Like I said, sorry for the sarcasm, this doesn't target just you (or even primarily you), but as this situation repeats, the problem might not be just on one side, is all I'm saying.
Seriously, what happened here that requires moderator action? Please spell it out for me, apparently I'm too stupid to see it.
I know I'm not allowed to use the word "
circlejerk", but whatever other description we find, it can
subjectively (!!!) feel almost like bullying, sometimes. Remember that people who are in the minority in the present moment
will get more defensive, sharp and radical and so on, even unhinged when this continues. I did get my warning for deciding to jump into the fray to defend
Azas, who may be extremely annoying even to me sometimes (sorry, mate, you know it's true), but I felt he was being unfairly ganged upon by common members
and mods combined, with my lid blowing off after he was compared to
Putin for his trouble.
I'm not saying you did anything wrong this time; I
do think this could have been prevented (I had literally thought about messaging
@Sheriff_of_Huddersfield just to tell him of the ignore button and suggest to use it, which might have been enough), but I feel there could be done more to broaden the opinion spectrum a bit and to not repel people of different views and opinions unnecessarily.
Also, like I said, I also don't agree with
Sheriff's reactions in the last few pages and I'm not exonerating him from being erratic, overly-defensive and way too
touchy.
My biggest suggestion regarding the mods would be - mods, as people who have authority on the forum and do emanate it and who can't be blocked (and honestly, disagreeing with a mod doesn't feel good just in general), should IMHO try to be as much apolitical as possible, especially in controversial topics/threads and not take sides unless it's absolutely necessary. It really does make a subjective difference.
Or have more mods from different parts of the political/societal/geographical spectrum, so that the "official" stance is more dispersed and that people coming from elsewhere feel more "backed", kinda.
(I'm not saying the forum is badly moderated or that the mods are bad, btw, it's just a friendly suggestion or a mere food for thought.)
And we
all should go outside and touch some grass, to be perfectly honest.