Namecalling is still inappropriate
November 3, 2006 6:59 AM Subscribe

"You know, the thing I really can't stand about queers is they're all Evangelicals like this guy or Republicans like Foley or both. As Amberglow will be the first to tell you, the more you deny it, the more that proves it true."
posted by prostyle to etiquette/policy at 6:59 AM (107 comments total)

Advertise here: Contact FM.

You're calling this out why? Do you actually believe that the comment was serious?
posted by Saucy Intruder at 7:03 AM on November 3, 2006

go back to bed, prostyle.
posted by rxrfrx at 7:03 AM on November 3, 2006

Yeah... I'm pretty certain that was a joke, there.
posted by Faint of Butt at 7:10 AM on November 3, 2006

OH GOD GIANT COCKS EVERYWHERE RAINING DOWN IN FUCK BUCKETS OH FUCK COCKS EVERYWHERE WHAT AM I GOING TO DO *SCHLUB-SCHLUB-SCHLUB*
posted by loquacious at 7:12 AM on November 3, 2006 [3 favorites]

Well, if that passes as humor I suppose I really need to get some fresh air. Delete at will.
posted by prostyle at 7:12 AM on November 3, 2006

"the more you deny it, the more that proves it true."

Anything you say can, and will be, turned against you in the kangaroo court of MeTa.
posted by blue_beetle at 7:15 AM on November 3, 2006

Humorous, sarcastic comments are killing MetaFilter.
posted by brain_drain at 7:16 AM on November 3, 2006 [2 favorites]

Maybe he's reclaiming "queer" for straight people. /joking
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 7:18 AM on November 3, 2006

somebody's slipped jfuller some opium, apparently.
posted by jonmc at 7:18 AM on November 3, 2006

Humorous, sarcastic comments are killing MetaFilter.

You don't really believe that, do you?
posted by chrismear at 7:19 AM on November 3, 2006

let's see:

"You know, the thing I really can't stand about niggers is they're all Evangelicals... As [insert name of black MeFi user here] will be the first to tell you, the more you deny it, the more that proves it true"

a barrel of laughs, really
posted by matteo at 7:25 AM on November 3, 2006

What we need here is less sincerity, less self-righteousness, and more cowbell.

Where them fucking gifs at? I'm warning you, I currently have the Treaty of Westphalia on my clipboard...
posted by Meatbomb at 7:26 AM on November 3, 2006

MetaFilter: Delete at will.
posted by fixedgear at 7:27 AM on November 3, 2006

(but then, homophobia is A-OK, it's "axe-grinding" and Richard Dawkins that really fuck our shit up)
posted by matteo at 7:28 AM on November 3, 2006

"You know, the thing I really can't stand about MeFites is they're all big fat comic book nerds like this guy or hipster hippy emo fags like cortex or both. As quonsar will be the first to tell you, the more you deny it, the more that proves it true."
posted by loquacious at 7:30 AM on November 3, 2006

'queer' isn't remotely analogous to 'nigger'.
posted by empath at 7:34 AM on November 3, 2006

Hey, I am not a hipster. That's just cold.
posted by cortex at 7:37 AM on November 3, 2006

Peace Treaty between the Holy Roman Emperor and the King of France and their respective Allies.

Fuck this shit. You're all damn lucky that I don't enjoy gagging on matt's monster cock, or you'd have this text up the yin yang.
posted by Meatbomb at 7:37 AM on November 3, 2006

I'm a big fat comic book hipster hippy emo fag nerd, loq. come over here and sit on my lap.
posted by carsonb at 7:38 AM on November 3, 2006

Absolutely right matteo; say, I know this great Chinese restaurant, why don't you join me for lunch and elaborate on your indignation?
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 7:38 AM on November 3, 2006

What in God's holy name are you all blathering about?!!

I watched Lebowski again last night. I couldn't help myself. carry on.
posted by jonmc at 7:44 AM on November 3, 2006

It was a lame attempt at funny, and certainly didn't need to be called out, but jfuller is missing the point: we've seen enough of these cases by now to see the pattern clearly. Pastabagel's comment about these folks having an "addict mentality" really makes sense in this case, but it's hardly the only time we've seen it.

Oh, and matteo, the nigger analogy is a bit overblown. MeFi's a place where homophobic members are free to spout anti-gay bigotry as part of the conversation; it's just the price of open discussion on this subject right now. Most of the queer folks here developed thick skins on that crap long ago; if they haven't, well, then MeFi's as good a place as any to learn.
posted by mediareport at 7:49 AM on November 3, 2006

'queer' isn't remotely analogous to 'nigger'

Depending on context, I'll have to respectfully disagree. Both are terms often used to dehumanize people (depending on context).
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 7:50 AM on November 3, 2006

If you need to be offended by a comment, try this one.

"You and I disagree, therefore you are a disgrace to the otherwise polite, well-reasoned and kind folks here at MetaFilter."
posted by leftcoastbob at 8:08 AM on November 3, 2006

brain_drain: "Humorous, sarcastic comments are killing MetaFilter."

Then Metafilter is one tough son-of-a-bitch.
posted by KevinSkomsvold at 8:17 AM on November 3, 2006

My heavens, it's vapors and thicker skins all around this morning. Look, it's simple: jfuller was clearly addressing amberglow's somewhat overstated, "the more they rant, the more they're hiding" formulation (I know, amberglow overstating something - it's a shocker). And fourcheesemac was clearly addressing bigoted comments from konolia. "You're a disgrace" is very much on par with "You're going to burn in hell forever for being gay." It's not pleasant, but it's well within the bounds of discussion here.
posted by mediareport at 8:18 AM on November 3, 2006

I knew that comment would bring rally the freak brigade. ;)

Hey, I am not a hipster. That's just cold.

Sorry, that was over the line. You can punch my junk at the next meetup. Just let me get a few beers in me first.

I'm a big fat comic book hipster hippy emo fag nerd, loq. come over here and sit on my lap.

Oh, I so totally would. Except you appear to be lacking a lap. ooooo ice burn!
posted by loquacious at 8:19 AM on November 3, 2006

I'd like to know, seriously, why anybody gives a fuck whether some Internet stranger thinks that you're going to Hell. Lots of people are getting pretty worked up about it, and I just don't understand why you'd care. What makes that comment so offensive?
posted by cribcage at 8:25 AM on November 3, 2006

Er, it's the actions that go with the comment that are offensive, cribcage. Do you really need this spelled out for you?
posted by mediareport at 8:32 AM on November 3, 2006

Where them fucking gifs at? I'm warning you, I currently have the Treaty of Westphalia on my clipboard...
posted by Meatbomb at 11:26 AM

Well, first we were told there was an obscure imminent threat we needed to be protected against. Then we were told the conditions temporarily didn't exist for us to enjoy that right.

I'm telling you, this whole thing is starting to sound like something I've heard somewhere else...
posted by micayetoca at 8:34 AM on November 3, 2006

I'm asking a question. Don't be a dick.

There are no "actions" in that thread. Just comments — two of which seemed to really offend folks: comparing homosexuality to pedophilia, and remarking that homosexuals will go to Hell. The first one, obviously, is offensive. But the second...I just don't understand why anyone would care.
posted by cribcage at 8:39 AM on November 3, 2006

Cribcage: The declaration in itself bothers me little. For the most superficial of starting points - in a trite Mark Twain-esque way - if there's some kind of heaven or hell, heaven sounds boring and hell sounds like a real good party.

However, it has always been extremely offensive to me to find any self-labelling Christian passing judgement. Especially the saved/unsaved, heaven/hell sorts of passing judgement. Attention Christians: As mere, flawed mortals (as per your own doctrines) you have neither the moral authority nor power to proclaim Judgement. This is a task reserved for God and numerous subdeities.

Such judgement is extremely hypocritical, disingenious and contrary to the real fundamentals of Christianity - but good luck breaking through the circular rationalizations and speaking that message that to certian Christians.

Of course Christianity has no monopoly on hypocrisy, and it would be naive of me to believe that there were any sacred cows (or soapboxes) which would be free from being leveraged as a bully pulpit.

But in an ideal world perhaps there should be.
posted by loquacious at 8:41 AM on November 3, 2006 [1 favorite]

Grr. Emphasis tag should close after "numerous subdeities."
posted by loquacious at 8:42 AM on November 3, 2006

cribcage got it--the only truly offensive thing in that thread is konolia's equation of us with pedophiles.

recent history shows my original comment to be absolutely true, and not the overstatement some think it is. There's a very very rapidly growing list of people who rant and rave (and preach and legislate) in public against the very "sinful, evil, threatening, immoral, etc" stuff they themselves are doing in secret.
posted by amberglow at 8:48 AM on November 3, 2006

There's a very very rapidly growing list of people who rant and rave (and preach and legislate) in public against the very "sinful, evil, threatening, immoral, etc" stuff they themselves are doing in secret.

(rant) Getting hot sex every day is sinful, evil and immoral! (/rant)
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 9:01 AM on November 3, 2006

...I think we may be at a point at which it would be easier to assume that all the most virulent gay marriage opponents and staunch family values conservatives are in the closet. Then we can get past all this ridiculous posturing and deal with their true issues. As it is they are all playing them out in destructive, sublimated fashion in politics and it's hurting a lot of people.

Come out. Join the Log Cabin Republicans or dress in drag, we don't care. Really. You'll feel better and a grateful nation will appreciate it. ...
posted by amberglow at 9:29 AM on November 3, 2006

There's a very very rapidly growing list of people who rant and rave (and preach and legislate) in public against the very "sinful, evil, threatening, immoral, etc" stuff they themselves are doing in secret.

You act like this is something new. It's not.

As someone who grew up in the Buckle of the Bible Belt, I think the list isn't any longer or shorter than it's always been. There will always be Swiss bank accounts. There will always be church secretaries. There will always be business trips to meetings that don't exist. There will always be a gay lover or prostitute.
posted by dw at 9:29 AM on November 3, 2006

I wish the konolia back-and-forth would just stop already. I'm looking at you, jonmc. Can't we just get back to reaming Haggard please?
posted by If I Had An Anus at 9:35 AM on November 3, 2006

There's a very very rapidly growing list of people who rant and rave (and preach and legislate) in public against the very "sinful, evil, threatening, immoral, etc" stuff they themselves are doing in secret.

You are so right, amberglow, but I'm starting to entertain a suspicion that these guys are having sex with other men because it's forbidden, not because they are gay.
posted by jamjam at 9:54 AM on November 3, 2006

"There's a very very rapidly growing list of people who rant and rave (and preach and legislate) in public against the very "sinful, evil, threatening, immoral, etc" stuff they themselves are doing in secret."

I wanna see this list.

"dw, what's different now is the influence and political power (and tax money) being used against millions of us. Of course it's always been--it hasn't always been that they meet with the WH once a week to coordinate."

God, are you hittin' the naive juice.
posted by klangklangston at 10:04 AM on November 3, 2006

Humorous, sarcastic comments are killing MetaFilter.

Humorous, sarcastic comments are why I read MetaFilter.
posted by timeistight at 10:07 AM on November 3, 2006

dw, what's different now is the influence and political power (and tax money) being used against millions of us. Of course it's always been--it hasn't always been that they meet with the WH once a week to coordinate.

Again, you act like this is something new, and it's not.

And everyone is getting used here -- Christians for their political base; gays for their scapegoatness.

If you really, truly think there's going to be a constitutional amendment banning abortion, teh gay, and whatever else is being railed against this week, then guess what -- the Dems are using you too.

The two party system is all about acquiring, maintaining, and expanding power. It has nothing to go with fair governance or reasonable rule of law unless doing so would benefit one party or the other.

Wake up and realize that you're just a demographic in the database of a party hack. It's what the evangelical movement is realizing, and it's why so many of them are staying home on Tuesday.
posted by dw at 10:15 AM on November 3, 2006

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posted by StrasbourgSecaucus at 10:30 AM on November 3, 2006

WORST ASCII BANNER EVER
posted by cortex at 10:35 AM on November 3, 2006

Yeah, but can you put single quotes around that?
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 10:37 AM on November 3, 2006

FAIL
posted by Rhomboid at 10:48 AM on November 3, 2006

Ech. What a shitty thread. What a shitty idea for a thread.

jess' deletion was spot-on. There's really no discussion there, only a mass of people happy to see a hypocritical religious person, and happy to be able to benefit politically from pain and suffering.

But this isn't really what I would've called out.
posted by koeselitz at 10:56 AM on November 3, 2006

only a mass of people happy to see a hypocritical religious person, and happy to be able to benefit politically from pain and suffering

So your contention is that every gay person who posted in that thread is just a partisan hack, is that correct?
posted by Armitage Shanks at 11:05 AM on November 3, 2006

koeselitz: From your comments in that thread it's pretty obvious you didn't like the topic because some hypocritical evangelical got busted. So you can drop the "no discussion there" bullshit, you're not fooling anyone.
posted by bob sarabia at 11:17 AM on November 3, 2006

Lotsa gays are closet evangelists, BTW.
posted by Mister_A at 11:41 AM on November 3, 2006

"Closets are fabulous! You simply must have more closets!"
posted by Armitage Shanks at 11:45 AM on November 3, 2006

Closet Haggard is watching you masturbate.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 11:51 AM on November 3, 2006

I continue to dream and imagine the world of the future where one day both homophobic evangelic preachers and all homosexuals eveywhere overcome their differences with their mutual love for Walker: Texas Ranger.
posted by Effigy2000 at 11:56 AM on November 3, 2006 [1 favorite]

So, what's with the "treaty of Westphalia" stuff? I've seen it come up a few times and I have no idea what that's about.

(due to IMG-tag-lessness, please imagine the picture of the bunny with a pancake on its head)
posted by clevershark at 12:11 PM on November 3, 2006

I know comparing queer people to pedo people is unfair, ok offensive, but would you let a nigger look after your kids?
posted by econous at 12:15 PM on November 3, 2006

So, what's with the "treaty of Westphalia" stuff? I've seen it come up a few times and I have no idea what that's about.

Well, the year was 1648, see, and a war-torn Europe was coming to grips the the necessity of ending the cycle of violence of what we now call the Thirty Years War. In Muenster—

What?
posted by cortex at 12:20 PM on November 3, 2006

So, what's with the "treaty of Westphalia" stuff? I've seen it come up a few times and I have no idea what that's about.

It's a a fledgling micro-meme I'm afraid I've started.

I post it in it's entirety in trainwreck threads instead of GIFS.
posted by sourwookie at 12:23 PM on November 3, 2006

i just like to say nigger pedo faggot. nigger pedo faggot!
posted by quonsar at 12:37 PM on November 3, 2006

Humorous, sarcastic comments are killing MetaFilter.

Humorous, sarcastic comments are why I read MetaFilter.

Humorous, sarcastic comments are the essence, the precious bodily fluid as it were. No HSC's, no Mefi.
posted by scheptech at 12:56 PM on November 3, 2006

I wanna see this list.
- Haggard
- Mark Foley
- Charlie Crist
- Larry Craig
- Ed Schrock
- Alex Arshinkoff (Ohio's Rove)
- many many staffers of the most homophobic hateful GOP Congressmen we have, in charge of policy and speechwriting, etc

And that's just the last 6 months alone. If I go back to 2000 there are dozens more people to add, especially the Bill Bennett types. I'd suggest you read BlogActive and go thru his archives too.
posted by amberglow at 1:11 PM on November 3, 2006

After this callout, I feel, a uh, a profound sense of fatigue... and a feeling of emptiness followed. Luckily I... I was able to interpret these feelings correctly. Loss of essence. I can assure you it has not recurred, Mandrake. MeFi uh... MeFi senses my power and they seek the life essence. I, uh... I do not avoid MeFi, Mandrake. But I... I do deny them my essence.
posted by absalom at 1:14 PM on November 3, 2006

Add Gannon to the list.
posted by rxrfrx at 1:42 PM on November 3, 2006

"Yes, essence of MeFing."

Wow, I'm seeing through all the bullshit now; the Mystics and Skeksis are really two halves of the same horribly voice-over-narrated creature. I'm not fucking kidding around people. This goes directly to the top, the puppet master himself.

[So confused. Better lie down for a minute.
posted by cog_nate at 2:24 PM on November 3, 2006

I continue to dream and imagine the world of the future where one day both homophobic evangelic preachers and all homosexuals eveywhere overcome their differences with their mutual love for Walker: Texas Ranger

"It's OK, Walker tolder me I have AIDS"

"But are you OK with burning in Hell forever, faggot?"
posted by Sparx at 3:06 PM on November 3, 2006

I continue to dream and imagine the world of the future where one day both homophobic evangelic preachers and all homosexuals eveywhere overcome their differences with their mutual love for Walker: Texas Ranger

I know you're kidding, but believe it or not, that is my dream.

*gazes longingly at back cover of War's Why Can't We Be Friends?*
posted by jonmc at 3:20 PM on November 3, 2006

Well, the year was 1648, see, and a war-torn Europe was coming to grips the the necessity of ending the cycle of violence of what we now call the Thirty Years War. In Muenster—

--, there was lots of cheese. Surely, if the starving armies of Europe ate enough of it, then they would be confined to their privies for a week and peace could slowly ooze out across the land to provide compost for better years. And without a doubt, reflected Hans Muenster, it would be a far, far better thing than a Diet of Worms.
posted by pyramid termite at 3:56 PM on November 3, 2006 [1 favorite]

"the Mystics and Skeksis"

cog_nate, I just bought that movie on DVD last night ad made my kids watch it. How odd that you should mention it today.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 4:11 PM on November 3, 2006

Humorous, sarcastic comments are why I read MetaFilter.

Are you being sarcastic?
posted by delmoi at 4:30 PM on November 3, 2006

mcd, yeah, awesome movie. I swear to Aughra there's a Yoda muppet in it in one of the shots of the Skeksis' slaves. You can't see the face, but the ears, hair and color of the head all look almost exactly like Yoda's.

Also, the line "words that stay" to describe writing. So cool.
posted by cog_nate at 4:36 PM on November 3, 2006

Are you being sarcastic?

Are you being humorous?
posted by econous at 4:40 PM on November 3, 2006

>>Humorous, sarcastic comments are why I read MetaFilter.

>Are you being sarcastic?

Yeah, I am. I really come here for the edifying and insightful political discourse.
posted by timeistight at 5:04 PM on November 3, 2006

Yeah, I am. I really come here for the edifying and insightful political discourse.

I thought you did.
posted by gsteff at 5:39 PM on November 3, 2006

Are you being sarcastic?

Dude, I don't even know anymore.
posted by fixedgear at 5:44 PM on November 3, 2006 [1 favorite]

I come here for all the in-depth coverage of the Treaty of Westphalia.

But I wish people would be a little less sarcastic about it.
posted by Meatbomb at 5:50 PM on November 3, 2006

meatbomb, with all due respect, the signatories to the treaty of westphalia would have been all happier with a decent philly cheesesteak sandwich
posted by pyramid termite at 5:57 PM on November 3, 2006

Pretty much everyone who is offended by some evangelical's "x is going to Hell" statement is someone who fears they are going to Hell. The more they deny it, the more it proves that it's true.
posted by Ethereal Bligh at 6:36 PM on November 3, 2006

i do not have a fish. in my pants.
posted by quonsar at 7:09 PM on November 3, 2006

I just saw you put two fish in your pants, you godless degenerate.
posted by loquacious at 7:42 PM on November 3, 2006

Godless, but not codless.
posted by brain_drain at 7:44 PM on November 3, 2006 [2 favorites]

Now that was a groaner. I bet you just said that for the halibut, you soleless carper.
posted by loquacious at 8:30 PM on November 3, 2006

I think punning destines one to Hell, although this could perhaps be the product of my own prejudice. Probably, I'm a repressed punner. I won't bother to deny it.
posted by Ethereal Bligh at 8:37 PM on November 3, 2006

this is not the time, nor the plaice, for fish puns, goddamnit.
posted by carsonb at 8:38 PM on November 3, 2006

oh, speaking of god-damning, the gays aren't going to hell....alone. everyone's invited!
posted by carsonb at 8:39 PM on November 3, 2006

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posted by Rhomboid at 8:40 PM on November 3, 2006

there just has to be a way to compromise a website's security via ASCII art.
posted by carsonb at 8:41 PM on November 3, 2006

I think the adverb is probably a security risk, as well.
posted by Ethereal Bligh at 8:50 PM on November 3, 2006

Come to think of it COMMA those punctuation characters look pretty sharp PERIOD Who knows what they could do if a little kid swallowed one QUESTION MARK What if a terrorist got hold of a suitcase full of dirty commas QUESTION MARK QUESTION MARK Maybe we should ban those too ELLIPSES
posted by Rhomboid at 9:01 PM on November 3, 2006

Will this ever leave my "My Comments" page?

706 total comments. 696 since your most recent comment, last 10 shown below...
posted by smackfu at 9:27 PM on November 3, 2006

the trainwreck that thread turned into was sort of what I was hoping to avoid when I removed a post about that story earlier in the day.
posted by jessamyn at 10:00 PM on November 3, 2006

but whose fault it is, the bad MeFi liberals or the good evangelists who hate on the gays but secretly love the cock?
posted by matteo at 1:28 AM on November 4, 2006 [1 favorite]

Mostly, it's yours. Anyone pig-stupid enough to think that this comment makes a valid point is almost certainly responsible for numerous second order dumbfuck-inducing effects. Your caustic mixture of disingenuous babble and righteous outrage drips from your asshole and melts through the walls between posts and the floors separating MetaFilter and MetaTalk, bringing matteo-shitstink to everyone and causing the occasional trainwreck. Assuming your question wasn't rhetorical.
posted by Ethereal Bligh at 3:19 AM on November 4, 2006 [2 favorites]

Ethereal, that kinda turned me on. I guess it is a life as a man of the cloth for me.
posted by maxwelton at 3:49 AM on November 4, 2006

matteo writes "but whose fault it is, the bad MeFi liberals or the good evangelists who hate on the gays but secretly love the cock?"

I'd say it's the fault of the fucking bigots.
posted by dirtynumbangelboy at 5:33 AM on November 4, 2006

Now Ethereal. I knew, I just knew I could depend on matteo. I would have been really disappointed.

> I'd say it's the fault of the fucking bigots.

dnab nails it. Liquidate the fuckers, POOF no more bigots.
posted by jfuller at 5:40 AM on November 4, 2006

What we need is less liquidation, more love.

Nobody's fault. Forgive. Move on.
posted by Meatbomb at 5:51 AM on November 4, 2006

Meatbomb, forgive me if I'm making an unwarranted assumption, but presuming you're straight, it's all very easy for you to say "forgive. Move on."

For those of us who are affected by these bigots, who have suffered because of them, who know people who have suffered, it's not so easy. Nor is it appropriate. No forgiveness for the people who try to make me and mine into second-class citizens. None.
posted by dirtynumbangelboy at 7:38 AM on November 4, 2006

Matteo? Disengenuous?

/MetaDisengenuousity
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 8:36 AM on November 4, 2006

POOF no more bigots.

POOF no more mankind.
posted by quonsar at 10:24 AM on November 4, 2006

For those of us who are affected by these bigots, who have suffered because of them, who know people who have suffered, it's not so easy. Nor is it appropriate. No forgiveness for the people who try to make me and mine into second-class citizens. None.

LET MY PEOPLE GO!

"no bah dee nos de trubbel ahs seed..."
posted by quonsar at 10:27 AM on November 4, 2006

I used to find you funny, quonsar. Now you're just tiresome.
posted by dirtynumbangelboy at 4:20 PM on November 4, 2006 [1 favorite]

I used to read your username as "dirtynumbbagelboy" for some reason. Not sure why. I had the same problem for a while with naxosaxur. I thought she was "naxosaur," like some kind of cyborg dinosaur.

I just thought everyone would like to know these things about me.
posted by brain_drain at 4:28 PM on November 4, 2006

I used to find you funny, quonsar. Now you're just tiresome. nah still funny, just funnier when it aint about you.
posted by econous at 4:42 PM on November 4, 2006

the trainwreck that thread turned into was sort of what I was hoping to avoid when I removed a post about that story earlier in the day.

Jess, the first deletion was understandable, not least because I suspected that nofundy's past history played a role in your thinking. But if you're really suggesting that you plan on deleting future gay issues news threads because of what you "hope" they don't become, then you've moved into a realm of moderation that I don't think you need to be moving into.
posted by mediareport at 4:54 PM on November 4, 2006

I used to find you tiresome, quonsar.
Now, you're just and funny.
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 8:55 PM on November 4, 2006

"But if you're really suggesting that you plan on deleting future gay issues news threads because of what you "hope" they don't become, then you've moved into a realm of moderation that I don't think you need to be moving into."

But if instead you're sufficiently confident in the reams of data gathered by past experiments with hot-button issues to predict the likely tenor and discussion, well, I think that only an idiot would argue that's unjustified.
posted by klangklangston at 5:44 AM on November 6, 2006

My point, klangklangston, was that preemptively banning all news stories about gay issues would be an insult to the gay members at MeFi. It is a bullshit solution; if a news post is worth keeping, it's worth keeping., whether it's about gay issues or not.
posted by mediareport at 9:38 AM on November 6, 2006

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