Got a “I told you so” to put in the bank for future use?

Trump is starting with this case, but if he gets away with it, who knows what will happen? Essentially,  law enforcement becomes judge and jury. Of course, it we didn't have due process, Trump would have been marched off to jail on January 6, like they to the president of Peru when he attempted a coup. Might be an upside to this.

Hope springs eternal.

That part about Trump trying to tie a pot leaf to a symbol for MS-13 burned my butt a little bit. I also find that part about the possibly of Trump paying Al Salvador to keep US prisoners interesting and scary. Cheers!

This post was edited by Nanoose at April 20, 2025 9:54 AM MDT

It has been reported that Trump paid Bukele $6 million to house the immigrants he is sending to El Salvador.  If that's true (and I don't have any reason to believe it isn't), why wouldn't Bukele side with Trump about not returning Garcia? This post was edited by Spunky at April 20, 2025 10:00 AM MDT

It probably only costs 10 US cents a day to keep a prisoner in El Salvador – so $6 million seems too much. Trump is supposed to be a deal maker so you think he would of tried to save the tax payers some money and made the deal for half a million. I think Bukele sides with Trump because he knows $6 million is just a drop in the bucket compared to the amount he will be getting from Trump. Cheers!

I wonder what the tariffs are on El Salvador. 

My guess is the tariffs on El Salvador are equal to - or less than the tariffs on Russia – which is nothing. Cheers!

I see my last comment has been deleted by the echo chamber police.

Surprisingly, a comment of mine from more than a month ago has been deleted.  Things must be busy in the modeartion department.

Edited to correct spelling. This post was edited by Spunky at April 21, 2025 8:22 AM MDT

Apparently, it was deleted for being disrespectful. Which is interesting, considering the person doing the assessing seems to be conducting a decade long experiment on how to insult the intelligence of 90% of AMs users, whilst disrespecting any viewpoint that isn't her own. Quite clearly, she's an authority on respect.   

Discuss the topic and not users and your posts will be fine.  We are allowed to disagree but we are not allowed to speak disrespectfully to or about users here.  Or make inflammatory statements in general.   
And yes, everyone is always welcome to message JA directly at the email Jane S posted fo farther clarification of any moderation decisions.  

So, basically, anything that's said that isn't in line with what you or anyone else on here thinks is considered disrespectful.  How about those posters who disrespect the intelligence of the rest of us when rhe FACTS are a clear as the nose on one's face?  How about that?

It is simply a matter of discuss the topic without discuss other users or blanket inflammatory statements.  

Being “respectful” around here changes depending on who’s commenting. A few weeks back, the moderator posted this:

“So they can push the Woke BS out of the schools.”

I reported it. Not because I was shocked, but because I wanted to see if the rules actually applied to everyone. They don’t. The comment’s still up.

If the moderator can openly inject their politics and sling around dismissive terms like “Woke BS,” then I’ll be referring to anything connected to Trump as ‘MAGA BS’ going forward. If this place is going to be a playground for biased takes masquerading as moderation, then we should be spared the lecture on “respect”, especially from the biggest culprit on AM for disrespecting others. Either the standards apply across the board — or they’re meaningless.

It was not aimed at individual supporters nor users here. It was talking about policies of the extreme left officials. 
And yes, you can refer to anything Trump does as Trump BS, MAGA BS, etc if you want it is not against the rules in my opinion. 

I do not get the reports. Those go to JA and you would likely get quicker response of you used the email Jane S posted. It is also posted on JAs profile page. 

I used a term that North Koreans used to refer to their dictator Kim Jong Il, to refer to the President. It was deleted for being disrespectful to members. Which member here is the US president? And wouldn't he actually find that term respectful? I would post the term, but it might get deleted and most people know what it is anyway.

Using a term to call members of a political party or supporters of a particular political candidate a "cult member" etc is both disrespectful and inflammatory.  Which is why it was removed.

As always the best way to avoid this is to discuss topics without discussing the users here or making blanket derogatory statements about supporters of a candidate/party/etc.  This post was edited by my2cents at April 21, 2025 7:56 AM MDT

The term was not referring to a cult, but rather to a dictator. If implying that Trump is a dictator is inflammatory, then you may want to look at all the statements you have made and start removing them. Start with the one I was responding to, where you called Bernie Sanders a Communist. By your reasoning, that is an inflammatory statement that implies that those of us who agree with Sanders are also Communist. I did not refer to Trump supporters as cult members- that is your convoluted interpretation.  I did not refer to Trump supporters at all. And yes, this and other improper moderation have been brought to JA's attention by myself and others. I will not disclose details of our communication.  This. Is not an invitation to argue, just a suggestion that the rules be interpreted the same way for everyone.  

Moderation AI that JA asked me to use on questionable posts.  Is what told me it was dismissive and implying that the user is in a  cult like following of a political official. 

I attack Sanders not his followers....there is a difference.   I never go after regular people on the elected officials.

Just as everyone can attack Trump here all day...BUT not his supporters calling them cultists, nazi, racist, CINO, stupid, rwnj,  etc etc.  And those type of names would be  and are removed if they were aimed at left wing users/people as well. 

I did not call any user or Trump supporter any name. If we are going to moderated by AI, then we don't need you. JA is well aware that AI is not foolproof and needs human oversight. The term I used to refer to Trump is defined as follows:

I ran it through the AI again and it said the same thing.  And it is also how I took the the comment which is why I ran it through the AI to start with. 
True the AI is not perfect and makes mistakes but it tends to be more lenient than either JA or myself. So the fact, that it said twice to remove under Rule 1, is confirmation.

So, both you and AI think it's against the TOS to insult Trump. that's what I thought.

No, both the AI and myself say implying that a user is in a political cult is against the TOS.  Insulting Trump is not against the rules. If it were there wouldn't be much posted on this site.

I know what I meant by the comment; I know what the term I used means. While there is a subset of MAGA  who appear to be cult members, I don't consider the majority of them, including you, to be in a cult. I made no such implication. I do think Trump is a tyrannical leader who demands loyalty and that you approve. In this case, I think you and AI are using your own biases to assign a meaning that is not there. 

Now, I am certain you will have something more to say, you always do. But this is my final comment, which you will dismiss as you tend to do.

Someone, with your bias, shouldn't be moderating. It's that simple!