Opinion of Matthew27?

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Anyone who posts on StormFront (let alone a five-figure post count) is beyond help.

Very succinctly put.

I have to say that I disagree. My ideological past isn't exactly secret on here. I used to post on Stormfront (although, certainly nowhere near 10,000 posts and only for a brief period of time), so I certainly don't believe that simply because someone posts on Stormfront then they're beyond redemption. There are even former Aryan Nation, KKK, and other assorted White Supremacists who were quite committed to their ideology, including tattoos, rituals, and demonstrations of violence, who've been redeemed.

Whether or not Matthew27 can be is an interesting question and, without knowing him better, is impossible for anyone to truly answer. So, while I'm not in favor of him being immediately banned, I do believe he should be closely monitored and subject to more rigorous scrutiny by the moderators than ordinary posters.

He's not beyond redemption, no. But as of right now, he personally isn't worthy of a more favorable opinion in the forum at large. Only those who once held this ideology and have since repudiated it are really deserving of praise for coming to the side of rationality.
He has to take the first steps.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Anyone who posts on StormFront (let alone a five-figure post count) is beyond help.

Very succinctly put.

I have to say that I disagree. My ideological past isn't exactly secret on here. I used to post on Stormfront (although, certainly nowhere near 10,000 posts and only for a brief period of time), so I certainly don't believe that simply because someone posts on Stormfront then they're beyond redemption. There are even former Aryan Nation, KKK, and other assorted White Supremacists who were quite committed to their ideology, including tattoos, rituals, and demonstrations of violence, who've been redeemed.

Whether or not Matthew27 can be is an interesting question and, without knowing him better, is impossible for anyone to truly answer. So, while I'm not in favor of him being immediately banned, I do believe he should be closely monitored and subject to more rigorous scrutiny by the moderators than ordinary posters.

He's not beyond redemption, no. But as of right now, he personally isn't worthy of a more favorable opinion in the forum at large. Only those who once held this ideology and have since repudiated it are really deserving of praise for coming to the side of rationality.
He has to take the first steps.

But it's extremely clear he's not, nor ever about to in the foreseeable future.

Yeah. That's basically the crux of my point. He's not "beyond redemption" since that is absolute terminology that closes the door on him ever changing. But in the near future it's essentially an impossibility. And the corallory is that since no change was forthcoming, he shouldn't be seen more positively.