semiticgoddess
semiticgoddess
I am stepping down from my position as a moderator. While this may be sudden news for some in the community, I've been thinking about this for a while.
I've enjoyed my time here as a moderator and I've taken great pride in my role shaping the forum culture. This community is very precious to me, and I'm grateful I had a chance to serve. Moderating this forum has been a fascinating exercise intellectually and I've always found it very rewarding emotionally. However, a good moderator should be enmeshed in the local community, and I have been less active than I used to be. I feel that my increasing unfamiliarity with forum events will make me less qualified to handle disputes and resolve conflicts.
I may return to my old position sometime in the future, but I currently have no plans on doing so.
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Re: The Politics Thread
@deltago: I appreciate you trying to stay focused on individual details and not making assumptions while the full story is not yet known. It's worth pointing out that we only know the broad strokes a… (View Post)1 -
Re: The Politics Thread
"Budding tyrants" is a generous description of the fascists who stormed the Capitol. No, they are in fact fundamentally different from an ordinary protester, both in terms of what they want… (View Post)6 -
Re: The Politics Thread
Really ominous poll here. I don't know how we reverse this trend. This doesn't look sustainable. The one killed person whose name we know is Ashli Babbit. Not sure if she was armed at the time, visib… (View Post)1 -
Re: The Politics Thread
And as that Twitter thread mentions, yes, they did erect a gallows. There are no pretensions to nonviolence here. The only pretensions to nonviolence came after the fact, from people who want to supp… (View Post)1 -
Re: The Politics Thread
The intent to kill was on social media, on Parler. This event was planned weeks in advance. They brought lethal weapons; you don't bring rifles to a peaceful protest. They sprayed police with chemica… (View Post)1
