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Power corrupts
Jun 30, 2015,05:05 AM
You are defending the indefensible.
In the fullness of time, perhaps you will realize that this isn't about community standards or your dedicated service to the community as a moderator. Please. This is about a personal dispute between a poster and those who presume to "moderate" the forum. This is about someone challenging the power of the almighty "moderator."
I can say that confidently because I and the other posters here are not kindergarten children. We do not need your paternalistic protection from the evil Dr. Chong. We are quite capable of deciding for ourselves what to read, what to believe, what to trust.
You probably can convince yourself all day long that you acted out of some kind of altruistic motive for the larger group, but you didn't. You acted to shore up your own authority and to discipline someone who wished to say what he wanted to say.
You chose power and coercion over freedom and the wisdom of the broader marketplace. Such decisions always generate resentment, divide people and create winners and losers.
Don't be too confident that you are the winner here.