Ham's behaviour is strange, that much is certain. I understand and appreciate moderation in order to protect the forum from radicals (Voat became totally unusable after rampant antisemitism; circlejerk prejudice killed that forum).
Ham ran a straw poll (I didn't participate and I'm sure many others didn't), and is now using that poll to claim that since the respondents of that poll favour the PPC and since there are incidents of racism on OmegaCanada, all PPC supporters are racist. Not only is that fallacious but it is ironic in that that is prejudice. It is also consistent with the CPC's strategy to smear the PPC as racists.
If Ham is concerned about the degradation of the forum, he is not going about it productively. I don't see how genuine concerns about the forum can be misconstrued into applying broad stroke smears unequivocally against every PPC supporter. That can't come from a healthy, honest place. It's a basic predjucial logic fallacy; individual from A is B, therefore all individuals from group A is B.
Giving Ham the benefit of the doubt, if he is just a regular guy after all then I think that moderating any forum eventually can take its toll. I actually liked TrueNorth77's advice, take a break, take a vacation. I mean that literally. Step away from all the BS for awhile and come back with a different, refreshed perspective. I often do this myself. If he isn't on some payroll, then how hard can that be?
Ham's behaviour is strange, that much is certain. I understand and appreciate moderation in order to protect the forum from radicals (Voat became totally unusable after rampant antisemitism; circlejerk prejudice killed that forum).
Ham ran a straw poll (I didn't participate and I'm sure many others didn't), and is now using that poll to claim that since the respondents of that poll favour the PPC and since there are incidents of racism on OmegaCanada, all PPC supporters are racist. Not only is that fallacious but it is ironic in that that is prejudice. It is also consistent with the CPC's strategy to smear the PPC as racists.
If Ham is concerned about the degradation of the forum, he is not going about it productively. I don't see how genuine concerns about the forum can be misconstrued into applying broad stroke smears unequivocally against every PPC supporter. That can't come from a healthy, honest place. It's a basic predjucial logic fallacy; individual from A is B, therefore all individuals from group A is B.
Giving Ham the benefit of the doubt, if he is just a regular guy after all then I think that moderating any forum eventually can take its toll. I actually liked TrueNorth77's advice, take a break, take a vacation. I mean that literally. Step away from all the BS for awhile and come back with a different, refreshed perspective. I often do this myself. If he isn't on some payroll, then how hard can that be?
He needs to go on a fishing or hunting trip or something, no internet for a few days.
I've only been hunting once, but having no internet for a couple days was beautiful. Also, fresh meat.
My parents have a cabin about 3 hours from here in the mountains of BC, no internet there. I go there when I need some peace and quiet.