Everything I ever needed to know about conservatives....

Thanks archer, I appreciate the clarification (before I got to your last post, when you kept saying conservatives were moderating liberals, I was confused as hell). As you know, it's my priority that this message board is a place equal and free for everyone, and that people are not moderated based on who they are, but rather on what is posted as to where it belongs because we have forum topics for everything. It's a matter of integrity and pride that we hold ourselves to the highest standard in that regard. To continue, I'd like to state that this post is meant for everyone, not directed at archer specifically.

It's human nature to hold those we agree with to a different standard than those with whom we don't agree. In my time participating on message boards, I've learned to never personally pay much heed to people smacking others down for how they post/their tone/etc - as I've posted about before, calling people out on their posts is not an effective method to improve people's behavior. I will make a comment here and there addressing that, but to focus on that every day/week/month is an exercise in frustration and futility. It's like asking someone to stop smoking because it'll kill them - they already know that, and they may even half-heartedly want to, but they'll change only when they care enough to do so themselves (either through a personal health scare, or an external factor like a loved one dying of cancer that hits them emotionally - changes in behavior almost always take an emotional trigger/motivation, rarely rational ones). All you can do is not enable them, and be ready to accept their choice and help them when they are. How we can help to not enable online behavior is as chickaree said, don't reward them with a response, or if you feel you must, the two most effective methods are asking questions and killing 'em with kindness. Chastising, berating, and condemning only feed the problem. Try it if you don't believe me.

Until then, who cares what the other side says about how you post? If you are addressing the content and not making it personal (and keep in mind that general insults about a group to which someone identifies with will be taken as personal insults and cause your position to be outright rejected because of the visceral, primitive emotional response), and are happy with the points you've made, then I say go with it! Ask them why they don't like what you posted, you might be surprised at the answer - maybe it'll be something you didn't expect about how your words were taken and make you think twice abut the words you are choosing, or maybe they're full of shit and you can inwardly smile, either way, it's an improvement wouldn't you say? (reminder: I'm speaking generally by the way, this post isn't totally directed at archer). Does that make sense? Sorry, my mind's preoccupied with several urgent deadlines and I'm not as coherent as I usually wish to be.