QUOTE(Herschelkrustofsky @ Tue 13th September 2011, 1:25pm)
QUOTE(HRIP7 @ Tue 13th September 2011, 5:12am)
I think that Georgewilliamherbert must be one of the most disingenuous guys around. For public consumption, he mourns that Cirt is "introspective and responsive to criticism," "willing to admit fault," and that the community should "give credit for responsiveness to criticism." Of course, Cirt's trademark was the grand
mea culpa followed by a wave of yet more devious and systematic POV pushing -- as GWH well knows.
Yes he does well know this, and so the other Cirt backers. I think what is hardest for them to swallow is what this decision means about their own power in the community. They all know that Cirt violated policy for a cause. They all, quite clearly, take no issues with this cause. They like the fact that they have been able to keep him in the game. For some this is because they had power to keep Cirt around doing "the good work". For others I'm sure cronyism played a part and yet others something else, but I'm sure the feeling it gave them all was the same each time they successfully defended Cirt. Sorry fellas, you're just not as cool as you thought you were.
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