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Posted: Mar 4, 2015

I'm slowly getting to all the insults. Please give me time. Feel free to report posts. I will get to them, but please do not report posts with excuses that don't fit the post. Do not report posts because you don't like what the other poster has to say. Nobody wants to hear that their side is doing wrong, but as stated previously, say what you want of politicians. Please do not report that someone called a politician a rat, ferret or something else labeling it as hateful, then immediately report the same post again using a different excuse, etc.

Opinions are welcome, but posters should use discretion. Please do not post that posters belong to groups that do horrendous and unspeakable acts. Those posts will be removed as it is inciting a fight, which is what the latest thread turned into.

Yes, I know there are a lot of insults. Yes I am getting to them slowly. Yes they will be removed. No I do not play favorites. If you want a list of all the posts removed by each side I can verify that moderating is even on both sides. I have not banned anyone lately, but am trying to get the arguing down.

Everyone here had decided that they could ignore and get a thick skin if they were called Commie, Nazi, or told that they didn't like their sources, or the article they posted is BS and stuff like that, but to come on and equate one group or the other with groups like ISIS, KKK or any other violent group will not be tolerated. Trying to get an argument going accusing others that their side is no different than those kind of groups will be removed.

I will clean up the board of all insults.

Thank you for your patience.

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I hope that includes insults like Nazi and Commie. nm - VTMT

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People on this board decided it was okay - sm

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People said I am okay with being called a commie as long as they could call the other side Nazi.

There was a major vote here and everyone agreed they were all adults and can take what people say.

Apparently there is a need for a new "vote" then - No nazis and no commies

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I think if any one person is offended, then it should not be allowed.

It was a majority vote. If more people vote - they are adults and can handle

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being called a commie cos they want to call the other side Nazis and racists then just because a few others did not like the outcome doesn't mean they keep voting until they get their way. Liberals were the ones who were screaming and crying they wanted to be able to insult.

As an adult names do not bother me. Telling me I belong to a group that does horrible things ending in torture and beheading goes too far.

Oh, please. That's PC run amok. (sm) - LM

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Besides, there are many posters here on this board who ARE in favor of spreading the wealth equally. So they would be commies, right?

If one poster is offended, OMG - - are you serious?

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No problem with KKK then? - nm

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Commies do not do horrendous horrible things to a person - or chop off their heads

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BIG BIG BIG difference. Communist party is another political party here that many Americans belong to. Saying someone is a commie is WAY WAY WAY different than linking them to a violent group that does unspeakable acts.

There is a difference. No, KKK NOT okay.

Russian Revolution ring a bell, maybe? - sm

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Mass killings of millions?
Bolsheviks?
Khmer Rouge, Cambodia?
Mao?
Ho Chi Minh?

Anybody, anybody?
Bueller, Bueller, Bueller?

I made a mistake in my earlier post - relatives/1930

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1,803,392 people were sent to labor colonies and camps in Siberia 1930 and 1931. These people "disappeared." So do not tell me about commies and Stalin.

It is apparent that there are posters who are pretending to be offended just so they can be hateful and spiteful.

What does that have to do with my post? - sm

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I don't use either of these terms when I post. I'm a huge history buff, been studying for a long, long time and have been a lot of places in my lifetime, been to Germany, Russia, China, and Iraq/Iran (military) and have seen first-hand some of the places where these atrocities took place.

Therefore, I won't use either of these terms because I know full well the weight of those terms and the connotation.

I just think if people knew history, they might reconsider usage of such terms.

No one in either party can fairly use any of these terms as a fair characterization of either party.

Truth.

whoops, intended that to be under commies - sm

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The disingenuous post about commies not being murderers made me forget where I was posting.

We do not live in those countries and it is not those times - Class, Class, anyone, anyone

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Do you remember what country we live in (although have to say it is unrecognizable anymore)

Honestly - sm

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You said: "We do not live in those countries and it is not those times."

Well, we also don't live in the 1860s either so why would it bother any of us to be compared to the hooded kkkillers of that era?

We also don't live in first century Jerusalem either so why let events from that place and time influence our lives in this day and age?

Whose history is fair game? What is the cutoff date for disrespect?

Obviously, all rhetorical questions.

Ridiculous - ...

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Pretty clear you need a history - lesson...start with Communist Russia

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and after you become educated on Communism, get back to us 'K

I was referring to present day here in our own country - Mrs. Tingles - sm

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I was talking about the last 5 or 10 years that I've never heard of a commie here in this country chopping off people's heads.

I know about communism and the history of it, but that is not what I was referring to.

Absolutely not true--do not agree with nazi and commie - they are just as evil

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I had relatives that were killed by the communists in 1910 - 1920. Nazis and communists are just as evil and offensive as the KKK and Isis. Since when has anything ever been done "by vote" here? How could you even notify everyone when board is viewed sporadically. If you cannot talk about real groups in the US that exist right now because they are distasteful, then you should respect the rights of others as well.

There absolutely was no vote. The moderator before...sm - VTMT

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you told all of us to get a thick skin and not to read posts if they were offensive, otherwise, anything goes except for calling other posters names. I still think a rule clarification is warranted. I believe in the 1st Amendment of the U.S. Constitution but would like to see more civil discussion and less name calling all around.

All of a sudden some are worried about the rule of law and - the Constitution? LOL

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ROFL!!! - nm

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Yes, there was a vote. - sm

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Perhaps the vote occurred during a time when you were not active on the board and, therefore, you don't recall it, but there was a vote.

How long ago was the vote? - mbmt

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nm.

A month or so ago. - nm

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I gave everyone a chance to tell me how they felt - Moderator - sm

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It does not matter when. It was unamimous by everyone that replied that they were adults and had thick skin. It was in the middle of both sides calling each other names and then when I removed both sides one side decided that I was moderating too much. So I asked what everyone felt. They ALL replied for less moderation. I'm not going to reverse what everyone agreed upon because one person doesn't like it. The majority ruled.

Everyone here is an adult. Unless a post is harassing, blatantly hateful, not allowing people to enjoy the board or posting to inflame the other side or if it violates the TOS, then everyone has the right to express their opinions.

my opinion and a request - sm

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I think it's possible that you did reverse what everyone agreed upon because one person doesn't like it. That's just my opinion.

Regardless, can you please advise the thick-skinned adults on the board to stop asking the moderator to step in and verify what was said and arbitrate a post that has been removed?

Suggestion - Politics are out of place here

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In my opinion, politics and MT are not the best mix. None of us ever dreamed of bringing politics into the workplace and I don't get how a politics board fits on a website dedicated to medical transcription. Moderator, you treat people like children. Deleting posts because you happen to think something is inappropriate or because someone else tells you it is, is infringing on a person's right to free speech. If you got rid of politics altogether and stuck to work related issues, your job would be so much easier, it would certainly cut back on the tattle tales.

I disagree - sm

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First, the moderator has no say in what subjects the webmaster or owner of the site puts up. She just moderates and approves or rejects according to the TOS.

If you look at the TOS the moderator has the right to remove any post they see unfit.

In my opinion this board is a magnet for name callers and people who want to argue if that's your thing, which it looks like a lot of people are into it.

One of the statements in the TOS states:

"As stated above, no messages or postings are screened for content. However, MTStars reserves the right to delete any material or links to material that is libelous, defamatory, obscene, indecent, lewd, pornographic, violent, abusive, threatening, harassing, or is otherwise in violation of the law. Posts containing foul language (including acronyms and use of symbols) is strictly prohibited."

I would say that stating the party you don't affiliate with is part of KKK or ISIS falls into that category. I find it funny that the people who scream and yell that they don't want any moderator are also most likely the ones who report other people posts they don't like because they cannot handle a difference of opinion.

Freedom of speech is one thing. Harrasing, abusive, or coming on here stating the group other posters affiliate with is part of the group that cuts off people's heads or tortures and kills black people is another.

Moderator is doing the best she can.

Cutting back on the "tattle tales" - would remove the Libs totally from

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this board

That might be nice for a change. - sm

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JMO, but it seems things have become inflammatory ever since some were given their posting rights back.

A welcome relief. - LM

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You should already be relieved; most Dems - have already given up on this board.

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The "conversations" were getting way too one-sided.

You haven't been reading the board then - Dems are getting in their fair share.

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I know dems want their own board, but as adults we all need to learn that everyone's opinion is important to them. Not just dems and not just cons. This board has got its fair share of both libs and dems posting.

If they are, they're obviously holding back, most - likely so as not to get tattled on.

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So much of that happens from the right, that if you actually count posts, and most are easy to guess as to affiliation, then it's easy to see there are more posters from the right than the left, and their speech is far less restricted. Anyway, just an observation, that's all.

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