Attention Displaced Rand Fans from the DP

Unknownuser said:
Interesting. I'm curious why. Were you ever warned about anything before? Surely he has a reason.
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It's about me objecting to and ignoring his anti-Rand policies.

In several recent conversations between he and I, on the topic of those same policies, he implied that I'd be banned for continued opposition.

So, I was expecting it.
 
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r3volution 3.0 said:
It's about me objecting to and ignoring his anti-Rand policies.

In several recent conversations between he and I, on the topic of those same policies, he implied that I'd be banned for continued opposition.

So, I was expecting it.
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You're here now. Permission to speak freely.
 
r3volution 3.0 said:
It's about me objecting to and ignoring his anti-Rand policies.

In several recent conversations between he and I, on the topic of those same policies, he implied that I'd be banned for continued opposition.

So, I was expecting it.
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Hmmm...ok. I'm guessing that arguing with the forum owner will usually not end good in your favor. But I'm wondering if he has a rule made in his forum outline of rules for no Ra Ra Rand. I wonder what that rule would look like. Or perhaps it's covered in rule 7 (no assholes). Not saying you are...just saying. Well, what ever. Moving on.

I'm sorry you got banned.
 
Is there an apparent divide here between the 2 forums or am I just hearing from ex/banned and angry former DP users? Just curious. I'd be interested to learn about the community dynamics of the 2 forums and how they differ and why one chooses one or the other and how each forum functions within each community. I've always been interested in group dynamics. It's probably boring to y'all but I'm intrigued.
 
William Tell said:
Pretty please stop using that Danged term? :p :o :eek: ;) :rolleyes:

I HATE IT!!!! :mad:

It implies that those who support Rand, are cheerleaders who cannot think for ourselves.
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Yeah but that's what they call us. I know...it's stupid. They created this philosophical divide between the Liberty movement. It sucks. But I only repeat the term because that is what they call us. And it's been said that it's ok to discuss Rand on the DP but we can't be all "Ra Ra Rand". What ever that means.

FYI...your mad smiley hurt my feelings. :(
 
Unknownuser said:
Is there an apparent divide here between the 2 forums or am I just hearing from ex/banned and angry former DP users? Just curious. I'd be interested to learn about the community dynamics of the 2 forums and how they differ and why one chooses one or the other and how each forum functions within each community. I've always been interested in group dynamics. It's probably boring to y'all but I'm intrigued.
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The DP is not designed to be a message board, but over the years, people have used it as such. I see it more as a media site; during the last primary season, stuff that was happening on the ground during election days and conventions would always hit there first before here and everywhere else. That's how I ended up here- I knew a couple people on both sites, and I would post stuff here when I saw it over there, otherwise it would take half a day or more to show up here. I'm also really used to VBulletin from being on other forums using it.

While the DP was good to get updates in near real time, RPFs is where the pre-planning was being staged. For the first few months I was here, the only place I read or posted was RP Grassroots Central. Stuff that happened in there could not happen on DP, because opposition watched that site a lot closer than here.

It was really bad over there near the end of the primaries, because there were people who were going to write in Ron Paul, and others who were campaigning for Gary Johnson at the same time RP delegates were preparing for the RNC. It caused a lot of problems. Some of that spilled over onto here, but there is a policy here not to bash (or campaign against) a candidate in his/her subforum which cut down on a lot of it.

I think after that last round, DP is trying to assert its position as non-partisan and maybe get away from politics altogether. At least, that's the impression I got, but I haven't been over there in a while.
 
Well, I have 2 green bars. What does that mean Mr. Know It All? And who are you calling young one. I'm old enough to be you older sister. :p

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Oops, meant for William Tell.

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I was perma-banned from the DailyPaul in 2012 when I dared to question the wisdom of the SuperBrochure. I only commented 3 or 4 times on the subject and all of my posts made rational, reasonable arguments, questioning the cost effectiveness and the strategy of the super expensive mailer campaign, none of my posts were "angry". They didn't give me any warning, just BOOM banned. I don't know if it was a rogue moderator or what, but ever since then that site has put a bad taste in my mouth.

So I started posting with my account over here, and tried to get back into the swing of things posting and debating and such, but I was sort of disillusioned so I stopped for a long while until recently. Anyway my username: DevilsAdvocate.
 
DevilsAdvocate said:
I was perma-banned from the DailyPaul in 2012 when I dared to question the wisdom of the SuperBrochure. I only commented 3 or 4 times on the subject and all of my posts made rational, reasonable arguments, questioning the cost effectiveness and the strategy of the super expensive mailer campaign, none of my posts were "angry". They didn't give me any warning, just BOOM banned. I don't know if it was a rogue moderator or what, but ever since then that site has put a bad taste in my mouth.

So I started posting with my account over here, and tried to get back into the swing of things posting and debating and such, but I was sort of disillusioned so I stopped for a long while until recently. Anyway my username: DevilsAdvocate.
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It seems that what this all comes down to is sour grapes over SuperBrochure and whatever dealings Nystrom had with Rand's senate campaign (blame it on Benton). The irony is that Michael claims his position on Rand is partly due to his ability to not become emotionally attached, but he still fiercely defends the SuperBrochure? Any rational analysis invariably leads to the conclusion that the entire SuperBrochure situation was a mess.

He has obviously done a lot for the liberty movement, but when he starts swinging his ban hammer to prevent people for organizing for Rand, he is actively working against liberty. His loss is our gain.

Welcome, DPs
 
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DevilsAdvocate said:
I was perma-banned from the DailyPaul in 2012 when I dared to question the wisdom of the SuperBrochure. I only commented 3 or 4 times on the subject and all of my posts made rational, reasonable arguments, questioning the cost effectiveness and the strategy of the super expensive mailer campaign, none of my posts were "angry". They didn't give me any warning, just BOOM banned. I don't know if it was a rogue moderator or what, but ever since then that site has put a bad taste in my mouth.

So I started posting with my account over here, and tried to get back into the swing of things posting and debating and such, but I was sort of disillusioned so I stopped for a long while until recently. Anyway my username: DevilsAdvocate.
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Pretty sure that's why I got banned too.
 
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