I quit

[The Groom]

Lately a lot of people have been accusing me of being another user.  I've insisted that I'm not, but that seems to be the verdict here.

I don't know if new posters are normally treated this way, but I won't be posting anymore.

Sorry if I did anything offensive.

[SUSAN CRUSHBONE]

oh

[badgate]

[DavidB.]

k thx bye

[SWE]

Excellent news!

[/]

Is this guy actually a sock? If so, for who? And what's the evidence?

[Mr. Smith]

Alas, I barely knew ye.

[Bigby]

I am going to miss your signature-thing.

[exopolitician]

Slitheen though

[Antonio the Sixth]

[/]

Really, guys, is he actually a sock or all you all just being mean to him? Because if so, stop.

[Oakvale]

bye Atheist lol

[°Leprechaun]

Should the Atlas Forum come with a warning/disclaimer?

"Warning politics discussed here. People here are cold and ruthless. Enter at your own risk.
Abandon all hope of finding intelligent life here."

[Leinad]

Lately a lot of people have been accusing me of being another user.  I've insisted that I'm not, but that seems to be the verdict here.

I don't know if new posters are normally treated this way, but I won't be posting anymore.

Sorry if I did anything offensive.

If you really are a sock, then stop.

If not, ask the mods. That's what I did. They'll tell people it isn't the case. And if it keeps happening, just ignore it. Eventually you'll continue to not be banned and they'll get bored with it. New posters, by my experience, are often treated this way. BUT, if you like wasting time arguing about politics and stuff on the internet, it's worth sticking around.

[/]

trolololol

Really, guys, is he actually a sock or all you all just being mean to him? Because if so, stop.

He is.

How do you know that, though? I'm seriously starting to doubt this guy is a sock now and you guys should stop being such @holes to him.

[/]

There's like NO REASON to believe this guy is a sock.

You guys are being cruel and it really isn't funny.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

I don't really care. Posts are low quality and he identifies as a secular humanist.

[Green Line]

Theres no evidence to say he is a sock, and who cares either way? Why do you guys want to prevent more people from contributing to this place? The angry mob of people here would do well to remember when you all first joined.

[/]

I don't really care. Posts are low quality and he identifies as a secular humanist.

This is disgusting. Don't condone bullying another forum member senselessly just because of the the way he posts and his political views.

[angus]

New posters, by my experience, are often treated this way.

Isn't that strange?  When I first started posting here everybody was always like, "hey, man, welcome to the forum" and "lookin' forward to hearing your views" and such to any new poster.  Nowadays, it's always like, "Which sammy are you?"  Or, more often, like that guy Miggs from Silence of the Lambs who tossed his jizz on Jodie Foster's hair.

Where's Doctor Lecter when you need him?

[/]

New posters, by my experience, are often treated this way.

Isn't that strange?  When I first started posting here everybody was always like, "hey, man, welcome to the forum" and "lookin' forward to hearing your views" and such to any new poster.  Nowadays, it's always like, "Which sammy are you?"  Or, more often, like that guy Miggs from Silence of the Lambs who tossed his jizz on Jodie Foster's hair.

Where's Doctor Lecter when you need him?

LOL

[Maxwell]

What bothers me more is someone drawing attention to themselves constantly because of people accusing of them of something. Why would you, after 33 posts, then make a thread about quitting the forum over it?

Some people here need to grow up.

[SteveRogers]

I don't really care. Posts are low quality and he identifies as a secular humanist.

This is disgusting. Don't condone bullying another forum member senselessly just because of the the way he posts and his political views.

Did you actually look at his posts? Or for that matter, any of the posts anyone made about him? Like, can you actually point to the meanest post directed at him? I actually don't see any reason to think that he's a sock, but from what I can see he certainly made a couple of objectively bad posts right off the bat that would be indicative of someone who is not here to make constructive contributions. And when he made those bad posts, he got some mild criticism for it just like any established poster would if they posted the same thing. Here was my only interaction with him:

You should include Hindus and Buddhists, and Other.

Sorry.  Just check "Atheist" then.

You're bad at this.

Is that cyberbullying? Is that relentlessly cruel?

[Green Line]

I don't really care. Posts are low quality and he identifies as a secular humanist.

This is disgusting. Don't condone bullying another forum member senselessly just because of the the way he posts and his political views.

Did you actually look at his posts? Or for that matter, any of the posts anyone made about him? Like, can you actually point to the meanest post directed at him? I actually don't see any reason to think that he's a sock, but from what I can see he certainly made a couple of objectively bad posts right off the bat that would be indicative of someone who is not here to make constructive contributions. And when he made those bad posts, he got some mild criticism for it just like any established poster would if they posted the same thing. Here was my only interaction with him:

You should include Hindus and Buddhists, and Other.

Sorry.  Just check "Atheist" then.

You're bad at this.

Is that cyberbullying? Is that relentlessly cruel?

You have a history of going on fruitless witch hunts against posters you disagree with. I dont think you have any room to talk here to talk

[SteveRogers]

I don't really care. Posts are low quality and he identifies as a secular humanist.

This is disgusting. Don't condone bullying another forum member senselessly just because of the the way he posts and his political views.

Did you actually look at his posts? Or for that matter, any of the posts anyone made about him? Like, can you actually point to the meanest post directed at him? I actually don't see any reason to think that he's a sock, but from what I can see he certainly made a couple of objectively bad posts right off the bat that would be indicative of someone who is not here to make constructive contributions. And when he made those bad posts, he got some mild criticism for it just like any established poster would if they posted the same thing. Here was my only interaction with him:

You should include Hindus and Buddhists, and Other.

Sorry.  Just check "Atheist" then.

You're bad at this.

Is that cyberbullying? Is that relentlessly cruel?

You have a history of going on fruitless witch hunts against posters you disagree with. I dont think you have any room to talk here to talk

I am not accusing The Groom of being a sock, nor would I call for his banning. I am merely questioning whether those who are reflexively criticizing the criticism of The Groom have looked at the facts. Green Line, I apologize for accusing you of being a sock before. That was rash of me, and I'm sorry. However, I will not apologize for calling you a troll because at the time your only contribution to the forum was that horrible troll thread about Jeb Bush's wife which rightly raised some red flags.

Likewise, when someone comes to the forum and immediately makes threads like this https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=217648.msg4694940#msg4694940 , it should raise some red flags, and being new shouldn't make that poster immune from criticism. Political ideology has nothing to do with it.