Reports for politics (and general) are valued, you don't necessarily need to call in a mod just to moderate someone but you can also ask for mods to keep an eye on a thread. More of a reply to hershel but it applies to everyone.

looking back at the thread, I've realized that Aura7541 typically sits in politics threads.

I think he should be considered for a potential mod.

just saying.

Good point. 

Well, who do you think is a good person then?

The person probably has to:

-Be on politics threads frequently

-Not be a known victim of rallying others

-Generally be non-biased

Thanks. However, if I were to become a mod, I do need to work on not being a jerkass even though I tend to be patient.

Last time I checked, criticizing the religion does not equate to rallying up people. Unless you can find a post of mine where I said "Lynch Muslims whereever you find them" or the like, then your point is rather moot...

Another point I should make was that a post I made in response to yours was "If the killers murdered in the name of Islam, then its an Islamic attack." This quote gives no implication that I fully believed that the shooting was driven by Islam, though I explained in a reply to Barney that the likelihood skews towards that motivation based on German crime statistics. And in this post, I said that the motivation is "far from an absolute certainty".

So while you're right in that a mod shouldn't be someone who rallies up people against Islam, that someone isn't me.

There's no one criteria for what constitutes or does not constitute an Islamic attack. If a person murders people in the name of Islam, then it is an Islamic attack, though in this case in Munich, it was not. The pattern is rather meaningless if the motivation was the religion. So it's not a matter of semantics. You were off the bat entirely.

So I don't see how you're right in any regard, moreso you failed to adequately prove that I rally up people against Islam.

:P

Well, it's not our fault that people with...well, 'colourful' language are typically banned.

It's not like the person has to be boring. You can easily be a fun dude. Just have to avoid being a dick.

Um, what?? I expressed skepticism in that thread before I even made a response to your comment. Earlier on that thread, I was correcting someone on the notion that Muslims are a race.

Did you interpret "far from an absolute certainty" as "I really hope that this attack was motivated by Islam" or something? Because if so, I think your propensity of jumping to irrational conclusions is more concerning than me being a mod.

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.

Trump '16!

The goal is to not get the political topic closed.