Joe is just trying very hard to join the cool kids club by picking at vulnerable individuals like Winfield. Words can't describe my outrage to his unbecoming actions.
Regardless of what Winfield said, we must protect people like him from internet bullies, like Joe.
Congratulations, Mechaman, on your principled stance (and yes, Winfield legacy live on).
Well thanks Kalwejt.
As much as I love your enthusiasm it's very hard to protect people from those with all the power. Sure it would be one thing if this were some random Hamilton troll, but this is Joe Republic we're talking about here. A guy who has held the power to hand out infraction points like a police man hands out billy club whacks to the head. Nothing you can say or do will impact him in anyway or in the slightest move forward any possible means to punish him. You wanna know why?
Because on this forum he is the law. What he says goes. If he doesn't like you he can do more than just ignore you or (if they're a coward) report you, he can throw ten point infractions on your ass. If you prove to be too uppity he'll maybe even call for back up and have them shoot you with even more infractions until your ass is banned.
What's even worse is that people
applaud these people who have been given such powers for acting in such a way that would get most of us infracted. Oh yeah sure you may say, "but they infract Sam Spade for saying "f*g!"" But that is just merely a distraction, a pure smoke and mirrors tactic to drive away criticism that the little mod boys club they have is an internet version of a corrupt police department: they may make the rules but they don't have to follow them.
Now I'm not saying that all moderators are this horrible. Hell, I think TrueFederalist is an outstanding individual and as much crap as I give Inks he's a pretty good guy. However, there are still a few, like little Joey here, who likes to use his position in power like an oinker in a black and white car with flashy lights likes to use his authority to harass old ladies and minorities.
