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8/1/2014 11:02am
8/1/2014 11:02am
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12/7/2014 1:46pm
Some of the attempts to "get him" have seemed to work.
1st, there was the embarrassing "stacking" of his threads.
2nd, there's the group of Lenny trolls that seem to turn ANYTHING he posts into a made for TV drama, aka "Lenny Haters".
3rd, there was this weeks Racist Bullshit that, some f'n way, got BL eliminated, too.
The guy dates back to Old Moto-Drive days & is more "Moto" than most; so, this is my "WTF?" thread...in regards to this insanity. I know he can post some questionable fishing adventures; but, W T F...he's CERTAINLY NOT as bad as some of the shit I've witnessed from others up in here.
So, Guy? I think you made a mistake. That's all. Your timing, indeed...your patience, might have been mis-played on this one. Also, you might explain to these guys, in here, that I'm NOT taking sides in this. I just want what you do:
A Solid Moto-Forum.
I know "what" you're trying to accomplish; however, on an occasion where Len was doing a pretty damn good job dealing with folks throwing direct or thinly veiled racial slurs...well...I'm a white-bread blue-eyed guy & I can't imagine what it's like to deal with that crap.
I think he's been doing waaaaaaaay better under your new rule-set & certain protagonist haters went after him. It's that simple.
But, I could be wrong.
Free Lenny
1st, there was the embarrassing "stacking" of his threads.
2nd, there's the group of Lenny trolls that seem to turn ANYTHING he posts into a made for TV drama, aka "Lenny Haters".
3rd, there was this weeks Racist Bullshit that, some f'n way, got BL eliminated, too.
The guy dates back to Old Moto-Drive days & is more "Moto" than most; so, this is my "WTF?" thread...in regards to this insanity. I know he can post some questionable fishing adventures; but, W T F...he's CERTAINLY NOT as bad as some of the shit I've witnessed from others up in here.
So, Guy? I think you made a mistake. That's all. Your timing, indeed...your patience, might have been mis-played on this one. Also, you might explain to these guys, in here, that I'm NOT taking sides in this. I just want what you do:
A Solid Moto-Forum.
I know "what" you're trying to accomplish; however, on an occasion where Len was doing a pretty damn good job dealing with folks throwing direct or thinly veiled racial slurs...well...I'm a white-bread blue-eyed guy & I can't imagine what it's like to deal with that crap.
I think he's been doing waaaaaaaay better under your new rule-set & certain protagonist haters went after him. It's that simple.
But, I could be wrong.
Free Lenny
The part that was just unfortunate was him getting clipped over bickering back and forth over a racist deal when he was clearly not the instigator. I wish that circumstance was different. But GuyB was going through the whole deal with his mom and I'm sure he didn't really care what was going on, it was just bad timing on the whole deal.
At this point, I don't have a problem with BL. I think the board has bigger problem children.
Maybe the answer is moderating the board in a different way.
The Shop
One thing that needs to be done is stop letting "new" users start threads, most forum software allows you to set the number of post before being able to start a thread. Half of the BS/Stupid threads are started by users with less than 25 posts.
I have no problems at all with BL. He's a great fisherman and he doesn't need much bait to catch half of the Vitards that troll his posts.
Lenny is probably more knowledgeable than 99.9% of this board! He has been around MX for a long long long time(yes, Lenny you're old) He knows his shit! I might get clipped for saying this, but I can't help to think that some members problem with Lenny is because he's a black man, supporting a black man, in a white mans sport! Oh yea, JMHO
And yes, I brought race in to the thread! And to the guys who are going to say "always gotta throw out the race-card" well, you're the one I'm talking about!
I did see at least some of the thread where the racial stuff was being flung, and I thought it was just sort of dumb that it got a bit out of hand. I think I might have missed a few of the posts in that thread, so I don't really know the whole story, and that leads me to say that I can't fault Steve without knowing the rest of the story.
So far, That's ALL this is.
Why does it make you say, "...get clipped"?
The deal where the threads got stacked, I pulled the plug before I realized what was going on. He was let back in.
But...he's also been clipped many times. We've had many conversations on how things can/should be handled. His posting style has also gone downhill lately, reverting to the same old seek and annoy response to posters. I've clipped quite a few of those messages, too, as sort of a warning.
His fishing is no different than the rest of the fishermen, but (most)people jump his shit with indirect or outright direct racial statements. I'm not pointing at anyone in particular, but if you're honest you can't say you don't see it happen.
Pit Row
Notably, I'm just not seeing where he's the problem...all the while...I -DO- see "search & instigate" parties...like "the stacking"; which, was actually a personal disappointment amongst a few people I thought I knew...even rode with.
Still, I thought Len's contributions were way beyond any negatives that I saw. I thought he held his own in that latest fiasco.
He's a Positive in my mind.
But it's Steve's board.
Post Of The Day!
Literally made me Laugh!
Thanks...
Even on the most recent issue where the guy was way over the top, an email to me would have handled it.
You da MAN, Leonard!
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