[quote=ucodegen][quote Russell]
I believe you asked us to email complaints, maybe sdddude did this but his schoolyard bullying tactics against brian are, or were, on the threads.
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To be honest though, it was a case of bully against bully. “briansd1” tries(ed) to turn almost every discussion into a Democrat vs Republican mudthrowing contest.
sduuuude has been on this board far longer than briansd1 and we haven’t had that much of a problem with sdduuuude before. I suspect that he may have just had enough of briansd1 and ‘lost it’. I just prefer not to ‘feed the trolls’.

— tried because I am giving briansd1 the benefit of doubt on his ‘reformation’.

That said, I think briansd1 will have a problem resisting the temptation. I get the feeling he likes the attention that ‘stirring the pot’ gives him, almost at an OCD level.[/quote]

You make a lot of sense, ucodeng. I am not saying I don’t understand people’s disappointment with the partisan mudslinging . Usually it is a cooperative effort and Brian is outnumbered (admitting he more or less begs for it). I feel that talking of banning and nuking him has this slippery slope into conform or be cast out, clique territory.To their credit many of his adversaries are concerned about this.

More people should cooperate with Rich’s aims of eliminating the problem,as you do by not feeding trolls, before scapegoating an individual, even if he represents the worst in their minds. On the other hand, I think that as long as there is a free forum for discussing illegal immigration,distribution of wealth and these kinds of topics, and “nutty teabaggers”, kicking someone off won’t change the tendency for “red meat” throwing and nasty rebuttals, or various other kinds of hi-jacks to creep back in.