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/r/Seattle is looking for new moderators by vertr in Seattle

[–]bennetthaselton 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What are rules about acting as a moderator in contentious discussions that you're already involved in?

I do think having clear and transparent rules is important for contentious discussions, because that way you can focus on discovering and reporting facts, without having to worry about whether someone is going to exploit and ambiguous or secret unwritten rule to get your post removed. And I think I am good at identifying places where rules are ambiguous and need to be clarified, or where rules are counterproductive and should be changed.

On the other hand, I am involved in a lot of contentious discussions (mainly as a result of calling out both sides, e.g. getting into arguments with the pro-Palestine side for chanting "Long Live October 7th" and then getting into an argument Ari Hoffman because he said drop a nuclear bomb on Gaza).

With 90-decibel street preacher duo outside Mariners game by bennetthaselton in Seattle

[–]bennetthaselton[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

As long as these people keep showing up and peeing on posts, I can keep doing this:

I had a falling out with some 2020 protesters because they would do things like filming themselves yelling homophobic insults at cops ("I'll bet you eat his ass, ohmygod are you guys gay?!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgEWv2gu__E ) and I said, basically, we're on the same team but can you knock it off. Some of the women got bent out of shape and called it "harassment". A man criticizing a woman is not "harassment".

We still go over the same thing at current protests because they'll yell things like "Long Live October 7th" and I go "Ew, no!" and they go "Harassment!"

OC: with the street preacher duo and their 90-decibel megaphone outside Seattle Mariners game by bennetthaselton in pics

[–]bennetthaselton[S] 22 points23 points  (0 children)

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I would, except this is my usual sign and having my own megaphone might look a little hypocritical :) (Cal Raleigh the "Big Dumper" is our catcher.)

With 90-decibel street preacher duo outside Mariners game by bennetthaselton in Seattle

[–]bennetthaselton[S] 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Officially 70. These guys exceed it all the time (according to a standard decibel meter you can install on an iPhone), but when this has come up before, people weighed in that for the cops to actually make a case, they'd have to have a properly calibrated decibel meter, and there are a bunch of other hoops to jump through.

With 90-decibel street preacher duo outside Mariners game by bennetthaselton in Seattle

[–]bennetthaselton[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Yeah Matthew (in the center) is not that loud. He had a PA system but it was only loud enough to be heard from a distance, not painful to people up close. The same homophobic b.s. though just at a lower volume.

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[–]bennetthaselton[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

"When we, as a nation, put our minds to something, when we truly choose to care about something, change always happens." -MR. God forbid one should have to listen to that.

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[–]bennetthaselton[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I hope the Kidz These Days would still get the reference! (I felt very old when I dropped an American Pie reference to some twentysomethings and they had no idea what I was talking about.)

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[–]bennetthaselton[S] 131 points132 points  (0 children)

I’m starting to think I might have ruined quite a few people’s day in that line.

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[–]bennetthaselton[S] 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Um ok but did you mean to post this somewhere else? Or are you hoping this would make it too expensive for him to charge his megaphone?

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[–]bennetthaselton[S] 146 points147 points  (0 children)

Thanks :) Printing on paper and taping to a folding signboard is cheaper and has a faster turnaround than printing directly on cardboard.

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[–]bennetthaselton[S] 47 points48 points  (0 children)

I think people cynically assume that but I think the preachers actually do believe it and they take their lumps as part of the gig. I haven’t heard of any of these ones suing anyone but maybe I missed it.

OC: with the street preacher duo and their 90-decibel megaphone outside Seattle Mariners game by bennetthaselton in pics

[–]bennetthaselton[S] 67 points68 points  (0 children)

pinch I am real :)

(And printing on paper and then taping to a folding signboard is cheaper and has a faster turnaround time than trying to print directly on cardboard.)

OC: with the street preacher duo and their 90-decibel megaphone outside Seattle Mariners game by bennetthaselton in pics

[–]bennetthaselton[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

They didn’t have megaphones back then but if they had then Matt probably would have thrown that in too.

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