Do you want Dazzleman to Return?

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Oh, and my answer is yes. I hardly ever agreed with him and sometimes he would say things that would irritate me a great deal... but he was capable of putting forward arguments in an intelligent way (when he wanted to).

Regardless, this place could do with some more balance, politically; the quality of debate as regards American politics has collapsed of late.

[AkSaber]

Come back to us, dude. 

Hear hear!!!!

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This forum is perhaps the only one on the interwebs where members hold debates over whether or not a forty-something former member was sexually attracted to two neo-nazi teenagers.

Maybe, but on other forums I've seen stranger.

I also just learned today that apparently Ron Paul has become cool among "scene" people as well. Not that I'm surprised, I've seen more Ron Paul 2008 buttons around campus than for any other candidate.

I'm guessing if daddy wasn't so generous with these kid's tuition money, Ron Paul would be doing a lot worse.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

This forum is perhaps the only one on the interwebs where members hold debates over whether or not a forty-something former member was sexually attracted to two neo-nazi teenagers.

Maybe, but on other forums I've seen stranger.

I also just learned today that apparently Ron Paul has become cool among "scene" people as well. Not that I'm surprised, I've seen more Ron Paul 2008 buttons around campus than for any other candidate.

I'm guessing if daddy wasn't so generous with these kid's tuition money, Ron Paul would be doing a lot worse.

Or most such people don't know anything about Ron Paul besides his positions on Iraq, the War on Drugs and his current bandwagon support.

[Nym90]

Oh, and my answer is yes. I hardly ever agreed with him and sometimes he would say things that would irritate me a great deal... but he was capable of putting forward arguments in an intelligent way (when he wanted to).

Regardless, this place could do with some more balance, politically; the quality of debate as regards American politics has collapsed of late.

Agreed wholeheartedly. On a personal level he was very nice and civil.  He helped me a tremendous amount emotionally when I was going through my divorce.

He was and is a great guy. Obviously we don't see eye to eye politically at all, but I can see why he views the world the way he does given his upbringing and experiences, and I think he felt the same towards me.

[Democratic Hawk]

Yes

[Platypus]

Absolutely!

[Gustaf]

To be perfectly honest, I'm kind of ambivalent.  Sure, dazzleman tended to be cordial, but he was also one of the most unreasonable persons I'd ever met.  Every single time I tried to note that I was personally part of the group he was claiming to know everything about, he'd just say something dumb like "oh, well you don't count" or "well, you're not that liberal" or my personal favorite, "it's just a generalization, don't take it so seriously".  Drove me up the wall like nobody's business.  It was like hitting my head against a brick wall, and was about as painful.

You cannot seriously claim that he was MORE unreasonable than the average forum member? He was a nice person and one of the few people towards the end who would take the trouble of bringing forward coherent arguments and honest positions, rather than dumbass one-liners or tired hackery. Most of the people in this thread not wanting him back are way below him in posting quality. He had an irrational hostility toward liberals, but most people on this forum has at least one irrational hatred. It isn't much of a reason to want someone removed. What I find especially amusing about the so-called peadophilia is that this is coming from people who have no problem with/worships Opebo and otherwise have shown nothing in the way of good taste, common decency and non-disturbed behvaiour.

[Cubby]

Yes!

I miss him. We didn't agree on anything but he was very nice, and he could form a coherent arguement, which is a talent that we need around here. Also, like Al said, we need more Republicans around here.

Sometimes when I see AndrewCT's posts, I think its Dazzleman.

Glad to hear that Captain Vlad is gone. He lost a lot of credibility after his sudden conversion from Independent to hardcore right winger.

[Joe Republic]

Glad to hear that Captain Vlad is gone. He lost a lot of credibility after his sudden conversion from Independent to hardcore right winger.

That guy shot around the political compass like a pinball, and yet he never got anywhere near as much flak as people like Josh22 do.

[Cubby]

Glad to hear that Captain Vlad is gone. He lost a lot of credibility after his sudden conversion from Independent to hardcore right winger.

That guy shot around the political compass like a pinball, and yet he never got anywhere near as much flak as people like Josh22 do.

I had much more of a problem with Vlad than I do with Josh. I just never liked the guy, maybe it was his whole "vampire" persona.

[ilikeverin]

Oh, and my answer is yes. I hardly ever agreed with him and sometimes he would say things that would irritate me a great deal... but he was capable of putting forward arguments in an intelligent way (when he wanted to).

Regardless, this place could do with some more balance, politically; the quality of debate as regards American politics has collapsed of late.

See above.

[NDN]

Well, Id prefer if he stayed out of serious political commentary, as he is nothing but pathetic as far as politics, but he wasnt a terrible guy otherwise, as Joe said. Still, he was pretty crazy. Id rather not have him back, but wouldnt support working to keep him away if he tried to return.

Judging from the posts I've seen, I'm going to have to second that.

[nclib]

Dazzleman certainly had his flaws (overgeneralizations of liberals, feminists, etc.), but he did contribute well to the forum.

BTW, doesn't it seem like dazzleman and MarkDel had a lot of common traits (I'm not saying they're the same person because they aren't). For example, both had a hatred of liberals/Democrats, yet neither was ultra-right wing.

[jokerman]

Regardless, this place could do with some more balance, politically; the quality of debate as regards American politics has collapsed of late.

Aye.  Good policy debates in particular have become rare.

[HardRCafé]

Glad to hear that Captain Vlad is gone. He lost a lot of credibility after his sudden conversion from Independent to hardcore right winger.

That guy shot around the political compass like a pinball, and yet he never got anywhere near as much flak as people like Josh22 do.

As I recall, "that guy" was able to express himself coherently.  He also had only one sudden conversion instead of twenty or thirty.

[jokerman]

Glad to hear that Captain Vlad is gone. He lost a lot of credibility after his sudden conversion from Independent to hardcore right winger.

That guy shot around the political compass like a pinball, and yet he never got anywhere near as much flak as people like Josh22 do.

As I recall, "that guy" was able to express himself coherently.  He also had only one sudden conversion instead of twenty or thirty.

He expressed himself coherently, but usually whenever you punctured through the rhetoric his posts were full of bullsh**t.  Also, it was not one sudden conversion, he darted to every side of the compass at least once.

[HardRCafé]

I'm not endorsing him for anything, but even if he tried every party once, that's still better than trying every party ten times and every time making a big announcement about it; that's just sad.

[Rob]

He also had only one sudden conversion instead of twenty or thirty.

I guess you don't remember Ferdinand.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

He went from a libertarian-leaning independent to a populist-leaning Democrat back to a libertarian-leaning independent to a liberal Democrat to a libertarian-conservative Republican to a Green. So he has more than one conversion.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

Still YES!

[Eraserhead]

He went from a libertarian-leaning independent to a populist-leaning Democrat back to a libertarian-leaning independent to a liberal Democrat to a libertarian-conservative Republican to a Green. So he has more than one conversion.

Are you writing a report on the guy?

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

He went from a libertarian-leaning independent to a populist-leaning Democrat back to a libertarian-leaning independent to a liberal Democrat to a libertarian-conservative Republican to a Green. So he has more than one conversion.

Are you writing a report on the guy?

I have a mild form of this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eidetic_memory

That's also why I'm able to bring up specific posts and comments other posters have made far in the past.

[AndrewTX]

...stalker..

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

If I was a stalker I would've kept a screenshot of dazzleman's pedophiliac comments as requested earlier in this thread. Anyway I was talking about Vlad, not dazzleman there.