Journal of Other Forum Analysis

[kaleidoscopium]

And yet they won’t unban that guy Brady for saying the same things that post says, incredible. 
How has this site continued to run under such terrible moderation 😂

[Uncle]

this is not even election content yet

[Gameboy Nostalgia]

It will be glorious.

[HaughtyFrank]

From this point on, anyone cheering these guys on, defending them, rationalizing their actions, or in any way whitewashing them is going to get a huge ban. How big will it be? You'll be lucky if we let you back in.

I'd really love to hear an explanation why until now this was only worth a 2 weeks ban. Like what exactly happened that made you go from thinking that this is less bad than believing a digital videogame character is ugly to thinking it's worth a permanent ban?
Because it makes me think you're just a bunch of idiots.

[benji]

The staff just posted a toothless FINAL WARNING in the “What is Houthi?” Thread 

This shouldn't have to be said, but the Houthis are raging antisemites, in addition to their slave trading and other, um, issues. They've engaged in discrimination against various religious minorities, ethnic cleansing, have child soldiers, and reinstated literal slavery among other things. Their slogan literally features the phrase "A curse upon the Jews." These are not good people. Hell, just saying that is downplaying how bad they are.

Regardless of how you feel about the situation in Gaza, cheering these people on is a no go. It is totally unacceptable. They are taking advantage of the situation to escalate their actions and using the people of Palestine as a cover.

From this point on, anyone cheering these guys on, defending them, rationalizing their actions, or in any way whitewashing them is going to get a huge ban. How big will it be? You'll be lucky if we let you back in.

Honestly, this is exhausting. Since Israel has started its invasion of Gaza we have had to ban people for the following: blatant antisemitism, dismissing sexual assault, downplaying the actions of terrorist groups in regards to the treatment of kidnapped hostages despite hostage testimony, conspiracy theories, posting neo-nazis from twitter, platforming conspiracy theory outlets, and so on and so forth. It should go without saying that just because the IDF and Israeli government are engaging in horrific actions that we should not engage in antisemitism or any other sort of bigotry but this is something we've had to say a number of times at this point. Just because social media thinks bigotry is ok doesn't mean it is.

We shouldn't have to say it.

We shouldn't have to say this, but we are. This is the final warning staff is going to give out. Anyone posting bigoted nonsense that leaks through from twitter or tiktok or where-the-fuck ever will likely be forfeiting their account. Netenyahu being God's biggest shitlord doesn't give you the right to compete with him. Last chance.

Tone policing the oppressed, dismissing concerns about the collective nation of Jewish people, concern trolling, thread derail, modwhining, etc.

[AldusMoneyPenny]

I like how they yell Nazi at everything but can't tell policing on their own board has been taken over by a furry fascist.   

Calling some dipshit YouTuber who plays games all day a Nazi = ok
Calling a group that’s basically Nazis, Nazis = one month ban

OK, listen up.

I can see why you might not get the Brady ban at first glance. It seems like he is talking about the Houtis, and he could very well be, the problem is that no bombing campaign is without civilian casualties. Also, the post that Brady quoted specifically discussed the bombing of Yemen in general, which affects the citizenry beyond the Houtis. Knowing this, Brady is essentially conflating the Houtis with the average Yemini civilian who just wants to live their life.

Keep in mind, while we have banned people for going to bat for or downplaying the Houtis, that does not mean you get to conflate the average Yemini citizen with them. Discussing topics like this require a certain amount of tact, you cannot just shoot from the hip and expect everything to be ok.

If you like the guy and want him around then tell him to shape up, the kinda stuff he's been doing isn't the sort of thing that lets someone stick around for very long. Don't believe me, ask Voli and he'll tell you how it works in regards to this sort of posting.

That's a really dumb explanation

Laughable

https://www.resetera.com/threads/comic-era-despite-his-unique-premise-as-a-clone-of-superman-and-lex-why-is-superboy-conner-kent-kon-el-struggling-to-find-a-place.805245/
A second later
Planetsmasher

Because he was dead for a really long time and writers seem way more interested in writing an actual father/son dynamic with Clark and Jon, I guess.

Does he seriously hits F5 to refresh?

How does he have the time to have an opinion on literally everything between the 10 careers and the 4 hour YouTube videos

[Gameboy Nostalgia]

How can B-dubs be surprised when he allows someone on his own staff to run around spouting antisemitism. This is the garden he has cared and fostered and it's time he enjoys the fruits of his labor. 

 

[benji]

If you need more proof that ResetERA.com is a far-right forum, the Houthi's are taking direct action against capitalism, colonialism, white supremacy, Islamophobia, cultural appropriation, liberalism, Gene Park, fascist genocide and the collective nation of Jewish people through random chaos and you can't even cheer on their battle for trans liberation and reproductive justice.

[benji]

This is like when the staff sided with Gamergate and Johnny Depp instead of women.

[JoeBoy101]

This is BS when a mod used "collective nation of Jews" with regard to the "right to genocide" and wasn't actioned and had to try and explain their language away. Where was the part of your job that "is to try and pushback against the polarization and inflammatory rhetorical stylings" then?

You've got to be reading what you want to read into Brady's post to come to the conclusion you did, whereas the mod post I'm referencing was clear as day, so much so they used an entire follow-up to try and explain it away.

This I've ignored until now because, if I can be totally blunt, it's a bad faith reading of a post that is literally just using a turn of phrase thrown at them to prove a point. Especially considering the staff member in question has been one of the louder voices internally trying to make sure we ban people who cross the line into antisemitism. Trying to frame this person as a bigot is dishonest and, frankly, insulting to all of us who work with them and see how much effort they put into making sure we try and get this right. If I can be frank, I'm personally insulted by it and making sure I could say as much, and how disappointed with people I am, is why I am responding to this instead of letting them handle it.

[JoeBoy101]

The distinction between the longevity of a state and a nation lies in their respective concepts and origins. A state typically refers to a political entity with defined borders, a government, and a system of laws, and its duration is measured by the establishment of its political structure. In contrast, a nation pertains to a group of people who share common cultural, historical, or ethnic ties, and the duration of a nation is often rooted in the historical continuity of its people. While the founding of a state is marked by political events and the creation of governing institutions, the existence of a nation is shaped by the collective identity and cultural heritage of its populace, spanning generations regardless of changes in political structures. Consequently, a state can be relatively young in terms of its establishment, while the nation it governs may have a much longer historical trajectory, reflecting the enduring character of its people. i.e. the age of Ukraine as a state in it's current form is distinct from Ukraine as a nation.

Literally no one in the thread was talking about Israel the nation in a cultural or ethnic context until this post. It was a completely irrelevant elaboration that only served to intentionally and maliciously muddy the point, which is that- yes, the nation Israel- the political state since 1948, not the cultural, historical, or ethnic nation of Israel- is and has been committing genocide against Palestinian Arabs in Gaza. This, in turn, this was all in the context of a larger discussion about why it was okay for people to abstain for voting for Joe Biden on this principle, and for people to not go after disaffected Muslim Americans who should be their allies. All I said was that even if every single Jewish person wanted the genocide to occur (which obviously they don't, hence the if I used in my original post and the if I'm emphasizing here,) that would still not make the genocide okay. Genocide isn't okay! This shouldn't be in contention!

What I said isn't antisemitic. I stand on that. However, what you and others need to do is go and ask disparate why he thought it was relevant to bring up the entire cultural nation of Jewish people when I was clearly talking about the political state that came to exist after WWII. Maybe ask him why he thinks Jewish people are a pawn to be used in nonsense video game forum arguments about voting.

Ultimately, I'm used to people disagreeing with my politics. I'm also used to cliques and Discords forming narratives about individual staffers and the overall intention of staff. But honestly, so long as you keep the nonsense out of the forums, I don't care. Think what you want. What I'm not okay with is people lying about me, to my face, with receipts right there if you just read the conversation chain. And it's with the intent of trying to make me out to be antisemitic on top of it?

This shit stops now.

Unless your Jewish NepNep, by your OWN standards, you don't get to decide that. Jewish people do. But then again, since when did any of these mods or admins follow their own standards?

[benji]

Trying to frame [Nepenthe] as a bigot is dishonest and, frankly, insulting to all of us who work with them

You said it, not me.

[benji]

The distinction between the longevity of a state and a nation lies in their respective concepts and origins. A state typically refers to a political entity with defined borders, a government, and a system of laws, and its duration is measured by the establishment of its political structure. In contrast, a nation pertains to a group of people who share common cultural, historical, or ethnic ties, and the duration of a nation is often rooted in the historical continuity of its people. While the founding of a state is marked by political events and the creation of governing institutions, the existence of a nation is shaped by the collective identity and cultural heritage of its populace, spanning generations regardless of changes in political structures. Consequently, a state can be relatively young in terms of its establishment, while the nation it governs may have a much longer historical trajectory, reflecting the enduring character of its people. i.e. the age of Ukraine as a state in it's current form is distinct from Ukraine as a nation.

Literally no one in the thread was talking about Israel the nation in a cultural or ethnic context until this post. It was a completely irrelevant elaboration that only served to intentionally and maliciously muddy the point, which is that- yes, the nation Israel- the political state since 1948, not the cultural, historical, or ethnic nation of Israel- is and has been committing genocide against Palestinian Arabs in Gaza.

...

However, what you and others need to do is go and ask disparate why he thought it was relevant to bring up the entire cultural nation of Jewish people when I was clearly talking about the political state that came to exist after WWII.

We can go look but I remember why he brought it up and explained it to Nepenthe, she claimed the existence of Israel was illegitimate because it only dated back to 1948 and therefore all of Israel was "occupying" Palestinian land and the state is Western colonialism itself. And we know this is what she meant because on Twitter she explicitly said all Israelis need to go "back" to Europe even if they never came from there.

This explanation, of course, is her own confusion because the cultural or ethnic nation of Israel is not the "collective nation of Jewish people" anyway. Israel is not Jews and vice versa. Nepenthe clearly thinks Jews are white European Zionists for one thing.

We also know Nepenthe was buying into this crap because she made it a point of pride to talk about how she was reading the "foundational texts" of Zionism. (Though she never mentioned finishing this.)

[ClothedMac]

All I said was that even if every single Jewish person wanted the genocide to occur that would still not make the genocide okay. Genocide isn't okay! This shouldn't be in contention!

Can't you understand that? What the hell is wrong with you people?  Why do I have to keep explaining that I don't support genocide!

[Boredfrom]

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Trying to frame [Nepenthe] as a bigot is dishonest and, frankly, insulting to all of us who work with them

You are all fucking bigots and assholes.

[Boredfrom]

Is BDumbs fucking Nepenthe? Because I cannot believe even he believes she is not an insane bigot.

[kaleidoscopium]

Is BDumbs fucking Nepenthe? Because I cannot believe even he believes she is not an insane bigot.

Sure seems like it, or he desperately wants to.

[Boredfrom]

Ultimately, I'm used to people disagreeing with my politics.

No you don’t. You hate people lying about you but you are outright dishonest about dealing with others opinions. 

I'm also used to cliques and Discords forming narratives about individual staffers and the overall intention of staff. But honestly, so long as you keep the nonsense out of the forums, I don't care. Think what you want. What I'm not okay with is people lying about me, to my face, with receipts right there if you just read the conversation chain. And it's with the intent of trying to make me out to be antisemitic on top of it?

Who the fuck cares about Discord cliques outside you guys. Is this the reason why Messy is suddenly persona non grata? He said something in a Discord that piss you all off but because is outside the forum no one can tell. The same with ZeoMarvel and others. 

Why the fuck you even need a forum if half of the drama and decisions seem to be contained in Discord.

[Besticus Maximus]

There's no trying to frame Nepenthe as a bigot, she is one, they all know it, the cat is out of the bag.

[Boredfrom]

The cat was never in the bag in the first place. We knew she was a bigot for years.

[Boredfrom]

Slayven is totally in his twenties:

https://www.resetera.com/threads/did-that-game-where-you-were-hunted-by-english-robots-ever-come-out.805263/

[benji]

Slayven is totally in his twenties:

https://www.resetera.com/threads/did-that-game-where-you-were-hunted-by-english-robots-ever-come-out.805263/

Even if you didn't know the name, the phrase "hunted by English robots" would've worked.

[ComeAgain]

Just 13 full days into the new year and the content is already THIS juicy oh my 

[AldusMoneyPenny]

All I said was that even if every single Jewish person wanted the genocide to occur that would still not make the genocide okay. Genocide isn't okay! This shouldn't be in contention!

Can't you understand that? What the hell is wrong with you people?  Why do I have to keep explaining that I don't support genocide!

It’s a solid deflection into “if you don’t agree with me you apparently support genocide"! Well done.

[benji]

The cishets sure care more about Nepenthe speaking out against the perpetrators of genocide than they do about the trans genocide which doesn't even have a new sticky thread made.

[benji]

Imagine if Nepenthe had merely said "that was a bit of overstated rhetoric that was a mistake to use for the point I was trying to make, I apologize for creating a misunderstanding I should have clarified" instead of trying to relitigate the topic (in a thread where this is banned for other users) and accusing people of being part of conspiracies from hostile and plotting Discords. (Wonder why she thinks that... oh wait, I know why.) While B-Dubs joins in to dismiss concerns and they both start throwing around threats against minorities who speak up.

But then she wouldn't be Nepenthe. Or Administrator material. Or the cause of gobs of precum.

[malfoyking]

When they're dumb logic that is 100% right with no debates allowed is thrown in their faces

[Daffy Duck]

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When they're dumb logic that is 100% right with no debates allowed is thrown in their faces

[Greatness Gone]

ree really is the only place on the internet that can't handle figuring out how to work a computer. I have never seen an enthusiast forum where every other user complains about  having to "tinker" with pc games until they finally run. 

https://www.resetera.com/threads/i%E2%80%99ve-been-pc-gaming-for-about-2-years-now-and-i%E2%80%99m-really-not-feeling-it.805098/

[Polident]

Doing the old man yelling about walking up hill both ways in the snow—PC gaming for over a decade now has been piss easy. The only time you need to tinker is for features not in the console versions. And that’s been mitigated over the years. Mods are on Steam and a click away.

What happened to nerds, man. They used to be into Linux and esoteric shit software. Now windows is too complicated. They’re gonna bring back bonzi buddy at this rate.