Starboard Tack has been blocked from the Atheist and Agnostic group.
Although we have resisted for quite some time, we feel that it's time to block Starboard Tack from the Atheist and Agnostic group. Even though I strongly dislike Starboard Tack, I argued internally for him to remain. But the community has made it very clear that he is not wanted, and the hosts both agree that now is the time for a block. The reasons are enumerated below.
(NOTE: this thread will be pinned and locked for one week.)
1. Starboard Tack made no mention that he was married to cbayer, another DUer who is blocked from our group. A lie by ommission is still a lie, and the fact that he now claims that everyone knew is disengenuous.
2. On more than one occasion Starboard Tack made subtly transphobic and homophobic statements. Not only that, he continued to defend those statements in the face of numerous protests.
3. Starboard Tack has acted as an apologist for religion. That's okay in the Religion group, but not here where the members want to get away from that sort of thing we all deal with on a daily basis.
4. A warning* was provided to Starboard Tack that he needed to behave himself. He ignored that warning.
5. Gravedancing is offensive, and really was the straw that broke the camel's back for us.
*In the interest of transparency, here is the full text of the PM sent to Starboard Tack:
Multiple members of the A&A group have PM'd us asking if we can block you from the group. So far we have responded to these requests by saying that we're hoping that you'll start behaving in a more civil manner and since you have been on the verge of breaking some of the stated rules but have yet to completely cross the line, we are willing to give you the benefit of the doubt.
That said, the posted thread adds two names to the list of people who feel that you are only in the A&A group to disrupt. Please consider this an only warning--try to be more civil or risk being blocked from the group.
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Starboard Tack did not heed the warnings of the hosts, and continued to break the rules, including an additional transphobic post that was hidden by a DU jury.
As hosts, we respectfully request that everyone refrain from gravedancing. Any threads like that will be locked.
Joe
"EvolveOrConvolve"
