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The same could be argued about more than a few who have returned from purgatory.
Betty Karlson
Mar 2016
#16
Those MIRT members that planned off-site to get members hidden here should have been PPR'd
polly7
Mar 2016
#28
"I'd love to turn Bonobo or cali into the quivering little chickenshits they are."
Scootaloo
Mar 2016
#32
I have to admit, I have complete contempt for those people and always will after seeing their
polly7
Mar 2016
#35
As far as I know, Skinner has never banned anyone for what they said off site.
Amimnoch
Mar 2016
#166
No, folks allowed back under the new rules were alert-stalked into time outs. Mannie was banned.
SunSeeker
Mar 2016
#48
He was PPRed. There's no coming back unless he personally pleas his case with Skinner.
MohRokTah
Mar 2016
#12
Well, he was a Clinton supporter, so I guess a PPR was too much to ask even then.
Betty Karlson
Mar 2016
#19
Arbitrary rules that are oft allowed to be defied on personal bias is no way to run a kingdom
Scootaloo
Mar 2016
#86
I'd prefer a community with stable, predictable standards of conduct from all sides
Scootaloo
Mar 2016
#109
Yes, they too, of course. Manny was just the first name that came to my mind.
Betty Karlson
Mar 2016
#27
At the time, it was (and still is) uncertain Clinton would be that candidate/ nominee
Betty Karlson
Mar 2016
#87
It is only permitted if the poster leaves the door open about changing his mind.
pnwmom
Mar 2016
#150
You know, you could take it up with Skinner in ATA. That's what it's for. I get that you're trying
Tarheel_Dem
Mar 2016
#106
This is a website promoting the Democratic party owned by an individual. It is not a Democracy.n/t
pnwmom
Mar 2016
#149
Don't like the rules? Change forums! Arbitrary after 10~ years of disruption?
Surya Gayatri
Mar 2016
#127
Actually, I have Horace's collected works on the bookshelf: one very think volume.
Betty Karlson
Mar 2016
#142
Let me repeat once more: the rule is clear, the violation was NOT at all clear:
Betty Karlson
Mar 2016
#135
Manny is a racist. He was rightfully banned for his racist, and otherwise trolling. nt
msanthrope
Mar 2016
#160
Black posters were on the receiving end of that 'advocacy.' Targeted, alert stalked, etc. You
msanthrope
Mar 2016
#169
No argument at all there, and Bravenak is one of my most favorite people on this board!
Amimnoch
Mar 2016
#170
In order to expect that you'd have to think the rule changes were about fairness and inclusivity
aikoaiko
Mar 2016
#161
His ban was for something other than violating the "rules" covered in yesterday's OP by Skinner.
George II
Mar 2016
#162