Free speech now restricted to approved threads

[Palin Rider]

If you don't already know this, you should.

You might log on to DP one day and find, instead of seeing a thread you've been responding to, a blank screen with nothing but the vBulletin message "You have been removed from this discussion."

This isn't mentioned anywhere in the rules, but it can be done. It has been done. Free speech is dead here.

[Noir]

Lawl, melodramatic much?

[jimnyc]

If you don't already know this, you should.

You might log on to DP one day and find, instead of seeing a thread you've been responding to, a blank screen with nothing but the vBulletin message "You have been removed from this discussion."

This isn't mentioned anywhere in the rules, but it can be done. It has been done. Free speech is dead here.

http://www.debatepolicy.com/showthread.php?5370-Ban-user-from-thread

This has been in effect since 2007. If you TROLL in threads like you do, and simply enter them to start trouble, it's much easier to remove a member from a thread than banning them from the entire board - like you're finding out right now. It's not in the rules because it's not a "rule" - asswipe. It's an option that I thought member would have thought fairer than removing them entirely. While members do have "free speech" - that doesn't give them the right to roam around the board and act like an asshole.

And lastly, I know YOU have your own board. Your rules are about 70x the length as here and you outright ban any type of uncivil conversations. In other words, you're not only a troll, you're a fucking hypocrite. Have fun at your own board with its 150 posts and no members for the next week.

[jimnyc]

A snippet of the rules at the dumbass's board, to show his hypocrisy:


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Do not declare victory in a debate with another member. Let the rest of the membership decide for themselves, individually, who made the better case.

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[jimnyc]

And what was it she complained about?


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The rules listed here cover the most common disruptive or inappropriate postings, but they are not a complete list. We reserve the right to remove any post that we consider disruptive or inappropriate, even if that post is not specifically forbidden by these rules.