... but what’s really discouraging is seeing how many other users just immediately rush to the defense of the admins, kissing their nuts, and defending this obvious abuse of power. *** Every year around (((Super Bowl))) time, I watch as millions of people descend into a demoralized state of being, level of consciousness etc ... in their minds, it’s perfectly okay for referees to make bad calls *favoring* their team, but they absolutely lose their shit when when it works *against* them. See, normies don’t *care* whether the game is being played well or fairly according to the rules; they only care that their team wins - to *hell* with the rules! *** What’s cool about a legitimate free-speech site, is that it’s devoted to a *level playing field* - where competing ideas can duke it out on their own merits. In that way, objective truth can be arrived at. Obviously, great care must be taken to ensure that the system not be completely subverted. But that’s not what I saw. I saw Partisans siding with the admins, making every excuse for them, on the basis that “we’ve seen how pointless free speech is!!” Which is *obvious* demoralization. You all have been demoralized. *** I’m not really interested in arguing about this: if it’s not against you, personally, you probably won’t give a shit. Until it’s *your* turn. I’ve watched as a bunch of otherwise “good” active posters decided to fling other “good” posters to the wolves. No interest in trying to understand whether the admins’ decisions were good, or just. Name-calling and shit-flinging. No attempt to find truth. There’s absolutely no way a place like this can possibly remain usefully objective for very long. Admins will just ban whomever they don’t like, for whatever reason, without explanation - and it will simply be their personal political party. I’m sure many of you will be perfectly okay with that. But it’s not what I’m here for. I’m here for the Truth. I sure as hell won’t be pinging anyone involved.