Bruce Patin’s Comments

• Feb 7th, 2015 @ 5:32pm

  Forbidden comment topics

  on Guardian, Salon Show How Keeping And Fixing News Comments Isn't Hard If You Give Half A Damn
  I try to use good language and grammar and be polite as is possible, but got banned from commenting on two sites, because I said that 9/11 was an inside job, and found that they did not tolerate any such allegation whatsoever, their policy being that any such conspiracy theory has been thoroughly debunked and consists of baseless accusations. I got banned from a Monsanto/Syngenta GMO site, because I gave evidence of their misdeeds that they couldn't immediately counter.
  
  What I am saying is that moderators can stifle discussion based on their own viewpoints, and not on whether or not it is civil discourse. On most sites, the level of discourse is kept up by the level of intelligence exhibited by the authors of the articles. If the article is trash, so are the comments. An example of reasonable moderation is the site Metabunk.org. I thoroughly disagree with some of the content posted by the owner, some of it exhibiting denial and unwarranted assumptions, but I have to respect his commitment to an honest discussion, because he obviously tolerates dissent from his opinion.
• Jan 18th, 2014 @ 6:50am

  Re: NSA plant (as Sorgfelt)

  on Iran's FARS: Snowden Documents Finally Detail That The US Government Is Run By Aliens
  Silly. The NSA collects, the CIA disseminates. They are siblings with complementary duties.