Bless you.
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Iām pretty sure this is what most of us do. I only really flag things I find abhorrent and breaking the rules of the site. Its not a common occurrence and not emotionally driven.
Personally I donāt fully understand the tough guy āI WOULD NEVER FLAG BECAUSE that means Iām offended!!ā Thing. Its not that deep for me. Iām just using the system as intended. Itās not really a pearl clutching thing. I think we should have more faith in community members to have fair judgement
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if you donāt say something you know you shouldnāt, youāre not getting flagged. simple. nobody here is bigger than than this place. and it could devolve into shit like so many other places/things, and it will take diligence and maturity to preserve it
people just generally canāt be grown-ups about politics. full stop. bar rules exist for a reason.
you serious? you paid your two schmeckles, so you think that gives you carte blanche? give me a break. youāre something else, dude.
short-sighted and reductionist at best.
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Well at least not that I know of 
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Flagged. Officially flagged. Officially. Seal of flag approval
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In 5 minutes Iāll start flagging everyone.
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I think the parameters of flagging need to be discussed. It should be set up so that the only person a member can flag is themself and nobody else. I seem to get flagged a good bit and by coincidence it seems to happen right after someone misconceives something I say and gets pissy. Usually lasts till somebody else pisses them off .
Final thought on flagging. Instead of sayingā¦This post has been flagged by the Communityā¦It should sayā¦this post was flagged by (Your Name Here).
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If they apologize and show contrition I think you should give them a pass. Maybe a 12 week remedial program or something.
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time out in the corner or some anger management classes 
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Good afternoon @funkyfunk . Without getting into the specifics of all of this let me just offer my apologies for being rather curt yesterday. I normally try to stay out of conversations such as these here on OG. Like everyone else, I have my own unique experiences and as such have a unique perspective on certain topics. Trying to discuss such complicated matters in a paragraph or two can lead to misunderstandings that donāt help anything. You have always been a good and respectful person as far as I can see so I donāt wish any issues between us. Please accept my apologies for any tension I may have caused. 
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That sounds an awful lot like a re-education camp.
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Just think of it as state sanctioned university.
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Hey @DougDawson , I want to apologize to you for how I spoke to you yesterday. I am sorry for being confrontational. As you said, itās so easy to have misunderstandings when weāre speaking through these meager paragraphs over text. There was definitely misunderstanding or lack-of-understanding from my end.
I know youāre a kindhearted individual who has the best interests of the OG community & also the individuals within this community. If weād all been in this same conversation while in person sitting around the fire sharing a J then I know it would have been much more chill and empathetic.
I am especially sorry if my words caused tempers to rise, for you and for anyone else who was in this thread yesterday. Thatās the opposite of what I wanted. Sometimes the Bull 
really comes out from the Frog 
and I start seeing red before I realize it
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Thanks @emeraldbullfrog , I appreciate it. I too am sorry for being so curt. This is a very nuanced subject and yeah, it can be difficult discussing over a few lines of text. I totally agree that it would be a much better conversation sitting around a fire. I bare you no ill will and am grateful you reached out. No hard feelings on my end at all bud.
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Bravo gentlemen.
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Remove the l.
But seriously the flunkys love to flag. They are just being good foot soldiers. Look how society especially in the eww has trained everyone to tell on others for things against the state (of mental illness).
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How flagging works is a complex conundrum, it is a service with a definite expository value that can be easily abused when not moderated.
I donāt often see reasons to stifle others free speech, unless the flagged content is egregious-- as was the case with the ex-user HillBillyHaze when he went off on his foul-mouthed homophobic tirade; a venue to stand on a soapbox and speak ones mind is usually conducive to better understanding of others inherent ideologies, despite those expressed ideologies also having a potential to appear offensive to others who hold differing opinions. As such, I also like to see what has been flagged and, draw my own conclusions as to the veracity, relevance, or value of the statements in question:
I would rather read someoneās questionable post, which gives clear insight into that personās true nature, than have those posts hidden so that āwe, the constituencyā (and, external onlookers), are unaware of the wolf in sheeps clothing in our midst: Removing posts hides individualās heart-felt opinions and, ultimately shields them from the judgement of their peersā¦ based upon one (or a few) individualās personal opinions. It also allows individuals who should be more closely scrutinized to wander amongs our ranks, while their most vile inner feelings are erasedā¦ Their inappropriate philosophies hidden and, therefore protected, by the flags.
I am not against flags but, I would prefer to have the ability to view flagged content. I see a value in the flagging system but, also see the simplicity of itās implementation and, drawbacks to itās methodology. I hope that others would restrain themselves, unless the post was truly against the siteās evolving TOS and, erring towards acceptance of others opinions, versus jumping towards restriction of others rights to free expression.
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While we are all apologizing I just want to say sorry to each and every one of you for flagging your posts.
I hope you can forgive me before I give in to my urges and flag you again.
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Iāll admit, my comments that day were charged and probably a little out of form for this site. However , I was obsering radical behavior in my country that has never been seen in itās history and that was a mad as hell day for me. Flagging might have been enough, or even reaching out before flaggingā¦ but the insunuation that Iām a racist ā¦ nope , not tolerating that there bud.
Hereās the other thingā¦ I commented ā¦ expressed my thoughts on the two divergent subjects in this thread as I feltā¦ like the dozens of others replying with thier thoughtsā¦ that I could share them and state that I didnāt expect anyone else to share the same opinions and be fine with thatā¦ but no , heaven forbid that LOL
there will be no apologies from me Iām afraid, unless I have actually and factually wronged someone. I am quick to tell everyone I know that I am an opinionated asshole at timesā¦but Iām a decent person at the end of the dayā¦ so I guess deal with it
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This is a very fair statement and I think a really good ācounter argumentā for mine. There is both drawbacks and benefits from censorship. I think maybe it goes down to personal preference of how much ugly I really want to expose myself to. It can be very overwhelming online, itās what pushed me to focus on smaller communities like forums more than broad centralized social media. Thats my issue as an individual though, but it definitely effects how I moderate my own personal servers.
I say this like I wouldnāt have the choice to simply not view the hidden content haha. I guess I donāt trust my ape brain to not seek the message of whoever is angering me in that moment. It would be a tempting button
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