[quote=“Chaon”][quote=“Chewycorns”]
But comments equating Bush with Nazis (and the associated racial connotations) count as valid opinions? If you’re going to ban someone for two weeks for calling Obama a mulatto (the etymology of which is based on a harmless Arabic word meaning outsider) shouldn’t you also ban someone for two weeks for calling Bush a Nazi (and the associated racial connotations that are associated with that label)? [/quote]
Chewy is on target here. If you are serious about keeping the discussion civil, ban for both. Or even better, just delete the posts. No Temp, no Flame, just kill 'em.
And since I have not stood on this particular soapbox in a year or so, let me say that if’in I was moderator of I.P., I’d have deleted these threads as soon as they went up:
Good Example of Why American-Style Capitalism is Bad
Texas GOP Platform…rightwingers, please defend it.
Dem Sen. Ted Kennedy’s KGB Correspondence
More Self-Loathing Hypocritical Blowhardery from the Right
Israel as a state headed for fascism
Republicans Need Cuckoo part II
Why the Left is Better
These titles are crap, and none of them are conducive to a serious exchange of ideas.[/quote]
But it’s the closest thing we have to a Men’s Forum! (No offense to Cars and Motorcycles or Sports fans.)
Here’s the latest: