I am impressed that some of her most strident opponents actually care so much about her right to free speech.
Reminds me of EvC's infamous
Night of Broken Glass where dozens of members were either given the ban hammer or fell on their own sword in protest. If I recall, I was the catalyst that set it ablaze. They were protesting that I should be banned on account of my homophobic beliefs. The irony is that I defended their right to express their desire to despise me and to have me banned.
To this day I still stand by the sentiment that most people misinterpreted what I was actually arguing, but nevertheless the fact that I was homophobic in those days was no mystery. A few people seemed to get my argument and defended me, such as Modulous, who himself is gay. I should say, he wasn't defending me per se rather he was merely explaining my position. He didn't agree with my position he was simply clarifying it.
Brenna, Dan Carrol, and a few others were snarky and belittled me every chance they got. I easily could have been met with glee when they were axed but I wasn't. Their right to freely protest me was more precious to me than getting rid of people who openly despised and mocked me.
Admin has a tough job and I don't envy it. On the one hand he is a promoter of free speech by hosting a forum. However, when the discourse devolves into shit-posting and lawless chaos, it detracts from civil discourse. I value free speech but I also agree that there are reasonable and appropriate limitations to it. Speech can never be free in absolute terms and the right to free speech does not protect you from the consequence of that speech.
EvC an apartment complex. We all live here but we have no stake in ownership. We signed up with the foreknowledge that there are forum guidelines and a continual flouting of those rules is met with enforcement action.
I obviously agree that in general Faith is wrong about almost everything that comes out of her mouth. I also agree that her recommendations were in fact dangerous and ill-advised. Where I disagree is that she has any meaningful impact on anyone at EvC that would actually take her advice. Maybe Buzsaw, but he's been dead for quite sometime.
We've seen Faith permanently banned several times always to eventually be given some reprieve. Don't know if this was the last one or if time heals all wounds.
Anyway, I'm not going to belabor this any further... I've expressed my views, Admin has expressed his. Ultimately he is the owner and reserves the right to deny service. It is what it is.
Edited by Hyroglyphx, : No reason given.
"Reason obeys itself; and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it" -- Thomas Paine