Rule Change (New Staff Power)

[SteelCurtain]

You are accusing me of trolling and flaming. I contend that I never ever trolled, and dare you to prove me otherwise, and that I only ever cursed or insulted those who have done the same towards me first. If I'm not mistaken, none of those were banned.

I ask that you clarify your accusing me of harrasing new members in the shoutbox. I think I know what you're referring to, and if it is that, then here we have a mere failure of recognizing humour for what it is, even when it is self-described as such, and even when the purported victim claims it isn't even slightly offended by it.

I think you need to explain to me what derailing a thread even means and prove to me that I have done it.

Your recent post history will suffice as proof. Consider: your opinion as to what constitutes trolling/flaming is irrelevant. What staff decides in these matters is relevant. Again, as has been pointed out countless times, no member of staff acts unilaterally. We collectively vote before an action is decided. Our collective opinion is that you were trolling/flaming, being inappropriate to new members, and hijacking threads. Go back and read your posts before your ban and just know that a large portion of them were trolling/flaming.

I certainly have no authority to ask you to do these things, which I'm sure you would be quick to point out in an unnerving manner if not for this very caveat, but alas, it has been shown that here you can be banned and ostracized simply if you happen to be repeatedly misconstrued and villified with the most appaling intents imaginable by certain individuals. Enter mob mentality at its finest.

You know, one of the hallmarks of immaturity is the lack of any ability to self assess. You haven't even considered the possibility that literally everyone here having an adverse response to you could actually be about you rather than a 'mob.' From day one you've been an incredible dick. But we're all collectively at fault for persecuting you, right?

Why do you think you feel so threatened by my remarks that you feel the need to disallow me from criticizing you? Does this sound familiar? Dictatorships, anyone?

Please believe me--although I doubt your ego will allow it--that absolutely no one here on staff is threatened by anything you do. We are tasked with maintaining a positive community. Your presence has been antithetical to that, and so we took actions to correct. We were lenient and gave a temporary cool down period in hopes that you would recognize that we won't tolerate your corrosive attacks on members, but clearly you spent that whole time brooding on how we've wronged you. Oh well. Keep doing what you're doing, EP. If you don't think you've done anything wrong, then I can't help you any more.