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Zumbo Prime
Semi-rant coming up here. You may be able to identify.
I, and a half dozen other people, have spent the last few weeks putting quite a bit of argumentative effort into a forum on another website. Said forum has a visible hierarchy. A triumvirate at the top, then moderators, of which I am one, and regular members. At the moment, the triumvirate is controlled by an inactive British guy, a German guy on vacation, and a 14-year-old American completely convinced self-examination is perfectly fine.
Essentially, this 14-year-old has banned the discussion of Anime from said forum, even though it does not pop up often. I am not a regular watcher of it, but this decision is clearly made because of personal dislike. Other topics that get posted rarely but consistently have been left alone. This would normally not be a big deal, but it is a standalone topic that has had no reasonable motive behind it, and this guy has become a tad deranged as of a month ago.
This 14YO believes everything he does is logical and cites "logic" in every counter he makes. Because apparently the majority is almost always wrong. Every single argument made, using analogies, examples, what have you, is rebutted either with irrelevant comparisons or with the word "logic". Every single person that has spoken with an opinion in these discussions has openly disagreed with him.
Now, today, he says he's going for a break. He wants someone to temporarily hold his position. He flat out says another moderator was not chosen because he would allow Anime. He flat out says I was "in the running" but was disqualified because I didn't just give up arguing. Out of 8 moderators, he picks the new guy who was picked yesterday, simply because everyone else has openly disagreed with him.
I apologize if this is against the rules, but I'm hoping someone here knows how to deal with this kind of situation without resorting to "everyone leave" or ignore it.
I, and a half dozen other people, have spent the last few weeks putting quite a bit of argumentative effort into a forum on another website. Said forum has a visible hierarchy. A triumvirate at the top, then moderators, of which I am one, and regular members. At the moment, the triumvirate is controlled by an inactive British guy, a German guy on vacation, and a 14-year-old American completely convinced self-examination is perfectly fine.
Essentially, this 14-year-old has banned the discussion of Anime from said forum, even though it does not pop up often. I am not a regular watcher of it, but this decision is clearly made because of personal dislike. Other topics that get posted rarely but consistently have been left alone. This would normally not be a big deal, but it is a standalone topic that has had no reasonable motive behind it, and this guy has become a tad deranged as of a month ago.
This 14YO believes everything he does is logical and cites "logic" in every counter he makes. Because apparently the majority is almost always wrong. Every single argument made, using analogies, examples, what have you, is rebutted either with irrelevant comparisons or with the word "logic". Every single person that has spoken with an opinion in these discussions has openly disagreed with him.
Now, today, he says he's going for a break. He wants someone to temporarily hold his position. He flat out says another moderator was not chosen because he would allow Anime. He flat out says I was "in the running" but was disqualified because I didn't just give up arguing. Out of 8 moderators, he picks the new guy who was picked yesterday, simply because everyone else has openly disagreed with him.
I apologize if this is against the rules, but I'm hoping someone here knows how to deal with this kind of situation without resorting to "everyone leave" or ignore it.
