Opinion of Oakvale

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

Usually he's excellent and we need those who are not shy to call out the BS.

I basically agree with Antonio that he should try not to go overboard and, therefore, lower the quality of his posting.

Still, a very smart and knowledgeable poster. FF. Calling him a cyberbully or a hack is a nonsense.

[dead0man]

He pisses off the right people, so easy FF.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

A little annoying as of late, but he makes up for it by annoying the right people, as Dead0man pointed out.

[traininthedistance]

This wasn't written towards Oakvale, but I think it applies to him more than anyone else on the forum:

A little more honey and a little less vinegar.

Seriously, I used to be a fan of his posts, but all I see these days is one-note snark and contrarianism, without much if any constructive ideas to balance it out.  And while I do find that the targets of his ire are, most of the time, worthy targets of ire... it's just all too Ahab-like, y'know?  

This will probably be met with charges of "whatever, you sensitive weenie softcock", and it's a charge that has more than a little merit.  But... I dunno, if you're so sick of political discussion that all you have left is piss and vinegar, I guess I just don't see the point.

[Simfan34]

A very smart and witty guy who knows when and how to call bullsh*t on other people's rants and whose opinions are generally sound. It's really a shame he now seems to do exactly what he was so good at mocking: make silly posts for the sake of being "edgy". He's starting to get annoying in the exact same way Snowstalker is.

This. Especially with the strange Moderate Hero turns like the defense of Reagan.

I think it is called "not being a leftist".

[Sopranos Republican]

Massive FF, a true hero. Never leave us.

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

Just to clear this up...

What's this you two have going on lately?  I guess it must be an Irish thing.

As to the poll question, the answer is yes.

[Oakvale]

I know it's louche to comment in your own Opinion Of thread but...

Awful cyberbully

[SWE]

I know it's louche to comment in your own Opinion Of thread but...

Awful cyberbully

It was a reference to Obamanation's idiotic claim you were a cyberbully

[Oakvale]

I know it's louche to comment in your own Opinion Of thread but...

Awful cyberbully

It was a reference to Obamanation's idiotic claim you were a cyberbully

Oh of course. My apologies.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

maybe a bit too much of Atlas's Armond White, but a force for good in the forum.

[Oswald Acted Alone, You Kook]

Idiotic? I'm sure he qualifies along with his fellow ban-happy forumite Gully.

[Napoleon]

FF but I don't like that he wants to ban everyone.

[Oakvale]

For the record, people I'd like to see banned: NewYorkExpress, Obamanation, DevotedDemocrat. It's not a long list.

[Fmr President & Senator Polnut]

FF but I don't like that he wants to ban everyone.

It's 99% tongue-in cheek. Without those people, he'd be like the Joker without Batman.

[Napoleon]

FF but I don't like that he wants to ban everyone.

It's 99% tongue-in cheek. Without those people, he'd be like the Joker without Batman.

What about opebo?

[Fmr President & Senator Polnut]

FF but I don't like that he wants to ban everyone.

It's 99% tongue-in cheek. Without those people, he'd be like the Joker without Batman.

What about opebo?

Well... I don't think favouring banning opebo makes you a ban-for-no-reason kill-joy.

[Oswald Acted Alone, You Kook]

For the record, people I'd like to see banned: NewYorkExpress, Obamanation, DevotedDemocrat. It's not a long list.

One of these things is not like the others.

[Oakvale]

For the record, people I'd like to see banned: NewYorkExpress, Obamanation, DevotedDemocrat. It's not a long list.

One of these things is not like the others.

I agree that DevotedDemocrat seems not to be actively malicious in the way that you and NYE are but he's still a pest.

[Marokai Backbeat]

He's a poster that I've generally viewed as a great contributor to the forum and a very smart dude, but I agree with Antonio and traininthedistance in that I don't really see a lot of positive contribution to the forum at large lately and that's a bummer, because there's a lot of older Oakvale posts that I hold in high regard and I miss his "effortposting" and some of his older sincerity.

I've seen a lot of people get swept away by this place in pretty harsh ways. I don't want to call it getting "corrupted" by the forum or something silly like that, but it's definitely possible to get a little too close to the flame. Some people have been driven to no-joke nervous breakdowns and even when Duke jokingly says that Atlasia "drove him to drinking too much" I know there's a little tiny kernel of truth to it that's kind of depressing.

Atlas is just a forum. It can be a good and insightful forum where a lot of fascinating and no-nonsense discussion takes place, and it can breed a very close community that has formed all kinds of bonds in a way most discussion sites never do, and it's valuable for all those things, but it's just a forum. If it really grates on you that much, take time away from it and its (at times incredibly taxing) culture. Try not to become the thing that you rightfully hate.