Posted by crushedout on February 7, 2006, at 20:46:31
In reply to A very un-me post, posted by Damos on February 7, 2006, at 20:00:12
I would agree with you that it would be messed up, Damos, in a First Amendment-y kind of way, if Dr. Bob were to block someone for saying X about George Bush but if someone else said the same thing about Bill Clinton or the mayor of New Orleans or whomever, he didn't do anything about it.But that's not how it works, I don't think. The point is you can't say X about anyone (and X is something that could make them feel put down, etc.). So you could say, I don't think George Bush's policy is a good idea, that's fine. You're discussing his policy. But if you call him a nincompoop or a hypocrite or whatever for having that policy, you've broken the rules. And that would be true if you were talking about Bush or Kermit the Frog, it wouldn't matter.
Personally, I don't have any interest in participating in a Politics board where I'm not allowed to call Kermit a nincompoop if he's acting like one, but that's just me.
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