Scapegoating

[Peh]

hershel_layton said:

Peh said:

I agree.

 

We need someone who can make objective neutral judgements. I am not much in those political threads, so I can't make a vote. But I know the people due to their views on certain topics who shouldn't be a mod.

In all honesty, I'd love to help out in the political threads but the troll threads I made guarantee that I probably will never be a mod.

 

I don't think it's necessarily the viewpoints, rather how they express them.

For example, if I don't like abortions, that's perfectly fine. It's just how you say it:

"Abortions are evil, and anyone who practices it are disgusting" VS "Abortions aren't good in my eyes, but everyone has their own viewpoints"

Ban-worthy statement vs an opinion that people may disagree with, but still respectable.

 

For example I made a thread about the FBI's decision on Hillary Clinton. I didn't go and say that anyone who agrees with the FBI is a moronic hillary clinton suckup. I let others say their opinions, admit I was wrong on certain parts, and moved on.

 

A moderator who  focuses on political threads needs to be able to understand how to say things in the best manner and to know how to admit they're wrong.

I agree with you. What I earlier said was simply because I had an issue with a mod back at gametrailers.com in the Religion and Philosophy topic. 

I made a topic about "why do we need a god in our life?" and it was soon closed, because the mod was a theists and didn't liked my point of view. It was later reopened by a different mod, because I called him out on his behavior. That's what I like to avoid by choosing a mod.

 

People have opinions and such that you don't like. You are free to debate them, but you shouldn't shut them up, because of them...with the exception of hate speech and such.