Yeah, how dare this guy have contrary opinions to us?? BURN HIM AT THE STAKE!

no no no...its the fact that i don't LIKE him. Don't you see, it's got nothing to do with absolutes only temporal preferences

Well he's not called anyone a faggot-cocksucker or nigger yet, wait wait we dont ban for that anyway.

He commented against Obama and other Democrats, and based on those downvoted comments it's fairly clear the majority doesn't care for him and his opinions.

We should ban him, because if the majority wants something, then it shall be. Democracy has spoken.

wellllllll...part of me wants to give him enough rope to hang himself with. Or maybe he'll just disappear...or maybe he'll throw a chair

He's just another delusional nutcase. If we ban him now, we won't be able to enjoy his eventual meltdown.

Tough call..., I'd like to see a bit more before banning but I do see the directional trend here.

The thing that makes the community are the discussions and differing points of view. I don't want to let a troll in the door as much as the next guy but is he here to slap his political glove across the face of those he hates or is he here to join the community?

I need to see more thoughts on this...

Let the majority at him! His justice is his suffrage! Ban the dissenter! Ban him!

It's a troll account that's only purpose was to troll. Nothing to do with arguing some different point of view, which I think we all welcome. But I think we have to wait for some actual rule breaking before we call a pseudo-siftquisition.
I don't think it will be back anyway (hard to log in after Issy scratches your eyes out).

Maybe I'm missing something here but I didn't see him getting abusive with anyone. His comments are both distasteful and wrongheaded but as far as that goes I always liked the attitude of Thomas Jefferson at his 1801 Inaugural Address. The nation was teetering on the edge of collapse and the attitude he took was the following.

If there be any among us who would wish to dissolve this Union or to change its republican form, let them stand undisturbed as monuments of the safety with which error of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it.

If it was good enough then it's good enough now. Let me know when a rule is broken rather than a distasteful opinion expressed. As far as I can tell reason is still free enough to combat it, here at least. Our media, that might be another story.

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Trolly for sure, but I think we should protect his "FREE SPEACH".

I'm with xxovercastxx. We've had some real winners here cut their own throats in spectacular fashion. Choggie, BillO to name a few. westy tried, but just couldn't seem to find his own jugular.

I say let him be the fuck-nut troll he purports to aspire to, and then watch as the plane goes down in flames.

Oh, and since were on the topic, I'm still waiting QM....(taps foot impatiently)

We don't ban for dissenting opinions, but we do ban for repeated assholery. I say keep him, and we'll see how it goes.

it looks like he hasnt perpetuated any assholery in 5 days.
assholery in itself is not a crime.
this whole topic is ridiculous.
drama queens.

Looks like George Bush found VideoSift...

^ lets not misunderestimate him

>> ^drattus:
Maybe I'm missing something here but I didn't see him getting abusive with anyone. His comments are both distasteful and wrongheaded but as far as that goes I always liked the attitude of Thomas Jefferson at his 1801 Inaugural Address. The nation was teetering on the edge of collapse and the attitude he took was the following.
If there be any among us who would wish to dissolve this Union or to change its republican form, let them stand undisturbed as monuments of the safety with which error of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it.
If it was good enough then it's good enough now. Let me know when a rule is broken rather than a distasteful opinion expressed. As far as I can tell reason is still free enough to combat it, here at least. Our media, that might be another story.


Ugh, what is this reason and freedom shit? The only true freedom is by way of majority rule! Let's vote him out like Survivor Island! Long live the Democracy!

Where are these complaints originating that bk's comments "lack substance" from sifters who think "Bush = Hitler" is a cogent argument.

“Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views, but then are shocked and offended to discover that there are other views.”

--W.F. Buckley


To give credit where it's due, a few libs around here DO enterain others' POV, but they are almost as huge a minority as "Righty".

who said bush=hitler?
you have an overactive imagination.

bah fuck it...will revisit if he actually does something worth banning. See you in a couple of days

*discard

Discarding this post - discard requested by original submitter rottenseed.

Posting anything political but Olbermann deserves an insta-ban