Approval poll: New Atlas moderators

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After having left the forum for three days in protest of Virginia’s appointment as a Mod, I wish to specify and explain my grievances in regards to two of the recent mod picks by the mysterious “Dave Leip”.

Virginia is nothing more than a complete partisan hack, an utter sh**t-tier poster (just look at her posting history!) on the level of Runeghost, whose #analysis was proven wrong almost in its entirety by the manner and form of Trump’s victory. Hardly any of her conclusions, the majority derived due to sheer partisan hackery for the Democrats, have had even a grain of truth to them for the duration of her posting here. She has produced no evidence of the capability of being truly objective –a necessity for any good moderator pick. Indeed, her support for Hillary Clinton while posting utterly partisan-motivated defense of mindless xenophobia and Deep State abuses ( https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=260088.msg5554762#msg5554762 https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=260188.msg5555290#msg5555290 ) suggests exactly the opposite for her ability to ever be truly objective. I am, thus, shocked she was appointed as mod, even as she did not even go so far as to apply for a mod position in the POST HERE IF YOU WANT TO BE CONSIDERED AS A MOD thread (perhaps the most shocking part of this appointment to me!). Her appointment as a Mod was nothing less than a blow against men, correct prognosticators, and objective observers on all parts of this forum, including sensible left-wingers. Nothing she has ever done on this forum has shown her even remotely fit to be mod, and, though none of what she has done on this forum is bannable, everything she has done on this forum since having become a mod has done nothing but to buttress my claims that she is vastly unfit for the task. Her saccharine writing style is no substitute for that.

Secondly, her appointment represents a complete lack of regard for the nature of the demographics of this forum. Cis-female overrepresentation among mods on this forum is already totally unjustified. Since there are only like six active cis female posters on this board, the presence of two cis-female Democratic moderators risks nothing less than, whether purposefully or accidentally, the establishment of female supremacy over the overwhelming male majority of this forum’s community. If all the cis women of this forum are to become mods, how can one call this forum fairly governed, and not a gender-based caste society? I cannot countenance such overt discrimination without remark. Are there no good men (or even trans-females) here to take on Mr. Leip’s favor?

Kalwejt is not a good man, BTW. He was also an extremely inadvisable choice by Mr. Leip. A former sockmaster (LarryT, anyone?), general sh**t-tier poster, and someone who called for me to be banned for no reason whatsoever but sheer ideological malice ( https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=259261.msg5534015#msg5534015 ) should never have been made a mod due precisely to these reasons. For once, BRTD is right. The fact he has been appointed so shows severe lack of judgment and foresight on Mr. Leip’s part, which, again, I cannot let go without remark. Can a sockmaster hunt socks? Can a leopard change his spots? Can someone who showed his desire to ban me for no good reason be fair to me as a mod? The answers to all these questions are “no”, ladies and gentlemen, and all sensible men must admit this. Kalwejt is a very poor pick for a mod.

Who’s going to be appointed Mod next? Runeghost? Mondale Won 1 State? Pbrower2a? Lief? ApatheticAustrian? Jacobin American? I desire for this forum to be great. I cannot let such poor decisions stand without comment.
To prove my objections to the above two mod picks are not motivated solely by partisan bias, and to demonstrate my desire for this forum to thrive, I here list a slate of quality Democratic posters which would make very respectable and solid mods:
L.D. Smith (not a hack; calls it as he sees it, though a tad stubborn)
Tender Branson (former mod; should be allowed back)
NOVA Green (great guy; friend of the people)
Siren (female)
CrabCake (female)
Peebs (trans female)
ssuperflash (has focus)
Aevorres Nix (has focus and is generally objective)
Heck, even BRTD or Non Swing Voter would be obviously superior as mods to either Virginia or Kalwejt, despite my great disagreements with both of them, due to their deep history with the forum.
To avert further such terrible picks, being a true friend of the people of this forum, I call for the direct election of moderators by the members of this forum of the tier “YaBB God”, or, if such cannot be countenanced, a spoils system based on the results of the results of the previous Federal-level elections, with only members of parties currently in power in either the White House or either chamber of Congress be allowed to be appointed Mod. However, due to the obvious unsuitability of the Virginia and Kalwejt mod picks even in good times for the Democrats, I consider the spoils system to be somewhat inferior to my proposal for the direct election of moderators. Moderators should be term-limited to two years.

BTW, if unflattering and entirely untrue descriptions of me can be left to stand (https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=259939.msg5552290#msg5552290 ), so can my unflattering and entirely true descriptions of recent shockingly bad moderator appointments.

I shall thus not post in any thread manned by either Virginia or Kalwejt without some sign of disapproval of them having been appointed mods.

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she did not even go so far as to apply for a mod position in the POST HERE IF YOU WANT TO BE CONSIDERED AS A MOD thread

You know that thread is 100% meaningless right? They'd let us know if our applications meant anything.

You're literally repeating BRTD talking points too, man. Don't sink that low. You can escape before it's too late!

Virginia didn't even apply there, so far as I can see. BRTD is sometimes right. Your sig is irony to the max given your support for HRC in the primary.

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HOLY sh**t hahahahahaha this is truly amazing.

Hey; this thread asked me for my approval of the new mods, and I'm giving it.

muon2 and PiT are good picks, though. No problems with them. Real scientists!

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-I can literally find no evidence of Her doing that. She expressed no opposition to the rebels shelling Aleppo, defended Her role in the the Libyan intervention and a Syrian No-Fly Zone, and Her VP pick (much more carefully selected than Pence) openly supported the Saudi bombing of Yemen.

And don't lie about De La Fuente (did you even watch his debate performance with other no-fame candidates?)

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Matthew 7:3

-I opposed Mitt Romney in 2012 to the very end. Not a hack, partisan or otherwise, and no plank or even dust speck in my own eye. Just a man trying to understand the world as it exists.

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tl;dr

Hey, want to really send a message?  Try leaving the forum permanently.  Maybe the admins will reconsider their decision.

-Nah, then they won't have the pressure on 'em. And three days is enough, dontya think?

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she did not even go so far as to apply for a mod position in the POST HERE IF YOU WANT TO BE CONSIDERED AS A MOD thread

You know that thread is 100% meaningless right? They'd let us know if our applications meant anything.

You're literally repeating BRTD talking points too, man. Don't sink that low. You can escape before it's too late!

Virginia didn't even apply there, so far as I can see.

Neither did Brittain33, Likely Voter, Lumine, or TJ, yet they all became mods in the last two years, after BK started that "post here if you want to be considered a mod" thread.  Should be obvious by now that you don't need to post in that thread in order to become a mod.  Dave never sanctioned that thread in the first place.  It was just BK on his own initiative trying to push along the brainstorming of ideas for who should get picked.

-Didn't know that. Can you expound more on the mod selection process? It seems very arbitrary to me. How does one actually become a mod here?

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All three have my approval, but that could change should they end up opposing my idea of creating "Hell Atlas." This would be a hidden subforum only viewable by banned posters. That way, the sockmasters would just take out their desire to troll on one another. We'd just need like one moderator to make sure nobody posts torture porn or something like that.

-Good idea.

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Go outside.

-What, you kidding me? This is Michigan, not Florida. Nice try.

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Well, since Eharding isn't a friend of democracy, i think the nick quite fitting.

-Didn't I explicitly say I support democratic election of mods? Read the long grievances post again.

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    Democratic election of moderators, much like democratic election of judges, is a terrible idea. The judiciary needs to be independent of popularity contests and the whims of public opinion.

-I support this in principle, but moderators serve an executive (and partially even a legislative) role here as well. Currently, the forum functions as an absolute monarchy. I would like to democratize it a bit.

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Go outside.

-What, you kidding me? This is Michigan, not Florida. Nice try.

The weather's been great.

-It was great early in the week, and it might be great tomorrow. But today was cloudy and chilly.

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Kalwejt, I know full well this site is the property of "Dave Leip". This is why I mentioned here my "grievances" regarding his "picks". I do not believe my description of grievances here was at all equivalent, or even close to "throw[ing] a hissy fit". As by TNVol's suggestion, I will email "Dave Leip" regarding my disagreements with his recent mod picks soon enough.

Secondly, my opposition to an excess of female mods on this forum is not a product of "mindless chauvinism", but simply of a desire of fair and equal representation of all demographics on this forum, and a desire to prevent the disproportionate supremacy of any one.

Necroposting isn't an offense, or if it is, I haven't seen it mentioned anywhere as such. Please list specifics, with quotes, for my supposed offences for #3, so I can know exactly what you are talking about, because as of now, I do not. I know for a fact that no posts of mine have been deleted since my remarks regarding contemporary perceptions of the Irish.

As for "moderators in the past that either went too far or made a series of poor decisions", ag was posting wishes of death to numerous forum posters and resigned only by his own will, not that of anyone else. The fact such extreme abuse was allowed to fester for so long is precisely why I am concerned about the recent mod picks.

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Go outside.

-What, you kidding me? This is Michigan, not Florida. Nice try.

I live in Chicago, where it was a beautiful 60° yesterday. I’m sure the weather was much the same in Michigan.

Anyway, not the point. You can go to a museum, go ice-skating, go get dinner, go see a play, go shopping, watch a basketball game, go bowling, whatever. There's a world of possible things to do that don't involve writing a thousand words about moderators on an internet forum.

-It was 40 degrees in MI yesterday, and was cloudy. I generally prefer sunny weather for any outdoor activities. I wrote my grievances post in less than half an hour, so you have no need to worry regarding if I am wasting any of my time.

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     Democratic election of moderators, much like democratic election of judges, is a terrible idea. The judiciary needs to be independent of popularity contests and the whims of public opinion.

-I support this in principle, but moderators serve an executive (and partially even a legislative) role here as well. Currently, the forum functions as an absolute monarchy. I would like to democratize it a bit.

     Kalwejt made the point already, but this is how the site owner wishes it to function. You could petition Dave, but I do not expect success in that regard. The only other thing to do with that is to go to another board, as many did when AAD was created. I would also like to comment on this:

Secondly, my opposition to an excess of female mods on this forum is not a product of "mindless chauvinism", but simply of a desire of fair and equal representation of all demographics on this forum, and a desire to prevent the disproportionate supremacy of any one.

     I prefer that the most qualified people get the positions, regardless of what their demographics may be. The idea that we should take these factors into account when selecting people and seek to ensure equal demographic representation is a position much more characteristic of liberals than it is of conservatives. You are certainly welcome to hold such views, but I found it notable.

-I do not care in the least bit about the equal demographic representation of physicists, chemists, janitors, or cooks. I do care deeply about it in cases of people having power over other people. I care about it especially in the case of the moderation of a forum meant by its owner to be moderated without bias. And there was nothing in the least bit "qualified" about Virginia that I could discern with any of my senses.

Nobody has approved my request on AAD, and I would like what I write to be visible to the general public, so they can judge its utility. Thus, I vastly prefer this forum as a medium to express my ideas about U.S. elections than AAD, even in the case I was approved on AAD (which I'm not).