Places where tactics work, and places where they don't .. Archived Message
Posted by Shyaku on May 3, 2019, 12:59 pm, in reply to "How the board is moderated, and by whom, isn't a personal petty squabble. Nor is banning. If it"
The rather brooding tactic of trying to coerce, or browbeat people to either self-censor or support certain views (often unrelated to the general flow of discussion) on the basis of the anticipated unbearable heat of 'discreditation', ie that quotes from days, weeks, or even months ago will be dredged up repeatedly, taken out of context and twisted around may be highly effective if you own or control a media organ like a newspaper or TV channel. But, surprise, surprise, if you keep doing it on a messageboard with a bunch of anonymous's, and if you are the polemicist, sooner or later, you may find that you yourself will be dealt with democratically. It seems rather obvious. I guess maybe If one wanted to speak in Walter's favor one could maybe say that, for whatever reason, he cared enough about what people here think to very persistently try to modify it :-) Which provided some episodes of very fine entertainment. And if he returns at some point, I am sure I'll never hear the end of what I wrote above, or bits extracted from it, but I can't say I much care :-) I feel grateful for this board and the way it is run - and for the ability to express this gratitude without the concern that someone will simply try to 'neutralize' my view simply because it is not theirs.
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