Sorry, folks…I really would like to simply be able to post about current events, etc.
But I also really would like to be able to post replies…including links …without constant threats, zero ratings and/or insults from four posters here-marduk, nalbar, centristfielddj and oaguabonita.
The NeoCentrist Gang of Four.
Here is marduk’s latest “threat.”
I told you you’d get zeroed for this spam and I told you why. Post in the diaries or post in the thread. Don’t spam your diary shit here.
And here is my posted reply/answer…which will most certainly earn other zeroes from these self-appointed “guardian(s)” of the site:
This is a war that you are eventually going to lose, marduk. You will either lose it by finally getting censured by Booman or you will lose it by winning and turning Booman Tribune into dKos Jr.
You people have already cheapened this site to the point that many dissenting voices have simply stopped coming here.
But I am not leaving, and neither will I kowtow to your power plays.
AG
Vote with your ratings, folks. And your recommendations as well. Zero rate the Gang of Four when they try to run their meta shit and recommend/uprate posts that you like.
Stop being passive.
Neutrality sucks.
They want a war?
Let’s give them one.
It will be very much like a smaller version of the war about to happen in the Democratic Party.
I know where my alliances reside.
With unlimited freedom of discussion.
And I know where theirs reside.
Censorship of effective opposition.
DNC Lite.
They have position because they downrate freely and often…especially the marduk/nalbar twins. Thus their active opposition’s ratings have sunk so low that we have no zeroes available with which to retaliate. The opposition’s point has been not to censor, but to argue. Thus the problem.
Where do your alliances reside?
You know who you are.
The silent ones.
Do your alliances reside with the censorship of power or freedom of speech?
Let’s see where the heart of this blog really lives!!!
Give them a taste of their own medicine.
Please.
Over and out.
AG
Good that you added the second alternative because I think marduk is a Booman sock puppet. That’s why Booman doesn’t do anything about his behavior while you and I are told to “watch it” when we commit thought crime.
I doubt it. Booman is pretty straightforward, I think. He’s a political nerd…and I mean that in a good way. He loves the ins and outs of DC politics, and I think that this site is beginning to bore him.
AG
Martin loves his creation of the Pond. He has put in a lot of sweat and funds to keep the site running. There have been earlier moments of despair and offers of writing support by bloggers here at the site. Martin prefers to go it alone.
I’m at a loss for words and saddened to see this place deteriorate by a few. The ratings abuse would have been a major offense years ago and you would be thrown off with a blink of the eye.
The single intervention I have seen in recent days is all of nalbar’s ratings were deleted. Didn’t do the trick.
Plus…Booman’s syntax is elegant. Perfectly readable and…if he is not always necessarily correct on the issues, he at least makes a good case for his points and does a great deal of research.
The entity Marduk’s syntax clomps like a wounded hippo and there is little or no evidence of any original thinking in what he writes.
Marduk …just another deluded follower.
AG
[Cross-posted from EuroTrib – Oui]
Family Law
A personal matter … in a friendly surrounding many years ago, the Pond community reacted to living reality and empathy.
Just a shout out … my daughter’s ugly divorce from a narcissistic partner, well educated and a lawyer, caused much grief and hardship. The Court actions lasted seven years and we managed to keep joined custody of her son. Son-in-law belonged to the Dutch Reformed Church … 😉 Damn!
The costs were an extreme burden for my daughters and we as parents who gave her all support during those years.
The lessons I learned about matters of Dutch Family Law and the Child Care and Protection Board I was able to use in a second case of a young mother with a lovely daughter. A friend of a friend of mine. Besides once again a narcissistic person. this partner had left her in the dark about extreme psychiatric problems. Today after years of Court actions, the Appeals Court upheld the earlier decree. The girl of six years old is safe by the mother. Due to risk for safety of the girl, the biological father does not get visiting rights where he is alone with the girl, his daughter. Only with supervision of a professional in a secure setting will the father meet her. Tough call all around.
PS Spend more time on these court actions during a decade than time spend on blogging 🙂 haha working 24/7 during retirement.
The second case has been extremely rewarding. The woman is the eldest daughter of a large family of immigrant parents from Morocco. The family of eleven live in the metropolitan area of Amsterdam. Forced into marriage at the age of 19 during a “vacation” in the home country which was alien to her. During pregnancy she “escaped” with support of Dutch representation and due to some health issues.
She became estranged from het parents in Holland and family members. Her strong character pulled her through, finished a higher education in the financials and began building on her career as a single parent. She fell in love with a Dutchman … a narcissistic person with a dual personality. The psychiatric events started during her pregnancy … a control freak who thinks the infant is his “property”. So common place in literature, with often a murderous end game. Horrific.
She was determined to take hold of her personal self once again, a strong woman. I have much respect for her. I came into her life by fortuity, pure coincidence. With my practical insight of this personality disorder and the legal procedure of Family Law, we made a great team.
The Moroccans in Holland are discriminated, I had to convince her to be proud of her heritage, family and Islam. I said this will work to your advantage to frustrate the control under which her ex-partner wanted to keep her. Indeed, submission of the woman.
She succeeded with an A+ … great feeling today.
Knowing first-hand of the damage narcissists inflict, it’s always good to read or hear of cases like this where those targeted by narcissists win. A good friend of mine who is a psychotherapist often ends up testifying in divorce cases where one of the partners is a narcissist. Thankfully in court narcissists are often their own worst enemies. I get the impression that narcissists target specific personality types – namely those who tend to be highly conscientious and agreeable (i.e., very nice people). The psychological damage left in the wake of the relationships they destroy is long-lasting – for kids especially. Trust issues – that sort of thing. Hopefully life goes considerably more smoothly for this young woman and her family.
. . . consciously and deliberately abuse the ratings system.
. . . I.e., his uprate of my comment above, which flagged for the record his incitement to ratings abuse.
Who coulda predicted?
Maybe there’s hope for this blog yet.
My snark was implied. I need to start including emoticons. 🙂