty much the exact argument that was being leveled against him for using #$#$%$.
Sly, your principles fell on the sword to appease a mob of virtue-signalling hysterics, whom in my estimation are every bit as vile as racists.
Edit: I read all the posts speculating about Sinobas' user history and the arguments about "patterns of behavior". Sounds more like people rationalizing their attachment to persecution. In a court of law all of that background information would be thrown out and Sinobas would be judged for the sole act of typing out *##%&. Who am I kidding, something like this would never reach the courts because no DA in their right mind would attempt to prove the indeterminable. #!$#@!$ is indeterminable.
Really though???
So you are like the guy who will continually use the exit lane to get ahead of a traffic jam to merge in at the last second rather than exit, like the lane is for, and then every time, claim you didn't know, or you changed your mind and wanted to exit at first????
What you describe above, in my opinion is part of the problem and a large percentage of the cause of our continual downgrade as a society and a community. Fuck what the court of laws say that haven't been amended to modern day life in two hundred plus years. Society is completely different now.
You are allowing someone to skate around the edges of what is right and wrong, because he is smart enough to be vague, all the while knowing the specific intent all along.
No. Nobody can PROVE the person meant to use the lane to cut into traffic like a selfish prick, but it is the truth and a fact that it happens.
We need to stop protecting these fuckers that are smart enough to skate around the edges in the gray areas and call them out for what they are.
Trolling, selfish motherfuckers that show just enough to cause controversy, but not enough to show indisputable evidence.
This kinda behavior is a major cause of our disintegration.
I don't want to talk to my neighbors anymore (not for reals, I already know them and are good folk). I dont want to socialize and small talk with people at the grocery store because that person is the next one to get in their car and cut me off.
This "out for myself" mentality, that has been the mainstay of American Culture will also be our downfall if we don't draw the line with this stupid vague behavior by people who have clear patterns.
So another example then is a man is convicted 2 times for kidnapping and sexually assaulting kids. (in reality he wouldn't be, but) he is then set free after doing his time. Do you think it is not rational for anyone to be concerned if you see him sitting on a bench in a park watching kids?
You dont know his intent but his history says he should not be there.
Why do we give out notifications if a past convicted sexual predator moves into your neighborhood?
The past absolutely has an impact on how we view people. And should play a part. Behavior is behavior and until there are signs of that behavior changing it is normal to say this person is still the same. Still behaving the same. Is still a racist. Is still a line cutter. Is still a bad person.
