Thanks for the info. When I saw the title, Moderator, I assumed you were a moderator.
FYI politics is predominately populated by trolls and the sock puppet accounts of trolls that were recently banned for trolling. Honest debate rarely, if ever, happens here.
In a section devoid of any real moderation, filled with racism, sexism, and homophobia, her comments didn't seem particularly outlandish to me. That old drama you mentioned, is still frequently discussed in these parts. My apologies for missing your intent.
edit: She's a newb? She's been a member for 2 years and has almost 9000 posts.
I hear ya on the mod titles , it makes shit confusing cause alot of members think were still mods & ask us for help , when i was an active moderator i rarely ventured out of hydroponics & stayed out of politics & toke n talk alltogether , mainly to avoid running up my post count with petty shit . Ive been here since the site opened in 06 under a different username when a bunch of us lost our names & post count in some kind of site crash where had to rejoin in 08, so people like her who's 10,000 post's in 2 yrs which are mostly non grow related i see as newbies .
I see what you mean about the politics section & i'll explain why i find her comments to be outlandish at best , IMO it's more about getting attention for herself .
The main reason im sticking up for fdd's right to come back to the site without being harrassed by trolls & shit talkers is because ive been to prison & lost everything twice , whatever that man did wrong before he did his time & is square with the house , NOBODY should get out of prison & have to answer defmamitory questions from newbies who weren't even here , or take shit from somebody who interjects themselves into the mix just so she can be involved in some drama she heard gossip about , i would stick up for you the same way if somebody was trolling you trying to start shit after you had gave freely to so many, a forum full of stoners should have members who have fun together , not exploit each others troubles for fun .
The other reason im sticking up for him is because of the many selfless act's ive watched him do over the years for the members here , ive seen him create a high quality stable strain of MJ then hand over 1,000's of seeds & clones to members , allways free of charge , ive saw him help countless newbies with their grows while everybody else in the thread talked shit about the newbies shitty plants , he used to hold barbques every summer for the members & foot the entire bill , he opened his family's home so out of towners would have a place to stay plus send people home with smoke , hash , seed's , clones & not once did i ever hear that he asked for anything in return , in my entire time here at RIU ive yet to see any other member give so much to strangers & allways free of charge .
Is FDD perfect or special ? No , infact he's been a total asshole to alot of people here but he's also been one of the most generous people ive seen & he's surely more valueable as a member of RIU than some newb with a big mouth , a newbie who spends the bulk of her 20 posts per day talking shit instead of contributing anything usefull , the most use she is to the community is when she signs off site & she thinks she's qualified to take cheap shots at a member who's allways gave to the members .
I have no problem with you nor were my words meant to imply anything negative twords you , i just cant sit by & watch her try & rip into him like she knows something about him just so she can feel important .