Originally Posted by
Wallace108
On the day Suit was banned, he was going at it with another member in the "My Biggest Fear" thread. As only Suit can, he let the other poster know in no uncertain terms that his intellect didn't measure up to Suit's standard. He then compared the poster to three other board members who he deems intellectually inferior ... three posters who weren't even involved in the current discussion. Suit doesn't have a problem personally attacking others and letting them know exactly how he feels about them. So I jumped in and let Suit know exactly how I feel about HIM ... needless to say, I don't share your guys' fondness for him.
I left but came back after about an hour fully expecting to discover that I had been banned. I wasn't, but Suit was. I didn't get banned for my personal attacks on Suit because I don't make it a habit to personally attack and beat down other members, even ones I don't agree with. Suit, on the other hand, can't go one day without tossing personal insults at someone. He's been told over and over to be civil, but with those he disagrees with, he refuses to show them even an ounce of respect. That's why he got banned and I didn't. I can't speak for the mods and admins, but my guess is that they finally had enough.
I received a permanent ban in 2010. For a while, I was angry because I didn't believe that I deserved to be banned. A timeout maybe, but not a permanent ban. But I eventually came to the conclusion that I really couldn't blame the admins. I knew at the time that I was pushing a particular issue, and although I was told to let it go, I didn't. I kept pushing. And I got banned. Over time, I came to realize that I had no one to blame but myself because at any point I could have let it go and walked away. The same is true for Suit. He's been given countless warnings to knock off the personal attacks. Just like me, he didn't listen. Just like me, he got a permanent ban. And just like me, he has no one to blame but himself.
I don't disagree that Suit makes the board more entertaining. His personal attacks don't really bother people like me and Slash. We fire back at him. But not everyone has thick skin. And Suit doesn't care if you do or not. He'll insult anyone and everyone simply because he doesn't agree with their opinion. For those who can't take personal attacks, they have every right to be able to post without the fear of Suit beating them down. I suspect that those of you who like him would feel much differently if you didn't share the same political views and were getting personally attacked by him every time you post your opinion.
Suit is a smart guy ... there's no denying that. But it burns him up whenever people won't agree with him. If he can't sway them right away, he chooses to beat them down and insist that they're just too stupid to understand him. For as smart as he is, he can't understand that he'll NEVER get someone to agree with his point of view by insulting them. In fact, he just makes them fight even harder to prove him wrong. This just burns him up even more and, eventually, he just puts them on ignore. That's fine, but even when he has them on ignore, he still can't resist making comments about them and pointing out their "intellectual inferiority."
The bottom line is this: Suit got banned because he refused to be civil. Rather than arguing his point, he chose to personally attack four members of this board. Those of you who agree with his views and treat him like a hero are upset that he got banned. I get that. But I'm willing to bet that there are more people on this board who feel like the Steelers just won the Super Bowl. As for me, I couldn't care less one way or the other. He had me on ignore, so I couldn't interact with him anyway.
Based on Suit's other beliefs, I suspect he believes in individual accountability. So I assume he knows that he has no one to blame but himself.