RubberWhistleHistle said:
If they ban me for that, it's really just an excuse. I'm sure people will report me for it simply because they don't like my opinion. Really, that's all it ever comes down to
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It wouldn't be an excuse, it's literally in the rules. Your post could have been nothing but flowers and sunshine after the "fucking mods" and it would still get you banned.
It doesn't matter how many reports a comment gets. If there's nothing wrong with the comment, the mods will just ignore it (or on rare occasions come into the thread and tell people to stop reporting it). At most lots of reports just brings it to their attention quicker.
If you took a bit more time to consider the merits of potential counter points to your argument, then use that information to word your opinion in a way that doesn't stomp on those merits (not stating opinions as facts accomplishes a lot of that instantly), you'd be fine.
I'm not void of my own biases and strong opinions, but doing the above (as well as leaving discussions when the person you're debating with starts circling), has worked pretty well for me. You have plenty of perfectly valid opinions, some of which i even agree with. You just need to work on their presentation.
Anyway, that's enough rambling from me. I'd hate to get moderated for going too far off-topic while trying to help someone not get moderated in the future :p