No More Trolling. It stops now

Anne Tue, 01/12/2016 - 09:58

I've had enough and my tolerance has worn thin. Lately, I have been preoccupied with some personal issues in my life as well as just trying to get this site running properly, but not so busy that I haven't noticed the growing amounts of trolling posts.  People say "trolling" is a derisive term and so it is.  However,I don't use it lightly.  It's a term reserved for activity which has a sole agenda of  purposely attempting to anger others and get people off their message.

There are two of you in particular that have been disruptive purposely writing posts to needle or outright antagonize people.  Let me preface by saying that, this isn't specifically a "Rand Paul" site although we do promote him shamelessly.  Furthermore, the main purpose of this site is to promote the ideas of freedom and liberty and that includes any other candidate that is particularly liberty orientated.  This goes for senators, congressmen, and other local candidates. There is ZERO chance that I personally will be voting for Donald Trump.  I don't think he's in any way, shape or form a liberty candidate.  That being said, if Trump supporters came here to point out areas where Trump gets it right on liberty and their argument was sound, I'd promote that to the front page.  I don't believe any one candidate is perfect, but I do expect them to be on the right side of liberty 90% of the time in order for this site to promote them.

The Donald Trump trolls, and yes that's what they behave like, are not writing about where their guy stands with liberty.  They are not, for the most part, interested in discussing ideas.  They are here to hit people with a Donald Trump sledge hammer of abrasive words and ridiculous promotion of "I'm qualified because I'm popular".  This is done so in feeble effort to convince people that Trump is the better choice or to simply to disrupt the conversation with an argument or a snide comment.

I'm done with it.  I really tried to be patient, give people benefit of the doubt, and let people settle down, but I think I gave too much leeway.  

The two posters in particular "Donald Trump" and "harley9883" should consider themselves officially warned.to stop trolling.  If you want to post about well thought out ideas with a centralized message of liberty and done so in a polite manner you are welcome here.  But if you are here to post one liners and derisive comments with the intent to misdirect the conversation, you've come to the wrong place.  Breitbart is ripe with that kind of conversation and I'm sure you'd be welcomed there.  If you can not abide by the civil discourse rules of this site, then you will be banned. It is as simple as that.   As it is, I will be deleting any comments that fall under the category of deliberate trolling from the recent past and from here on out.

If anyone has any questions of the type of decorum in discourse we expect here at A Call To Paul, I refer you the user guidelines posted her:  http://www.acalltopaul.com/content/user-guidelines#overlay-context=conte...

Thanks for your attention

Anne

 

 

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ecard71's picture

All I can say is that Anne's been A LOT more patient than I would ever have been. Considering we're all adults here, I find it just ridiculous that you have to spell out guidelines for someone, when all it really is about is common courtesy, respect, and civility. Is that really too much to ask? Good God, it shouldn't even have to be an issue. Talk about wasted time when it could be used much more productively.

Ironic, but the phrase "birds of a feather" come to mind.

Thank you Anne!

I STILL STAND WITH RAND!

Debbie's picture

Thank you.

Liberty brings people together - Ron Paul

deacon's picture

I read a comment earlier from one who was called out in this post,now it is gone. I didn't entirely agree with it,seeing it was not totally truthful

 Was it removed right along with the commenter?

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Anne's picture

but the two of them  both decided to up their attack.  Really, they gave me no choice.  I don't have the time to babysit.

"Do not neglect your music, it will be a companion which will sweeten many hours of life to you."  Thomas Jefferson

ecard71's picture

but it keeps returning.

I STILL STAND WITH RAND!

HVACTech's picture

the world would be a better place.. and besides..

I Love it when she talks French!

Hay Karamba!  :)

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Isabella sj's picture

ah, so romantic.

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motion...

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Yes and mine too which is absolutely fine with me, I'm just along for the ride like everyone else. One has to wonder though if these folks are smart enough to realize that their examples might not be doing their chosen candidate any favors?

"Jack of all Trades...Master of None" But forever learning more!

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Hi Anne,

Thanks for being clear about the site's goals and working to create a culture of respectful interaction. It's incredibly important to maintain a sense of civility, and that's one of the things I miss most from the DP.

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Congratulations on the new site. Hope all is well with you.

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Kathleen Gee's picture

I'm still putting out fires business-wise, but family drama has calmed down (thank God!). When things are rockin' and rollin' at work again I'll have more time for Liberty stuff.

Popular Liberty and The Daily Paul Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/840081099438118 A place to keep in touch!

Debbie's picture

example of always maintaining a sense of civility. 

Liberty brings people together - Ron Paul

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Anne, I don't know if it's just my computer or this site but, I've gotten a couple of different virus warnings in a short period of time while on this site in the past half an hour.  Just thought you should know.

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ecard71's picture

What message is it giving you?

I STILL STAND WITH RAND!

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All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with reason. There is nothing higher than reason.
Immanuel Kant

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what about common sense or intuition, according to Kant.

Those who are; are those whom are not.

Anne's picture

Earlier today my server was having troubles and we were online with the host company and they restarted it.  I'm going to have to upgrade sooner than I thought.

"Do not neglect your music, it will be a companion which will sweeten many hours of life to you."  Thomas Jefferson

The Cat's picture

Whatever it was, it hasn't happened again.  Just thought it was strange at the time and wanted to warn you about it, just in case.

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ecard71's picture

I use Kaspersky and am very meticulous with virus checking. I've never had any issues other than a temporary log in problem (which has obviously been corrected). Sometimes Anti-virus software give out false positives, but I have yet to get any warnings from Kaspersky.

I STILL STAND WITH RAND!

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