This is a great day for Conservatism, the rule of law is upheld.

  • BobaFuttbucker@reddthat.comOP
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    6 months ago

    To the mod removing my posts, this is a pro-conservative post with a pro-conservative source. So why was the last one removed citing rule 2?

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      Presumably because the modern conservative viewpoint only favors the rule of law being applied to poor minorities and leftists.

      Rich people, and especially rich white people, are supposed to be above the law (unless they’re dirty leftists).

      So by the modern standard, upholding the rule of law over a rich white right-winger is actually not conservative.

      I’m not sure what it is then though. Maybe “woke?”

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        As much as I agree with you, I still want to make a good faith attempt to hear their logic so I can say I tried.

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        I wouldnt call it woke, if I was more conspiracy inclined, maybe Russian style dictatorship.

        Orange has positioned himself as the outsider and acts like this entire thing was a witch hunt. Convicting him didnt do much. Hell, come November, I’m still voting for the lesser of two evils, but Im not happy about it.

        My bigger concern at this point is my state governer, mayor, and sheriff. Being real, they affect my day to day way than the president, and its not like the states give a shit about federal law anymore, with weed, 2a sanctuaries, illegal sanctuaries, that sort of thing.

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          To your point about voting for the lesser of two evils and your other point about your bigger concern being the more local officials, where do you think they fall on the political spectrum based on the issues they raise, and does your vote align with their interests?

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          Most mayors have very little power. Most of the time there is a city manager or a city council that has the power. In my town, a conservative mayor was elected, and the liberals were freaking out.

          The position is unpaid, volunteer and has no real power. It is people freaking out because they don’t understand the powers of a mayor.

          U

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      They’ve told people posts will be removed if it doesn’t align with the story they want told lol

      • BobaFuttbucker@reddthat.comOP
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        I’m giving them an opportunity to directly state as much. I don’t expect them to, but here’s their chance.

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          Oh I know. I’ve done it all before. Same deal, Fox source nothing bad. Still got removed. They don’t care.

          • BobaFuttbucker@reddthat.comOP
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            Yeah I remember the guy that got banned for “homophobia” on a thread having absolutely nothing to do with the subject 😂

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              Yeah, that dude was going around calling people “softy”, which is homophobia adjacent, and tbh, most modding is just horrid judgement calls, and sometimes you judge wrong. But if you’re too lenient, you get daily slapfights and thats no good either.

              Modding is surprisingly hard. Ask me how I know, Im about the most public about my modding fuckups.

              • BobaFuttbucker@reddthat.comOP
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                I don’t doubt that you have to walk a line and sometimes make mistakes. We’re all human, here.

                But not only did the specific comments removed have nothing to do with that wording, that’s also not very homophobia-adjacent at all.

                While I appreciate the work you do and your attempts to be fair and balanced here, that explanation does not fit with the specific thread I’m talking about, nor is it reason enough to constitute a ban on that user’s account, even if he was being a bit of a turd. That one was a mistake.

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                  It definitely was a mistake. I mean the Nazi word ban was stupidity, but at least that only fucked up this sub and got my account banned from half of lemmy. The homophobia reason messed it up for his account too, that was just wrong of us to do.

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                    I truly appreciate you saying that, and will openly admit I’ve made some mistakes here as well. All we can do is try to do better :)