Pssst has been banned

I must confess, I had no idea this Pssst guy was "MU" whatever that means, believe it or not. I've made a mistake in engaging with him even in a very limited way. I just thought he was totally crackers and a bit of a laugh.

I kind of get the drift but is it something you feel like elaborating on to any extent?

I don't remember the details any more, but abusive and scatological would probably cover it. I think there was something sexual in there, as well. As far as I recall, he sent them to several people, on his way out the door.

Linda

Fair call, Linda. I debated whether or not to put it in those terms. As you say, it's not helpful for women to be represented as delicate flowers  in need of protection. On the other hand, I ended up putting it as I did for two reasons: firstly, there are very few women on this forum, and so any behaviour that might make women feel less welcome is significant. Secondly, because even if he might not have expressed it so much on this forum, the guy has been noted by others to have elsewhere been especially sexist (and homophobic) - and I thought this deserved pointing out. But I am sorry if I have caused offence. Please feel free to dress me down if this response is itself unsatisfactory to you.

I had interpreted it pretty much this way - it was simply the fact that he was targeting certain people more than others /because of/ something completely irrelevant such as gender or sexual orientation. Which are very solid reasons to ban someone. I avoided the forums because on one hand I was busy with intense course work and other hand I just did not want to deal with yet another religioius spirituralist (in my opinion) who was throwing tantrums over the most mundane things. I had previously come from a different forum where I had to deal with some people who were intent on chasing myself and Mediochre out because we didn't just eat up their claims and validate them in front of their potential followers. It's just such a waste of time and I really feel like these people, more than any hardcore skeptic, are truly what holds progression back in the forum of evaluating and testing psi phenomena.

I must confess, I had no idea this Pssst guy was "MU" whatever that means, believe it or not.

I think his avatar was a cat because cats mew.

I must confess, I had no idea this Pssst guy was "MU" whatever that means, believe it or not. I've made a mistake in engaging with him even in a very limited way. I just thought he was totally crackers and a bit of a laugh.

That was the way I thought until it became clear what kind of trolling was happening elsewhere. As Laird has already mentioned, we should not be a haven for trolls who are spiteful and dishonest. 

Trolls are the source of much harm and abuse on the internet and should be banned without a second thought. Personally I don't like the characterisation of "delicate flowers", whether it is used with gender in mind or not. Some people - and I might say that Linda is one that would spring to mind - have Rhino-like thick skins. Others - including many men - are more sensitive. There is nothing wrong with being somewhat aware and protective when it comes to such sensitivity - it is what caring people do. Trolls prey on that sensitivity, they are bullies and cowards, hiding their identities and often stealing the identities of others so as to discredit them.

That was the way I thought until it became clear what kind of trolling was happening elsewhere. As Laird has already mentioned, we should not be a haven for trolls who are spiteful and dishonest. 

Trolls are the source of much harm and abuse on the internet and should be banned without a second thought. Personally I don't like the characterisation of "delicate flowers", whether it is used with gender in mind or not. Some people - and I might say that Linda is one that would spring to mind - have Rhino-like thick skins. Others - including many men - are more sensitive. There is nothing wrong with being somewhat aware and protective when it comes to such sensitivity - it is what caring people do. Trolls prey on that sensitivity, they are bullies and cowards, hiding their identities and often stealing the identities of others so as to discredit them.

I agree with most of that Dave. As to what is happening elsewhere, I don't post elsewhere so I wouldn't have known. I do make the occasional comment on you tube but that's it.

We can all take solace in the knowledge that, in his own reality, he is still posting here.

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We can all take solace in the knowledge that, in his own reality, he is still posting here.

...or maybe he "hacks" your present, by tapping into the past of your reality, and thereby create a memory that you previously didn't have,...and that `false´ memory - of him posting - reverberates through, and causes ripples across your ´memory-ocean´, and comes at ya from the back,....like a `sneak-tsunami´....you didn't think of that, did ya!?!?...hah!!!

He's gone.  Let's party!