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No but at the same time, 'hard work' is still better than 'no work' - which from what I'm reading here seems to be the way when it comes to moderation on the site.

If Beasty were to quit this instant, what then? Doesn't seem to be a queue of people lining up to take his place?

If Beasty were to quit this instant, what then? Doesn't seem to be a queue of people lining up to take his place?

Good question.

A more pertinent question though would be how did it get to the point that there is a complete reliance on one person.

It's either by design or apathy.

Neither are great TBF.

I was warned for calling Trump the rapist a rapist.

there was indeed evidence. That you cannot even get that right about the case calls into question all your other claims about it. Falso in uno falsus in omnibus.

The only missing evidence was Trump’s DNA: Trump spent years fighting his DNA being submitted as evidence. Then when the court exhausted the time to move on, and reach a conclusion (which ended poorly for Trump, because you know, of the rape) he tried to feign demanding to have his DNA submitted into evidence as yet a new delay tactic.

Clearly, Trump knows whose semen is on the dress. And clearly he raped her as a jury determined even though they aren’t certain whether it was a penis or a finger that he inserted into her vagina. We don’t have any posters from New York, by all of our understandings of what rape is in our jurisdictions (both Irish and the rest of the U.S.) this was rape.

the efforts to white wash that a presidential candidate raped a woman is evidence enough of why it shouldn’t be barred from discussing.

Having a tiny number of admins and no one else is essentially creating a dictatorship in specific fora though, even with the best will in the world, 1 person with no oversight is going to result in a biased scenario.

I'm going to completely deny that I post anything like, "Donald Trump is a rapist" or "Trump the Rapist" to intentionally be provocative or to enflame pro-Trump posters.

I do it, because

A) in this infinite universe of infinite chance there is a remote chance that if it is repeated enough times, maybe, maybe the penny will drop that Trump is not actually a good guy, but he is in fact, scum of the Earth and yes, a rapist;

B) That his supporters apparently do need reminding that they are supporting a sex attacker at best, rapist at worst (as seen a few posts back)

C) that rape should not be brushed under the carpet, normalised or censored. We have had enough of that BS in this country over the years and I do find it hard to believe that boards bans us from stating facts, lest it upsets the supporters of a rapist.

Look, if there wasn't a judgement against him, fine. No one talks about all the other attacks he's allegedly involved in after all. And there are many, the youngest being a 13 year old girl. But the fact is, there was a judgement against him. The judge said it was fine to call him a rapist and that should be that.

So no, I don't call him a rapist to wind people up. I call him a rapist because he is one.

I do think this really a bit unfair and a bit over the top.

I had dealings with Beasty and I wasn't really a fan, he gave me a recent 0 point warning and encouraged me to improve my posting which was fair.

If the arguing in this thread is anything to go by then I can only imagine the amount of reports that Beasty has to look at when he logs online.

He is I am assuming not a robot and is human and will have good days and bad days and get things wrong, he is obviously too overworked.

Big Bag of Chips in the last feedback thread was passionate and engaged and is being piled on and the last few posts are like someone broken.

The lads need help and boards needs to try recruit new mods for CA.

You could say the same about 90% of the content in that thread… so unless you think all it applies to all that other content there is no case for that argument, especially the "wind up" element. Trump is a rapist, statement of fact, backed by court ruling… if that reality winds people up, that is on them and it is absurd to suggest otherwise.

Phrasing it as say 'rapey Don' is a different matter, and the derogatory nickname ground rule makes sense to me.

If you're looking for something that is often posted that is posted purely to wind posters up, I give you...

"TDS" or "Trump Derangement Syndrome"

The most tedious insult, which is still not forbidden unlike the accurate, "Trump the rapist".

Simply put (not that it matters a jot btw) i dont believe you. The intent is clear imo and no amount of conjecture will change that however, I want to stress my post wasn't about trump or you / anyone else specifically, it was about the overall tonal shift across the world and boards. Reasonable debate has largely fallen by the wayside (funnily enough, driven largely by trump and his ilk). If people were able to engage without having to resort to needling the world / boards would be a better place.

And just so there are no ambiguities, I believe trump is one of the biggest pieces of crap on the planet and he should be in jail, never mind running for office.

Imo the slide began when someone kicked off about the prison forum and the site bowed to the vocal minority. It used to be one of the most entertaining places on the site where the dicks were treated with the contempt they deserved.

I don't think anyone who watched her on Anderson Cooper could come to the assumption you did. Why didn't she file a criminal complaint, why wait so long. Why act like she won the lotto, wasn't she spending the money on dogs and holidays not sexual assault victims. The only victim was Trump from another grifter is my take on it.

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IMHO, mods should be paid employees, not posters and definitely not actively posting on threads they also moderate.

On the last feedback thread posters were advised that if we thought something needed immediate mod attention, that we shouldn't hesitate to PM the mods / admins, as well as flag a report, in case it wasn't seen.

I did this recently, and I promise I am not exaggerating when I say I got the head bitten off me for doing so, with a lecture on how I shouldn't expect mods to be "on call" and how they have lives too.

I understand mods are volunteers and have busy lives too. But if they don't have time to commit to the role, maybe they should honestly reconsider if they should be doing it.