To Be an American

[bwaites]

Parse carefully.

A moderator, LRRPF52, posted a video promoting a charity that had nothing to do with the Second Amendment. He admitted that.

Like members, moderators have wide disgression in what they post. When members do so, moderators will often move it to a more appropriate forum. LRRPF52 chose to do so. Does it fit the strict rules, no, but we have thousands of post that don't.

Not until page 3 did I say anything. I noted the political and religious character of the discussion. I mentioned our food truck "freedom." There was no intervention to halt the rule violation.

Once again, we give members wide latitude, otherwise the board would be nothing more than recipes of what worked for what gun.

When the moderator, LRRPF52, admitted that his post really didn't fit in any allowable category, he justified it by claiming the privilege of "veteran's [sic] opinion."

I then pointed out that, even though I personally work for veterans, there are other opinions and that posting one opinion invites other opinions. I mentioned the rule a second time. There was no intervention to halt the rule violation.

And once again, I and the other mods left it alone. The thread had wandered a bit off topic, but that "wide latitude" still was in effect.

Then you, BWaites, moderator, went on about "Christianity" and "Judeo-Christianity" and the "greatest nation in history"—naked politics and religion. There was no intervention to halt the rule violation.

My first post was on the 4th page, I had neither read the posts or watched the video prior to that.(I still haven't found the time to watch it.) But I was receiving multiple PM's and emails about the thread so I came to read it at that point.

You and LRRPF52 opened the door. I "trolled" nothing. You and LRRPF52 ignored and violated the rule.

We "opened the door to more of your anti-jewish pap? Really? By simply mentioning that the Founding Fathers relied on a belief in Christian principles, or perhaps Judeo-Christian principles? REALLY? And I opened the door to politics by stating that the United States was the greatest nation in history? REALLY?

So, be honest with yourself, Bill. You ignored the rule as long as you agreed with the politics and religion. You intervened only when you disagreed with the politics and religion. "Some animals are more equal than others."

I'll be honest with you, I had great hopes that you would avoid the 2A part of the forum, because you obviously have deep feelings and beliefs that are both contradictory to many here, and needless on this forum.

You have great value as a member when you stick to the technical forums, and your experience there has been helpful. But you cannot seem to follow any direction, and you seem to believe that this is some debate. Its not, this is a privately owned forum, where the owner, and by extension, the moderators, do as they see fit to maintain decorum. You have repeatedly violated that decorum, even while being asked not to do so. You leave me no options.