Should Al Franken Resign?

[Zymologist]

What on earth is a "green" or "red?" And what color are you?

I'm a blue mod: we're the rank-and-filers. Greens are above us, and reds are the owners.

And then there's one orange, but we don't talk about him.

[carpedm9587]

I'm a blue mod: we're the rank-and-filers. Greens are above us, and reds are the owners.

And then there's one orange, but we don't talk about him.

You know - I love the model. At some point, I am going to retire (hopefully sooner than later) and I am going to give some serious thought to starting a political site with this same model. May even want to talk to the ownership (Sparko?) about the platform and funding approach.

I would LOVE a place where people from all sides can debate vigorously, but keep it about the issues. Too much of modern politics has slipped into...well...a mess.

[Bill the Cat]

I'm a blue mod: we're the rank-and-filers. Greens are above us, and reds are the owners.

And then there's one orange, but we don't talk about him.

[carpedm9587]

You're the orange?

Hmmm... only here would that sentence even make sense...


(where IS that emoji with someone laughing so hard they're crying...?)

[rogue06]

And somebody was gray or silver.

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Yeah, like that. Or something.

Colors were never your strong suit.

[rogue06]

And some of them, like Sparko and Rogue, were kind of a poopiehead brown, no?

We just told you that because to you all colors are just different shades of gray.






















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[Bill the Cat]

You're the orange?

Yup. My original member number was 106. Been here a country minute...

[Teallaura]

The ones I added to your post are the "official" names of the various ranks.

Yeah, I knew they had been changed when we did one of the revisions but I wasn't sure of them off the top of my head and went with the old ones.

[Teallaura]

So long as this "purge" does not tip over into becoming a witch hunt, it's an incredibly good thing. Perhaps, once all of those who believe their wealth, fame, or power give them the right to objectify others are gone, we will have a new culture in which this kind of behavior is simply not tolerated - and will quickly be the end of careers.

It's already a witch hunt - worse, witches at least got trials.

[Teallaura]

You're the orange?

Hmmm... only here would that sentence even make sense...


(where IS that emoji with someone laughing so hard they're crying...?)

: lmbo:

: rofl:

: lol:

: smile:

[carpedm9587]

It's already a witch hunt - worse, witches at least got trials.

How do you know that?

[Teallaura]

How do you know that?

Media, history.

These people are being ousted or forced to resign from careers without an actual conviction - just on the basis of accusations.

Conversely, witches weren't lynched - they had trials throughout the history of the Inquisition and through Salem. Interestingly, Salem was the reverse of the Inquisition - usually church trials had resulted in acquittal.

[Sparko]

Media, history.

These people are being ousted or forced to resign from careers without an actual conviction - just on the basis of accusations.

Conversely, witches weren't lynched - they had trials throughout the history of the Inquisition and through Salem. Interestingly, Salem was the reverse of the Inquisition - usually church trials had resulted in acquittal.

do you ever wonder if all of this ridiculous nonsense going on today with these accusations, allegations of russian collusion in the election, Antifa riots, and so on will be in the history books one day and people will read it and be astounded by the idiocy of this generation like we are about the Salem Witch trials?

[Sparko]

do you ever wonder if all of this ridiculous nonsense going on today with these accusations, allegations of russian collusion in the election, Antifa riots, and so on will be in the history books one day and people will read it and be astounded by the idiocy of this generation like we are about the Salem Witch trials?

...and some historian or Internet archeologist will one day find a backup disc with Theologyweb on it, and find this thread and this very post (Hi there Internet Archeologist Guy!! ) and be so impressed that he awards me some posthumous nobel peace prize for my incredible foresight?

[carpedm9587]

Media, history.

These people are being ousted or forced to resign from careers without an actual conviction - just on the basis of accusations.

Conversely, witches weren't lynched - they had trials throughout the history of the Inquisition and through Salem. Interestingly, Salem was the reverse of the Inquisition - usually church trials had resulted in acquittal.

Your accounting of the Salem witch trials does not align with my understanding. While it is true that the number of actual deaths has been greatly overblown, there were, AFAIK, MANY convictions - for a crime that is simply ludicrous (i.e., being a witch). Where is your information about this coming from?

Meanwhile, I'm not sure that your description qualifies as a "witch hunt." The term has the connotation of accusing innocent people on spurious evidence. It is not clear that many (most?) of these people are or are not innocent - and it is not clear we could EVER have much more than he-said/she-said for many of them. I am concerned that this new "enlightenment" could be turned into a weapon for eliminating anyone we do not like - so I think we need to be vigilant. But I'm not seeing any clear signs that this is happening, at this point.