whp.blue said:
My moral views and standards on this are shaped by the Code of Conduct and direction Ric gives us. There's a big difference between saying you're a fascist and personal digs at somebody for receiving benefits.
Again, I don't mind arguing this with you if you want but the "line in the sand" on insulting stuff is in the specific. You can call anybody a **** because it's a generic insult; I mean, if somebody is actually bothered by it and reports it then you might get sanctioned and mods will generally act on it if they are reading a thread and see it but sometimes people can get away with it. If you call somebody an Hun **** who is known to be Irish then you'll always get sanctioned.
As said earlier, this isn't rocket science. Lose your temper all you like but don't cross that line into the personal and things are generally fine. When you move it into the specific and personally, we have absolutely no choice but to act on it. The blatant truth is that if kas was a known left wing poster then I would have temp banned him already. The only reason he got a warning in the thread is because I couldn't be arsed with the inevitable tide of shit that would come my way from the right wing element on here who would call it a political banning despite being nothing to do with politics.
He was saved by his political position. Your accusations of cronyism are the exact opposite from the reality of moderation on the forum.