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I suggest we present CaptainPlanet420 with an award... (Sift Talk Post)
Christ I see this again and again. What is the difference between racism and homophobia? It's still offensive, hurtful and out of line. Ignorant comment
My comment was not meant to exclude the other various bigoted things people can say to any number of ethnic groups, sexual orientations, genders, or ages. It was to provide an example of a comment that would be in blatant violation of Sift Guidelines. If I come on the sift and start making posts consisting only of "KILL FUCKING WHITEY" and "HONKIES GO BACK TO OKLAHOMA," then yes I am in violation of sift guidelines and would summarily be permabanned. I am no apologist for CaptainPlanet's views, but until he starts saying homosexuals should be left to die in open fields, he is not in violation of posting guidelines.
Do I find his views distasteful? Yes. Do I think he is misinformed about many topics? Yes. Do I think he is rude and tactless with his responses? Yes. Do I think he should be silenced because I disagree with him? No. Most importantly, Has he broken any of the posting guidelines?
If so, please show me where. The 5 links you provided in the first post do not indicate any violation of posting guidelines - they merely illustrate that he is unpopular and produces poor comments.
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I suggest we present CaptainPlanet420 with an award... (Sift Talk Post)
1. I don't know what "truth" you or I are hiding from by ignoring CaptainPlanet420 - this implies that his posts contain truth to begin with.
2. I don't know what punishment CaptainPlanet420 would be deserving of aside from generic scorn, which he already has in abundance. Posting inflammatory comments is not an offense, unless they contain blatant racism.
3. There exist numerous sifters who engage in similar practices - QM and BillO come to mind. What is their crime, then, aside from posting typical conservative/republican views? Sure, some of them may be baseless lies, but we can't punish people for posting nonfactual content.
4. Who exactly has CaptainPlanet420 converted to his cause that didn't already agree with him, if you believe his willful antagonism is allowed to multiply and go unpunished?
>> ^berticus:
Thanks, I understand the troll feeding caveat. I felt it was worth saying something anyway.
The purpose of this post is to draw the community's attention to the fact that schmawy, for breaking the rules, gets a 2 week ban... yet what punishment has CaptainPlanet420 ever got? What do I get for this post? I'll gladly take a ban for "hate mongering" (sweet jesus, if that isn't an exaggeration...) if something can be done about CaptainPlanet420's incessant vitriol.
Hitting ignore changes absolutely nothing, it merely hides you from the truth. "Ignorance may be bliss, but it's a bliss someone else always pays for." Oh, but who cares? What's the big deal. Let's just allow people who continually express willful antagonism to multiply and go unpunished.
Go ahead and discard it, then. Just proves to me how little you care.
I suggest we present CaptainPlanet420 with an award... (Sift Talk Post)
Comment voting ensures that trolls are fed no matter what... as long as people keep clicking downvote (or upvote in the rare instances in which they produce a wortwhile comment), they know their comment has been read and has gotten a rise out of the reader one way or another.
To get rid of trolls - as you said - you have to hit the "ignore" button... downvoting is just a backwards form of encouragement. Thus, reproducing all of CaptainPlanet's recent low-voted comments here is probably having the opposite intended effect.
>> ^Sarzy:
I agree that this shouldn't be here -- not because I necessarily agree with rottenseed, but because you're breaking the number one rule of dealing with internet douchebags: don't feed the trolls. The thing about trolls is that they feed on other people's misery. Stuff like this just makes them stronger. On the other hand if you ignore them they'll eventually wither away and die (ie. they'll move to another community where their stupid crap can successfully get a rise out of people).
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Fuckin' moron.