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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Piratecat" data-source="post: 6124132" data-attributes="member: 2">[If he'd broken the rules, I would have said so and we'd be using moderator voice. Note that we're not discussing moderation here, we're discussing personal opinions from two people that happen to be moderators. Please take the following discussion accordingly. Also, I don't want to hijack the thread, so we can always take this to email or PM or the Meta forum if you want to.]Bill, I don't think it's about public shaming. It's about saying "ranting about a topic, while you're holding up blatant untruths as fact, isn't okay." I'm okay with rants. I'm okay with strongly held opinions, whether or not they agree with my own. I'm not okay with someone trying to sway others' opinions by presenting fiction as fact. I don't think I want to help run a site where people can't be called on that.How you do things does matter. It particularly matters if you're trying to sway people to your point of view, instead of just shouting into the darkness. It matters if you're trying to build or talk up something you love, instead of just shouting down something you don't care for.</blockquote>