It looks like the only way I can relay my message to the ADT regulars without being within the grasp of the ADT mods' rat-like claws is to post here. Hopefully those who read this will stay here and not return to ADT. I think many ADT'ers will share my sentiments and be receptive to an alternative forum. Here goes:

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It looks like my lifespan at ADT has run out! I’ve certainly been getting contacted by many asking what my thoughts are, so I’ll figure I’ll just try to put my parting thoughts in one succinct post. Here goes:

First off, I am a private property absolutist. Drew and Steph own this forum, and, like someone in their own home, they are free to determine which guests they permit and which they do not - and for whatever reasons they determine. Something as small in life as getting denied access to a porn forum should not take precedence over the right of other individuals to govern the use of their personal property - period.

Do I think their reasons were political? Absolutely. And that is adequate reason, since it is their forum. However, that does not mean that important things should not go unsaid.

Is anyone else doubting that Steph ever emailed one of the left-leaning ADT posters and, for example on an Iraq thread, asked that they stop referring to war supporters as “chicken hawks”? How about using the term “neo-con” in a pejorative manner? I doubt it - and that should be viewed as equally or more divisive than using a common descriptive political term such as “liberal” or “leftist”. I also don’t think I, or any conservative or libertarian forum member, was more polarizing as GaySatyr, for example. (It was also popular to joke that we were really the same person. I have nothing against the guy, but it would probably be fair to say we were opposite sides of the same coin.) I also dislike the practice of calling people who agreed with me on occasion “cheerleaders”, since the term carries the connotation that people did not reach similar conclusions as myself of their own free will - they’re just mindlessly applauding my speech. This was a common slur in one of the literally two emails Steph ever sent to me. I strongly object to the fact that bashing Christians is strongly approved speech, while making observations about the character of the religion responsible for 99% of the world’s terrorism is held in a negative light. Let us also notice that my deactivation thread included extensive posts from a guy, TonyC, who threatened to stab me in a thread posted by Asmodeus that has since been deleted. I may have been an abrasive presence to some, but my posts never ventured into possible criminality. TonyC is, of course, still an active poster on ADT. Once again, it is well within the rights of Steph and Drew to ban me, but it should be beyond dispute that political biases are strongly at work on ADT.

There is a world full of people who disagree with me, but I have no enemies. Outside WN&N and ADT, I wish all forum members the best, particularly Drew and Steph, despite her gratuitous use of the term “asshole” in the relevant WN&N thread. ( A term I never used to describe another forum poster, and I’m a “confrontational jerk” in Ultradamno’s estimation.)

That said, I wish all forum members well. ADT has provided me an opportunity to meet some truly decent and interesting people, and I have no regrets. I wish everyone on the forum good luck in their lives, and hope they enjoy many years of posting on ADT and consuming massive quantities of porn.

Phlogiston