Received an e-mail from Wolfpack today telling me that the Tribune has banned Redneck Hippie - aka Larry Kralj - from the Forums for 30 days. In the Trib’s words:
This morning we blocked Redneck Hippie from posting further on this forum for a time. We have had online discussions with him in the past about his intemperate attacks on other participants in the forums — and on individuals in the news — and we have deleted a few of his posts over the past few months. One of his posts Tuesday was even more over the top than some of those, and in light of the previous warnings and discussions, we have banned him for 30 days.
So Larry can add yet another online forum to the list of places that have banned him (even if only temporarily in this case). And I hope that nobody cries “censorship!” or denounces the Trib as fascist. Larry is perfectly free and capable of starting his own blog and expressing his opinions on his own space. I’ll even create a blog for him, if he wants me to.
December 6th, 2007 at 7:55 am
Too funny! I wish I could read the post from Tuesday that “broke the camel’s back.”
December 6th, 2007 at 12:29 pm
He is in good company. The founders of this country were all marked for death for speaking out against the king.
December 6th, 2007 at 12:46 pm
Uh huh…that’s right, Andrew…Redneck Hippie is the modern-day equivalent of Thomas Jefferson.
/snark
December 7th, 2007 at 12:15 am
Hehe,,,,far from it. Redneck is banned not for speaking his mind but for being beligerent and sometimes downright disgusting. Sometimes I can see eye to eye with him but it doesn’t mean I’m going to rip up individuals for THEIR beliefs. Larry is no T, Jefferson and I’m no Van-gogh…Just because your nutty doesn’t make you gifted. Lets get real here.
December 7th, 2007 at 9:50 am
Ahhhhh, the reading will be relatively peaceful for a few weeks.
December 9th, 2007 at 10:05 pm
Dave… you make me laugh. I always felt… awkward posting a comment on the trib’s page when RH was in the fray. Like I didn’t want to be associated with him, or her. Am I alone on this one?