The absurd "weka" wades in yet again and ruins another discussion.
Posted by Morrissey on February 4, 2024, 2:51 am
Dennis Frank 4.2 4 February 2024 at 10:27 am In October an election was held in which the major rightwing party (National) did not reveal its true policy intentions
The notion that a political party ought to reveal future intentions seems to be embedded within the psyche of the author. Such moral finger-wagging is presumably being recycled from an earlier epoch of history since I've been observing politics for approx 6 decades and I've never seen any evidence of conformity to the proposition.
It would be helpful if the author could specify when in history this actually happened, to validate his thesis. Otherwise readers are likely to see it as a sign of dementia.
Reply Anne 4.2.1 4 February 2024 at 10:37 am "sign of dementia"? A bit of of projection going on there.
Reply weka 4.2.1.1 4 February 2024 at 10:44 am if I see you making that kind of comment again, I will ban you. To make it clear:
don't harass other commenters don't do subtle gaslighting about other commenter's mental health. do respond to political arguments instead, with your own thinking Reply
Anne 4.2.1.1.1 4 February 2024 at 11:25 am Sorry if you have taken offence, but that was a tongue-in-cheek reversal of a word D Frank used against another person and is clearly untrue. D Frank can bombard this site with thinly disguised smears about others with impunity.
[the only offence taken here is you wasting my goddam moderator time. Again. Up to you whether you want to learn here or not. My original mod note stands, Im sick of explaining it to you weka]
Reply Jilly Bee 4.2.1.1.1.1 4 February 2024 at 11:31 am yes
Reply weka 4 February 2024 at 11:52 am if you don't like something another commenter says, then say so clearly and explain what the problem is. This is helpful to moderators and the community. Flamming[sic]another commenter is really unhelpful and just builds up ill will over time.
Reply Jilly Bee 4 February 2024 at 12:26 pm Sorry Weka, but I'm out of here for the duration, I thought Anne's comment was as usual very thoughtful and made a good point about our fellow traveller Dennis Frank's 'thinly disguised smears about others with impunity'. It's been a worthwhile journey hearing what other left leaning commenter publish here, but so as to not earn a life time ban from you, I'm not going to partake for a long while, if ever again.
Reply weka 4 February 2024 at 12:40 pm You're not even close to being on my moderator radar Jilly, I have no idea why you think you might get banned.
Anne on the other hand has a history and pattern of behaviour that is a problem. Short sharp bans have long been used in this way on TS.
From a moderator's pov, if commenters don't like a specific commenter and they choose to harass that commenter instead of explaining what the issues are, it just creates a bad atmosphere and more work for the mods.
So like I said, anyone can point out the problems with people's commenting style, and this is helpful for moderation as well as the community.
Reply mary_a 4 February 2024 at 1:30 pm Sorry to see you take leave Jilly Bee. I have found your comments relevant, thought provoking and highly constructive, as are Anne's.
Both you and Anne in IMHO, have always had a great deal to offer from those of us of the senior left perspective, as does Patricia Bremner. You will be missed.
Kia Kaha my friend.
Reply Anne 4 February 2024 at 12:37 pm Thank you Jilly Bee for your support. I will miss your equally thoughtful responses to those commenters who use this site for mischievous ends.
Reply weka 4.2.1.1.1.2 4 February 2024 at 11:51 am mod note.
More high-handed, lamebrained behaviour from weka...
[off you go, 3 day ban. I have zero interest in another round of bullshit from you Morrissey, over what constitutes evidence in political debate. Im also not going to let someone run rape apology lines at this time. My suggestion when you get back is to address the points and make political arguments, work within the culture of TS around claims and back up, and dont do all the slurs, because I am over it weka] https://morrisseybreen.blogspot.com/2020/04/kim-hill-slurred-james-k-baxter-at-end.html