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Ever been kicked out of an internet forum?
I posted this on the Internet Users Are (Not) More Tolerant Thread, an am re-posting to start it as a new thread. It concerns the narrowminded, intolerant "PC" types that dominate internet forums. I'm pissed!

Most people on the internet I've run across are "PC intolerant." How many forums have you been locked out of for expressing un-PC views? Or because the host merely suspects you of not being P.C.?

I've been repeatedly locked out of forums because I don't toe the P.C. line, or for even less reason. Just today, I was informed by yet another forum host that he'll lock me out if I don't take the Confederate Flag from my sig. This sucks! Freedom of speech? Not on the internet.

Also I've noticed, most internet forums are very cliquish. If one old timer doesn't like you for some reason or doesn't like your opinion or your sig, they'll start calling you names and generally attacking. If you dare to defend yourself even in the most calm, reasonable manner, everyone jumps on you and accuses you of starting trouble and boom, you're out.

So no, I don't think internet users are more tolerant than others. They're worse.
steve hiker
4:38:34 PM
7/06/01

RE: Ever been kicked out of an internet forum?
This is pretty much the only forum I have ever posted on, so I wouldn't know. I have seen the "old timer doesn't like you" deal pulled pretty often though. That one is pretty stupid.
newgirl
4:51:04 PM
7/06/01

RE: Ever been kicked out of an internet forum?
Hey, Steve, when you goin' get on that e-mail?
newgirl
4:53:02 PM
7/06/01

RE: Ever been kicked out of an internet forum?
Pretty soon.
steve hiker
4:55:27 PM
7/06/01

RE: Ever been kicked out of an internet forum?
It?s not very nice to be hated, is it?
Violin
5:00:26 PM
7/06/01

RE: Ever been kicked out of an internet forum?
"I've been thrown out of better places than this!!!"
flyguy6x
5:01:10 PM
7/06/01

RE: Ever been kicked out of an internet forum?
Just wonderin'.
newgirl
5:03:04 PM
7/06/01

RE: Ever been kicked out of an internet forum?
Hah!
Violin
5:03:05 PM
7/06/01

RE: Ever been kicked out of an internet forum?
I meant: Hah! flyguy6x.
Violin
5:04:16 PM
7/06/01

RE: Ever been kicked out of an internet forum?
Ever been flagged from a bar???
flyguy6x
5:07:55 PM
7/06/01

RE: Ever been kicked out of an internet forum?
Ever been in a Turkish prison?
Violin
5:15:10 PM
7/06/01

RE: Ever been kicked out of an internet forum?
Ever been mellow?
Violin
5:15:39 PM
7/06/01

RE: Ever been kicked out of an internet forum?
Ever been bullied at school?
Violin
5:16:30 PM
7/06/01

RE: Ever been kicked out of an internet forum?
We call "flagging" getting "86d" up here. I never have been, but a friend of mine did. He tried to drink a "Flaming Blue Jesus" and he started a towel on fire.
newgirl
5:16:52 PM
7/06/01

RE: Ever been kicked out of an internet forum?
Ever been whipped by a crazy mule?
Violin
5:17:13 PM
7/06/01

RE: Ever been kicked out of an internet forum?
Ever been misunderstood by a friend?
Violin
5:18:17 PM
7/06/01

RE: Ever been kicked out of an internet forum?
Ever been stalked overseas?
Violin
5:18:53 PM
7/06/01

RE: Ever been kicked out of an internet forum?
Ever been mooned by a turtle?
Violin
5:19:32 PM
7/06/01

RE: Ever been kicked out of an internet forum?
Ever been experienced?
Violin
5:20:56 PM
7/06/01

RE: Ever been kicked out of an internet forum?
Ever Been This Bored?
Violin
5:21:53 PM
7/06/01

RE: Ever been kicked out of an internet forum?
Ever Been Kissed Below The Border?
Violin
5:22:40 PM
7/06/01

RE: Ever been kicked out of an internet forum?
Ever been in a restaurant and had the chef flip a shrimp into your mouth,or been entertained by a chef tossing and flipping his cooking utensils in the air?
Violin
5:23:28 PM
7/06/01

RE: Ever been kicked out of an internet forum?
Rarely. Violin, buddy, what's up? The experienced post is cool.
newgirl
5:23:44 PM
7/06/01

RE: Ever been kicked out of an internet forum?
Ever been Abducted by Aliens?
Violin
5:24:21 PM
7/06/01

RE: Ever been kicked out of an internet forum?
Ever been flogged in a bar???
flyguy6x
5:24:42 PM
7/06/01

RE: Ever been kicked out of an internet forum?
Ever been in the wrong place at the wrong time?
Violin
5:24:56 PM
7/06/01

RE: Ever been kicked out of an internet forum?
Ever Been So Dog-gone Mad In All Your Life?
Violin
5:26:06 PM
7/06/01

RE: Ever been kicked out of an internet forum?
Ever been caught in a Paradigm Shift?
Violin
5:27:08 PM
7/06/01

RE: Ever been kicked out of an internet forum?
Ever been to Vegas?
Violin
5:27:54 PM
7/06/01

RE: Ever been kicked out of an internet forum?
Are you now, or have you ever been?
Violin
5:28:25 PM
7/06/01

RE: Ever been kicked out of an internet forum?
Ever been handcuffed to a bed?
Violin
5:29:08 PM
7/06/01

RE: Ever been kicked out of an internet forum?
Ever been smacked in the head with an 80 MPH baseball?
Violin
5:30:43 PM
7/06/01

RE: Ever been kicked out of an internet forum?
Have you ever been, have you ever been, to Electric Lady Land???
flyguy6x
5:31:03 PM
7/06/01

RE: Ever been kicked out of an internet forum?
Ooh! I was just about to post that one! What are the odds?
Violin
5:33:05 PM
7/06/01

RE: Ever been kicked out of an internet forum?
Ever been embarrased on national TV?
Violin
5:33:42 PM
7/06/01

RE: Ever been kicked out of an internet forum?
Caught a foul tip in the throat once.
flyguy6x
5:34:52 PM
7/06/01

RE: Ever been kicked out of an internet forum?
Ever been frustrated with trying to open one of those child-proof
bottles?
Violin
5:35:03 PM
7/06/01

RE: Ever been kicked out of an internet forum?
Been kissed below the border, been to Vegas, never been abducted, never been hit w/ a baseball, never been handcuffed. Never, ever been to Electric Lady Land. I haven't done much.
newgirl
5:35:07 PM
7/06/01

RE: Ever been kicked out of an internet forum?
Ever been attracted
to a cartoon character?
Violin
5:35:35 PM
7/06/01

RE: Ever been kicked out of an internet forum?
Been on the bus???
flyguy6x
5:36:08 PM
7/06/01

RE: Ever been kicked out of an internet forum?
Ever been so bored that you tried to answer all these questions? Where are you pulling these out of Violin?
newgirl
5:36:45 PM
7/06/01

RE: Ever been kicked out of an internet forum?
Either from the deep, dark recesses of my mind or I did a G o o g l e search for 'ever been'.
Violin
5:40:59 PM
7/06/01

RE: Ever been kicked out of an internet forum?
the answer is yes.
baume 66
5:44:35 PM
7/06/01

RE: Ever been kicked out of an internet forum?
A foul tip in the throat? I have never heard it described like that. Gargling the Gurkin maybe, but....
bacpac
6:23:39 PM
7/06/01

RE: Ever been kicked out of an internet forum?
Ever been to see Rock City
HogOnIce
4:54:41 AM
7/07/01

RE: Ever been kicked out of an internet forum?
I think this thread took a turn for the better.
LaRock
9:08:47 AM
7/07/01

RE: Ever been kicked out of an internet forum?
Never been to Rock City, but I have a "See Rock City" birdhouse.
skiracer
9:56:12 AM
7/07/01

RE: Ever been kicked out of an internet forum?
Ever party with The Cult and Monster Magnet?

I did...last night!
Buddur
10:00:27 AM
7/07/01

RE: Ever been kicked out of an internet forum?
dija evr snift a gooood smells and den mommy yanks the leeech away?
Sandy-Schmandy
1:53:59 PM
7/07/01

RE: Ever been kicked out of an internet forum?
dija evr snift a gooood smells and den mommy yanks the leeech away?
Sandy-Schmandy
1:54:08 PM
7/07/01

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