I'm fine with calling it hypocrisy. Tis the sport to have the enginer hoist with his own petard.

I'm sure I don't know. I don't presume to understand your motivations. I wouldn't want to be labelled a "narcissist" or some other pop-psychological term.

What I know is this: I see a lot of double-dipping, where AD is publicly called out for gaslighting people, and then privately members of the FDT are exhorted (by the party leadership, no less!) to gaslight and provoke AD, to never take his criticisms in good faith, etc. I happen to think AD has a point about censorship (relative to Talossa, i.e. summarily moving posts around and altering them). Maybe it's easier to label people as devils than it is to engage with their ideas, even when the implications of their criticisms might be uncomfortable, or cause the government to lose face?

Edit: Proposing a party-wide tactic of just ignoring all of AD's posts and literally pretending he doesn't exist like children might do on a schoolyard strikes me as kind of gaslighting, but hey, I'm not a psychologist and don't claim to be.

Quote from: Miestră Schivă, UrN on September 17, 2020, 07:25:14 PM
I'm impressed by the rhetorical slight of hand where Facebook groups to which the gentleman is not invited are dubious hives of possible corruption, collusion and other forms of badthink against said gentleman; but on Wittenberg, all speech MUST be unregulated! Except where it upsets the gentleman, of course.

The real irony of this point is that a good 30–40% of the posts on the FreeDems Facebook group mention Mr Davinescu by name, often in the form of tactical "tips and tricks" on how to deal with him, including employing the very same gaslighting tactics that AD himself stands accused of, e.g. "Never take anything AD says in good faith." So there's that.

Have I been called out for being a poser Sufi?  :P ;)

What was Thunderdome?

Quote from: Miestră Schivă, UrN on August 07, 2020, 08:29:38 PM
I like the smoke idea, but make it simpler: AD and I just go into a room and smoke bowl after bowl of weed (listening to Pink Floyd and Yes on repeat) until we agree on a King. Problem is that if the weed is good enough it'll be Mickey Mouse.

O, to be a fly on that wall.

You've got yourself a proofreader.

Quote from: Eðo Grischun on July 24, 2020, 10:37:25 PM
We need historians, parsers and authors.

If we get that collaborative effort up and running at some point in the future, I'd be interested to pitch in—condense/summarise some old events/documents, proofread, that type of thing.

Quote from: Miestră Schivă, UrN on July 24, 2020, 05:28:29 PM
People in the Chatroom talking about how they didn't even know that the 1994 National Atlas of Talossa existed, or that Vuode Province briefly seceded in 1992.[/b]

Acest calucjeu, c'e me.

As a returning citizen with an admittedly dim view of the national history, a condensed version would be very handy. I recently read The Atlas at the Seneschal's recommendation. I found it interesting in spite of its verbosity. It certainly lacked succinctness. I lament that King Robert never quite outgrew the morbid fascination with dictatorship that I think most boys experience.

I don't necessarily think citizens should be quizzed on the history—that would add yet another barrier to entry, which is the last thing we need right now—but a simple and readable omnibus of the national history is a great idea. It could be part of a 'Talossan starter pack' we issue to new citizens.

What does the job entail again? My impression is that Fiova is one of the less active provinces, or just has less people kicking about.

Azul to all, feels good to be back!