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In article , tony@darkstorm.invalid says... > > However it's another way for people to deflect constructive criticism - I > note that so far, it's not the moderators who are doing that themselves, > just two of their more vocal automatic defenders.

Yes, and they're mainly the only two AFAICT. Except for Lee and Chapman, who else regularly defends the more outrageous decisions, especially against Matt B? Even Clive George seems to have cooled his support in recent months.

We know that Lee and Chapman are notorious for being disingenuous and evasive, so it's no wonder that they've seized upon this past Jackson stuff in an attempt to deflect valid criticism of a "moderation" policy that they both love (because it favours their vitriolic anti-car nastiness while preventing others from pointing out the gaping holes in their "arguments").

Of course none of this prevents people from thinking that Jackson is an utter twat for the stuff that happened before (although many would still think it solely based on his URCM-related actions).