I too vote for a ban. This merits more words than I can effectively thumb type, and I appreciate the ethical wrangling and thorough discussion of the community.
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Voting Discussion: We're Screwing In Light Bulbs AIFG!
We open it up, we talks the talk, we votes, we shuts it down. This thread is to free up Bureaucracy for daily details as we hammer out the Big Issues towards a vote. Open only when a proposal has been made and seconded according to Buffista policy (Which we voted on!). If this thread is closed, hie thee to Bureaucracy instead!
esse - Oct 17, 2016 4:15:24 pm PDT #10071 of 10289
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
Jon B. - Oct 17, 2016 4:19:48 pm PDT #10072 of 10289
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
will we have an admin available to set up the poll?
I will take care of that.
JZ - Oct 17, 2016 4:43:08 pm PDT #10073 of 10289
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
I remember the anonymous women, and someone famous whom he spotted and followed and approached, and she was on her own time and not doing an event and was a little brusque with him. And he got shirty about it in the retelling, and was called on it, and meekly apologized... and apparently kept doing exactly the same thing, just more subtly and flatteringly, having apparently heard the message not as "Don't do that" but "Do it better."
erikaj - Oct 17, 2016 4:55:05 pm PDT #10074 of 10289
Always Anti-fascist!
That skinny little blonde Mischa Whatsis from that show I've still never watched(Every time I see her, though, think of that first, bet she'd love knowing that!) Kinda wish he was a Ronda Rousey fan. Yes, He was my biggest MARCIE.
libkitty - Oct 17, 2016 5:00:41 pm PDT #10075 of 10289
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs
I'm blown away by how many of us felt like something was wrong, but thought that it was just ourselves. Like many, I thought the problem was with me because clearly people I trusted had a different reaction. Except, turns out they didn't. Turns out, when I feel like something is wrong, that usually eventually proves to be the case. I was uncomfortable around him here and on Facebook, but really thought he was one of the most popular board members. I thought I was the only one who was squicked, and was being too sensitive. Lesson to self: trust my own feelings even if they don't fit with what I perceive others to be feeling.
Steph L. - Oct 17, 2016 5:07:25 pm PDT #10076 of 10289
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
I'm blown away by how many of us felt like something was wrong
I didn't. I thought he was just awkward and overly enthusiastic. This has really thrown me by pointing out how very bad my ability to gauge people is.
dcp - Oct 17, 2016 5:08:52 pm PDT #10077 of 10289
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Yep. Me too.
smonster - Oct 17, 2016 5:13:19 pm PDT #10078 of 10289
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
This has really thrown me by pointing out how very bad my ability to gauge people is.
We all have blind spots, just in different places.
erikaj - Oct 17, 2016 5:25:09 pm PDT #10079 of 10289
Always Anti-fascist!
Well, you know, it works cause they're good at it.And different people respond to different pitches...
Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 17, 2016 5:32:09 pm PDT #10080 of 10289
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
What throws me is that, put on the spot Family Feud style, "too forgiving" is pretty much the last flaw I'd expect to find in my own perceptions of someone's character. An honest self-assessment would find me far likelier to be in the wrong by holding on to a grudge for way too long, or developing an uncalled-for distaste over something harmless.