“If you want to test a man’s character, give him power.” - (not) Abraham Lincoln
Pretentious quote out of the way, I’m both disappointed and not disappointed. Exactly the answer I was expecting from you, especially this:
but i’m being generous […] please do not make me regret
I know, it’s a serious and in many ways sad topic, but there is some unintentional humor to be found in a queen of her little domain playing the merciful ruler, because otherwise, the comparison I made between you and Cornell’s leadership would have become impossible to ignore. If you’re feeling that announced regret while reading this tame banter, then I apologize - but I would loved to have seen you in some of the larger forums I’ve moderated in the past - and they weren’t even about politics. The users there would have eaten you alive on the first day.
The sad thing is, our opinions on the West Bank aren’t even that far apart (relative to each of our views on Gaza and Lebanon at least). We could have talked about this like human beings, but I get the distinct feeling that you’re more interested in uncompromising grandstanding and cleaning your little domain of anyone who isn’t covering their face with a keffiyeh than anything resembling nuance or civilized discourse. It’s either 100% your way or no way, which is a problem I’ve noticed with many self-proclaimed pro-Palestinians and much of the movement as a whole. The funny thing is that this isn’t even close the main reason why this movement is so ineffective. No amount of conviction and catchy slogans, no campus protests and sit-ins can overcome the maddening complexity of a conflict that has been stumping minds far smarter than that of anyone on this forum for many decades.
If you’re feeling that announced regret while reading this tame banter, then I apologize - but I would loved to have seen you in some of the larger forums I’ve moderated in the past - and they weren’t even about politics. The users there would have eaten you alive on the first day.
i’m… sorry that we generally like to treat our userbase as adults capable of basic introspection when they do something wrong or sanctionable, instead of immediately telling them to fuck off? but again this is way besides the point–which is, don’t relitigate this, and stop going into every thread even remotely adjacent to Israel/Palestine and causing problems. your opinions are simply not important enough (or, in my opinion, well reasoned enough) to hear them out for an additional ten months beyond the ten months you’ve already been an issue.
“If you want to test a man’s character, give him power.” - (not) Abraham Lincoln
Pretentious quote out of the way, I’m both disappointed and not disappointed. Exactly the answer I was expecting from you, especially this:
I know, it’s a serious and in many ways sad topic, but there is some unintentional humor to be found in a queen of her little domain playing the merciful ruler, because otherwise, the comparison I made between you and Cornell’s leadership would have become impossible to ignore. If you’re feeling that announced regret while reading this tame banter, then I apologize - but I would loved to have seen you in some of the larger forums I’ve moderated in the past - and they weren’t even about politics. The users there would have eaten you alive on the first day.
The sad thing is, our opinions on the West Bank aren’t even that far apart (relative to each of our views on Gaza and Lebanon at least). We could have talked about this like human beings, but I get the distinct feeling that you’re more interested in uncompromising grandstanding and cleaning your little domain of anyone who isn’t covering their face with a keffiyeh than anything resembling nuance or civilized discourse. It’s either 100% your way or no way, which is a problem I’ve noticed with many self-proclaimed pro-Palestinians and much of the movement as a whole. The funny thing is that this isn’t even close the main reason why this movement is so ineffective. No amount of conviction and catchy slogans, no campus protests and sit-ins can overcome the maddening complexity of a conflict that has been stumping minds far smarter than that of anyone on this forum for many decades.
i’m… sorry that we generally like to treat our userbase as adults capable of basic introspection when they do something wrong or sanctionable, instead of immediately telling them to fuck off? but again this is way besides the point–which is, don’t relitigate this, and stop going into every thread even remotely adjacent to Israel/Palestine and causing problems. your opinions are simply not important enough (or, in my opinion, well reasoned enough) to hear them out for an additional ten months beyond the ten months you’ve already been an issue.
Did my first comment in this thread cause any problems? Did I express anything problematic?