As most of you are no doubt aware, I was banned a few weeks ago for "gossip," which apparently is what happens when you tell Elias Alucard the truth about himself. If I'm going to be banned for insulting someone on real life bases, then Elias has no choice but to ban himself on the same grounds. This is a guy that has repeatedly taunted me with lines like, "it's actually a hell of a lot more embarrassing that your mother is being fucked by a nigger than [me] living on welfare."
This is supposedly the post that pushed the Dear Leader over the edge, desperate to save his beloved forum from Mike the Busybody and his nefarious lackies:
Or so one would think. Oh, no, I wasn't banned for this. My post was simply deleted, which of course prompted me to reply:
This post was, surprise surprise, also deleted. The only reason I replied to this "Prometheus" thread at all was because Elias dropped my name twice in the thread, citing me as an example of the sort of "anti-intellectual" who would like the movie. But nevermind that. I soon noticed that Djabbour the Hutt, the champion of free speech who deleted my posts after openly baiting me, had sent me a PM! This was the delightful exchange that followed:
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ELIAS:
I deleted it because it's off topic. It's a thread about a movie. And you're a moron and always will be. That you think you're smart because you're in college, is an example of what kind of a moron you are.
MIKE:
No, you deleted it because it hit a nerve. I'm a scholar, you're a loser, and everyone with eyes to see and ears to hear knows it. You mentioned me twice in a thread I had nothing to do with like a person with an obsessive crush. If calling someone a moron is off-topic then you broke your own rule twice. I barely post on this forum yet you feel compelled to drop my name every time your fat ass shifts position. For someone who doesn't think much of me, you sure you do think a lot about me, Mr. Alucard. It's okay to be gay, Elias, but I'm not interested.
Hugs and kisses,
A guy who finished high school and works for a living
ELIAS:
No, seriously, I deleted it because your entire post had nothing to do with the topic (which is still a movie, not my personal life).
I also work for a living. That you consider yourself a scholar is quite hilarious, but whatever makes you feel better.
I also work for a living and I pay my taxes; not that I think that makes me a better person than living on welfare (unlike you, I'm not indoctrinated into the belief that your human value lies in how much taxes you pay or how much you work; that's just political propaganda). It's actually a hell of a lot more embarrassing that your mother is being fucked by a nigger than living on welfare.
Also, say hello to PowerPaw for me, and tell her that the only one uglier than her is you
MIKE:
I can forgive stupid, but I can't forgive boring. Enjoy your spot in the raceboard limelight while you can, friend, because your days are numbered whether you know it or not.
ELIAS:
What's that supposed to mean? Is that a threat or something?
MIKE:
I'm warning you to be psychologically prepared for the day when you lose half your member base to a better forum.
LOL @ threat. Like there'd be any point in trying to kill you. The twinkies will take care of that.
ELIAS:
So you're starting a new forum? Good luck, but "my days are numbered" sounds like a lot more serious than "losing half of my member base to a better forum". That would not be a major blow or anything. I do this forum stuff for fun; I don't put any huge ego nor does my life depend on it or anything like that. Methinks you take my member base a lot more personal than I do.
It's also very fun that you anticipated that Anthrocivitas was going to be your new race board home yet no one posts there nowadays. I'm sure this new forum you're planning will be another one hit wonder
No, I didn't have murder in mind. Threats aren't necessarily exclusive to murder, you being a scholar and college intellectual should know that.
By the way, if what you said about Steve Jobs is true, then you have some of my respect
MIKE:
"Methinks you take my member base a lot more personal than I do."
I take anthropology a lot more seriously than you do.
"So you're starting a new forum?"
I can neither confirm nor deny it. And Anthrocivitas was going to be my new raceboard home until Kadu revealed himself to be a scumbag. So that was out. Save the luck for yourself. You're the one who's going to need it when the only people who decide to stick around here are the likes of Mary and Charlie Bass.
ELIAS:
I've read the following anthro/race related books:
Race (Sarich and Miele)
In Search of the Indo-Europeans (JP Mallory)
Horse Wheel Language (David Anthony)
Rise and fall of the Caucasian race (Bruce Baum)
I'm currently reading the following books:
Race (John Baker)
The Quest for the Origins of Vedic Culture: The Indo-Aryan Migration Debate (Edwin Bryant)
Aryan Idols (Stefan Arvidsson)
Unlike the pseudo-scientific books of yore you waste time reading about typology and "Baltid" this, "Mediterranid" that, these books are written by real college educated scholars. Which is also why you're not really much of a competent debater in the various threads you've participated in. You can always blame it on you disliking me and therefore don't want to waste time on my forum, but that doesn't hold up, because you're as much a lowbrow poster on all the other forums you've frequented.
That you think highly of yourself and really believe you're better than you are just because you have some bullshit title, doesn't really prove shit of your understanding of anthropology.
I didn't bother responding any further, partly because I was too busy laughing my ass off at his reading list. Maybe if I read seven books I'd be a true student of anthropology, too!
In case it escaped your attention, note where Elias accuses me (falsely) of wasting my time on typological pseudoscience and then in almost the same breath brags about reading John Baker's Race, a fucking typologist's manifesto. :lol:
A day or so later, I was MASSIVE QBQ-BANNED!, along with two other people who had nothing at all to do with the incident in question. Ezana and Humata, two excellent and utterly unobjectionable posters, were banned merely for associating with me on Skype. The official reason given for this laughably futile mass-banning was "gossip"... chatter that didn't even take place on ABF. Apparently private off-forum (read: Skype) conversations like this are grounds for a massive-QBQ ban:
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HUMATA: He's willing to take the time to bust out long messages but not to administrate his own forum properly. That is the very reason I left ABF. He is an incompetent administrator.
MIKE: What the newbs don't realize is that he's just some chump who was openly clowned by people like myself for aeons only to one day be handed the keys to the forum by Ayepod, an obviously depressed and disillusioned person. It'd be like if the administrator of Stormfront just one day handed over his servers to the Nation of Islam. It's that ridiculous.
EZANA: The fact that ABF was given to him is still funny to this day. He'd never be anything but gum on the bottom of our shoes otherwise.
Ooo, aren't we dastardly? A bunch of friends talking about a creature they despise in a private chatroom (apparently in the presence of a snitch). Scandalous! Elias, why would ye of the thickest blubber care at all about what "anti-intellectuals" like us have to say about you in private? Of course we talk about you candidly outside the forum. Of course PowerPaw has told us about your pathetic life. Of course we think you're an incompetent boob who shouldn't be running a forum. None of this constitutes a bannable offense, and frankly-- what we say about you off-site is none of your goddamn business.
Naturally, the announcement of our banning met with both sycophantic praise and well-measured protest, and I appreciate those who denounced the act-- that is, before Elias locked the thread before anyone else could object. The fact that I was suddenly banned for conducting myself in the same manner I always have on this forum (and with never so much as a warning) was of course suspicious enough, but the inexplicable banning of Humata and Ezana caused quite the fuss. Let's get real, folks, the real reason we were all banned is that Elias suffered a panic attack as soon as he read the words "new forum." That's how confident in himself your great administrator is.
This is Elias, a man so stupid that he promoted Ezana to moderator the very same day the latter was attempting to get himself banned. Like me, Ez stuck around for shits and giggles, for nostalgia's sake. We were both simply hanging around, waiting for something better to come along. Suffice it to say, we're tired of waiting.
Let the metamorphosis begin...
I've been planning to start my own forum since at least Dodona, but I never had enough motivation, time, or energy to do it. When the ever sinister Humata left this forum of his own volition after being disgusted with Elias' incompetence, he inspired me to go through with the idea. And now that this drama is about to be behind me (finally), I'm all the more excited about the move, which is mirroring a real life move I have been making to my new house (the reason for this ownage thread's delay). The great irony is that, like a Greek tragedy, Elias has helped to bring about the very thing he fears: a race forum run by Mike the Jedi.
We invite everyone who is serious about anthropology (which includes the ever burgeoning field of genetics) to join us. My in-good-fun taunting of Elias aside, the new forum is not meant to compete with ABF, much less supplant it. Every community needs a dump and this place caters to that demographic just fine. What we want is to give people who are sick of incompetently-run boards like ABF an intelligent alternative. Competent moderation, a true commitment to freedom of speech (not just Alutard-esque lip service), no advertisements (looked around here lately? still no explanation), and no e-begging/demands for donations.
The launch date for the new forum is fast approaching. If you are interested in becoming a member, e-mail me at mymoriopoulos@gmail.com. I realize that a certain Superman villain will delete this post and ban this account in short order, but I thought everyone deserved some... how should I say... clarification.
Stay racy, my friends.