Perhaps that should be rephrased slightly: There IS freedom of speech on a forum, as long as you don't get bent out of shape when you get red repped for it. The thing is, what I think got to AC was a concerted "gang rep" by certain people here -- which would have been the second time that happened in his case.
I red repped him once. I was under the impression that he had points. Apprently he was low. But I was not part of a gang or even acting on a suggestion. I was just messin with him and signed it. I knew I'd get him back in a day or two to even it out. I didn't know there was a DP gang?
Me either... Anthony always thought people were "gang repping" him, but I really kind of doubt it. Only because he accused me of that before, and I know for a fact I wasn't. Plus he did have some pretty idiotic posts in his 10,000+. Probably 90% of them "red reppable".
You guys are too hard on him. I know he's controversial and sometimes types before he thinks but he's always been a big fan of DP and most of the members here. Lighten up. I miss his gray rep's! -jay
I have nothing against him, I just wish he would post only when he has something useful to say, rather than needing to post something random in every thread. It was to the point that when I saw anthony was the last poster in any thread, I found myself not reading any part of those threads. But that's just me... I don't really have time to swim through a hundred useless posts.
rofl @ your rep Minstrel I think AC is just looking for attention. He needs to be liked and when he leaves everyone talks about him. He's a good fella at heart but he's a little insecure. He was probably the ugly kid at school and it's scarred him.
Touche' As a participant I don't have to deal with the volume and can pick and choose threads and posts. -jay
lol It's all a lie! if he actually looked like Elvis he would have posted his pic. According to C he looks like quite a well built guy but pretty scary looking. Did C not say she wouldnt like to meet him in a dark allyway late at night?
Ahh well. Maybe he just has 1 of those personalities that people tend to avoid. He does seem to open his mouth too quickly lol. It reminds me of that saying "God gave you 2 ears and 1 mouth so why don't you use them to that proportion" lol
I guess I'm pretty out spoken, but you should see some of the posts I typed and applied the above thought process too!
I thought we had an agreement, noppid: You email your posts to me for clearance before hitting the Submit button...
The server was down the times those bad posts slipped through. Yeah, that's the ticket, the post clearing server messed up!
I've redded him once, that was 6 months ago. He went ballistic. I had no clue he would care that much expecially since he was 80 in the hole at the time and my newbie points only counted as -1. He was way out of line but didn't want to red him again. He thinks red reps are attacks when in reality they should be against the post made and not who the person is which in that case it was.
I red repped him for leaving us like he did... boo hoo.... (Hi AC I know you are reading this. Hope all is well for you. Where are you posting these days?)