A quick word on "Overwhelmingly Negative Influences"

[Tiberius]

Maybe I'm wrong but I expect there are more people here who value the ideals of free speech than there are that want to censor people because they have offensive opinions.

[Shell B]

Again I wish I knew for sure what was going on but I'd say "lighten up, people."  If someone says something you don't like, tell them off.  

Jesus fucking christ.  With all the drama around here the staff should start giving out Oscars.

Right? That's why the word fuck was invented.

[Cyberman]

I'm all for freedom of speech, but how far do we let someone who is so clearly abusing this freedom to skirt the "no trolling" rule?  How many egregiously stupid and nonsensical things does he have to say before it's decided that he's just doing it to piss people off?

That's exactly the point. If a person is expressing their thoughts and opinions while staying within the Rules, at what point can we say they are abusing freedoms?

[Minimalist]

Again I wish I knew for sure what was going on but I'd say "lighten up, people."  If someone says something you don't like, tell them off.  

Jesus fucking christ.  With all the drama around here the staff should start giving out Oscars.

Right? That's why the word fuck was invented.

I admit that I have been known to use it.

[Fidel_Castronaut]

Right? That's why the word fuck was invented.

I admit that I have been known to use it.

Whaaa? 

Sorry min I don't believe that for a fucking second.

[c172]

This has been more fun than the election debates.

[The Grand Nudger]

I don't understand any of this rage-quiting business, lol.  If there's a certain poster you'd rather not engage with, don't engage with them.  If their posts sneak through the ignore function on the back of a quote...well, that's just a limitation of the ignore function.  When or if that function fails, and I'm about to say something totally crazy...I know....avert your eyes.  Problem solved.  I mean, it;s either that or a lengthy programming workaround that would fail about as often as people fail to use user specific quote tags for every single quote....but hey, if you can do that or know someone who can....notify staff, I'm sure they'd appreciate it.  It's not a job, nobody gets paid, staff doesn't owe anybody anything.  

LOL, Tibs here tries to make a simple announcement regarding a specific rule and it turns into an episode of Springer.  Only at AF baby, only at AF.  

[Minimalist]

Slamming your nuts in a car door would be more fun than the debates.

[Minimalist]

I don't understand any of this rage-quiting business, lol.  If there's a certain poster you'd rather not engage with, don't engage with them.  If their posts sneak through the ignore function on the back of a quote...well, that's just a limitation of the ignore function.  When or if that function fails, and I'm about to say something totally crazy...I know....avert your eyes.  Problem solved.  I mean, it;s either that or a lengthy programming workaround that would fail about as often as people fail to use user specific quote tags for every single quote....but hey, if you can do that or know someone who can....notify staff, I'm sure they'd appreciate it.  It's not a job, nobody gets paid, staff doesn't owe anybody anything.  

LOL, Tibs here tries to make a simple announcement regarding a specific rule and it turns into an episode of Springer.  Only at AF baby, only at AF.  

[mlmooney89]

And yeah, we can ignore, use the ignore feature, etc., but that has never been a real solution.  Why?  Because some people don't like ignoring others out of principle.  And someone quoting an ignored person has that ignored person's text in the non-ignored person's message.  And there's always some newbie who, not knowing the personalities here, engages and quickly finds themselves bombarded with bullshit when all they want is support.  I mean, shit, how many times have the old vultures circled around kids who were just barely getting comfortable with the mere idea of questioning their beliefs?

I'm sorry but that is a weak excuse. Not ignoring people out of principle? Really? Ignoring people is the adult way to handle obnoxious people. I'm on this site literally every week day and have had only a few run ins with this guy. Simply cause I stay out of the areas he is in. My mother used to tell me when I was little to just ignore my little sisters when they frustrated me. Sure enough once I did they couldn't bother me anymore. We shouldn't have to give this lesson to grown adults on the internet. Don't feed him and he will have nothing to react to. Warn other newbs when they get into it with him and if they don't listen let the two of them duke it out themselves. Others are not needed to be involved.