Well, then I will address this to the three of you and in this thread rather than a private message. There have been several instances lately where there have been what appears to be highly arbitrary decisions to move threads and delete content that border on punitive. I understand (as a mod myself on a music board) that mod decisions will not always be agreeable to members. But the overriding factor, in my case anyway, is that they are done for the good of the board.
I don’t feel that has been the case recently. The two most recent instances were the moving of the Bezos-National Enquirer threads from Politics to Outside the Beltway. It appears to me to be an obvious move to bury discussion of the topics. As you certainly know, Bezos is owner of the Washington Post. The Enquirer was linked directly with burying the Stormy Daniels story that could have been fatal to Donald Trump’s candidacy before the 2016 election, something the Post has been reported on in the past and, from the charges from Bezos yesterday, was planning to do so again, something the Enquirer wanted to stop by printing embarrassing photos.
As I posted in the OP of the first thread, the Enquirer has been also under a no-prosecution agreement. If this charge by Bezos is proven, that agreement goes by the wayside.
And as was also posted this morning, federal prosecutors are now investigating Bezos’ charges.
So the whole case with Bezos as owner of the Post, the allegations involving AMI which involve stopping printing stories about them likely connected to the election, is dripping in politics. Oh, and did we forget President Trump’s tweets about both Bezos and the Post? He has made news with those comments and added another element of politics to it.
The nitpicking … and that’s what it has been … to move threads like those recalls an earlier and darker time here when arbitrary decisions ruled. I was here for that and experienced some of it personally. I was very glad to see that end. I don’t want to go back to that and I think I speak for everyone when I say none of us on either side does. I don’t think you guys do either.
The thing about this board that has kept us here is the willingness to allow free discussion by both sides. It looks to me like we’re getting away from that with category moves and deletions of some comments that are opinionated, either against the president or even members. Let me be clear: The uninhibited abuse comments from one member at another do not make this a better place and I am glad to see you go after that. But criticism is part of free discussion. Without it there is none. To say 'You’re wrong" or “That’s dumb” should NOT cause a deletion. (I initially left out the ‘not’. Sorry.)
I’ve gone on enough. Thanks for listening.
(The links below are for information on some of what I said above.)