Godtube kicked me out again.

[geni]

Ok I got kicked out of Godtube forever this time unless I get another IP number. I was watching a video that was attempting to explain a massacre in the old testament that justified said massacre by saying the people they were exterminating were half demon and half human and the elimination of the men, women and children was justified on account of this.

I countered by saying that that was just an excuse for taking the land away from the people they were exterminating. I also pointed out that since the "demon" female virgins were spared that the demon DNA was passed on to whomever got them pregnant. I was soon kicked out for that and my IP number was banned.

Eh just add a section what's going on at godtube to http://rationalwiki.com/wiki/GodTube and make your comments where they are more likely to be welcome. The inhabitants could probably do with a change from conservapedia.

 

[GreyICE]

Um, what the hell? You're trolling a website and you want our support?

No. Also, rejoining after you're banned is trolling behavior. If you're not welcome in a community, find a different/better community. Don't keep smacking in the door. It's their right to reject you, it's your right to find somewhere better to post.

 

[Beerina]

I disagree. Things like GodTube are evil. They must suppress freedom of speech or else their argument collapses.

That's another reason I like randi.org. They don't ban you unless you repeatedly threaten people, use swear words, or other stuff. But not for the content of your messages.


The intellectual honesty of the board is proportional to how quickly they ban you for the content of the message.


I haven't been banned on religious boards, but I don't go there too often. However, I have been banned from a comics board (comicbookresources.com) for pointing out humerously that the Hulk or Thor were many magnitudes physically weaker than Superman. Evidence be damned! They don't wanna hear it, so they ban you.

 

[Matt Black]

I disagree. Things like GodTube are evil. They must suppress freedom of speech or else their argument collapses.

Godtube does not have to provide you with freedom of speech, it's their house. They are under no obligation.

 

[NobbyNobbs]

Anytime I'm faced with a religious person who wants to walk away from a skeptical discussion, I ask, "Is your God and your belief so weak that they are threatened by a few moments of questioning?"

 

[Richard Masters]

Um, what the hell? You're trolling a website and you want our support?

No. Also, rejoining after you're banned is trolling behavior. If you're not welcome in a community, find a different/better community. Don't keep smacking in the door. It's their right to reject you, it's your right to find somewhere better to post.

It's also his right to keep trolling and bring back anecdotes.

 

[Delvo]

Returning with a sock-puppet account is an offense that gets an automatic ban at every forum I've ever heard of. This has nothing to do with the religion of the site owner(s); it's just common sense that if you're banned, then you're not welcome. Think of buildings and land. Once you've been kicked out/off, coming back uninvited and unwelcome is trespassing, regardless of what circumstances surrounded the original kicking.

 

[Checkmite]

I disagree. Things like GodTube are evil. They must suppress freedom of speech or else their argument collapses.

GodTube is not a debate forum. It is a fan site - for fans of Christianity. If you were to go to a Led Zeppelin fan site and start arguing about how Lionel Ritchie is superior to Led Zeppelin in every way, you're going to get booted too. Do people of any particular mindset not deserve a place to kick back and chill with like-minded people, and instead by always ready and willing to debate at any moment? Should your city's Republican Party headquarters, or Democratic Party headquarters, permit anybody at any time, including conferences and such, to walk in and fully engage them in debate?

 

[Safe-Keeper]

There are, of course, lots of possible reasons, good or bad, to censor a web forum. If I ran a support group on Facebook for, say, tsunami victims, I'd ban anyone who got on and said the victims of the wave deserved what they got because the tsunami was God's punishment to sinners. That kind of thing.

I don't know if it's a good reason to have a site where you can log on, share your views, and have them reinforced without ever having to be confronted by opposing evidence, and if I started an "AtheistTube" I'd be sure to allow all opinions in, but hey, who am I to judge, I guess.

 

[Richard Masters]

t's just common sense that if you're banned, then you're not welcome.

I would find it hard to believe that the OP hasn't considered that. I think it was intended as a rhetorical device to start a conversation on censorship and religion; as well as the merit behind the censorship.

 

[GreyICE]

It's also his right to keep trolling and bring back anecdotes.

Actually after a certain point it crosses the line into harassment and becomes legally actionable. The number of cases where that has been legally actionable on the internet is limited, so it's somewhat questionable where that line is, but it definitely exists. In the case of Godtube, since I do not believe they are for profit, all they have to do is demonstrate his behavior is financially damaging (it drives people away) and is a willful violation of their terms of service (also reasonably easy to prove). Then they can sue.

So yes, it's his RIGHT in that he can do it, but I find such course of action highly stupid.