The Rabble

Once upon a time, I, Budd Campbell, was a babbler on www.rabble.ca/babble. That all ended when the "moderator" in chief, audra trouwer estrones williams banned me. My offense? I had posted a copy of the posting etiquette rules in her jealously protected "FEMINISM FORUM". With the ready assistance of her handmaiden Scout, audra readily saw this for what it was. Irresponsible "trolling" and she terminated my membership. Permanently!

I wrote to the official Editor, some rather matronly looking woman called Sharon Fraser, and got the predictably dismissive and silly reply. Also, posted on the rabble board, was a message from a writer called Judy MacDonald, who calls herself "writer" in babble land, and who used to have Sharon Fraser's job.

The gist of her reply was that she had personally hand-picked audra and audra rules. No exceptions allowed, and no explanations needed. Part of the pitch was the male posters like me should not be "shutting down" the female posters in the FEMINISM FORUM. By derailing discussions and being pricks, we are really being pricks. This, I kid you not, is the standard of logic that prevails in babble land.

As an NDP supporter, I often grieve and wonder at why the party doesn't do better. For an explanation, one can do no better than to read the material on babble.