I'm going to try this one last time.

Let's say I woke up tomorrow and thought to myself, "You know what? desertrunner is 100% right about this. I am going to let him decide who we need to remove from the forum."

And let's say that, upon my asking you for a list of people to remove, you had me ban sonatine, BCR, and a few others that you've complained about in the past. Let's even say that I promised to leave them banned for at least 12 months.

So we get to WSOP 2026, in June. sonatine, BCR, and the rest have been banned for 9 months.

Do you think my reputation in poker -- or this site's reputation -- would even be the slightest bit better?

The answer is NO. Why? Because their posts weren't really the problem. But we'd still have your posts/threads about black people, as well as reposts of tweets from known racist X accounts, as well as your "Transgender Pictures Thread", as well as other stuff which would get people upset to see.

So I'd still be having the uncomfortable conversations about why I allow these things on my site. And I'd still be giving the same "free speech" answer I always give. But it feels shitty whenever this happens, and I don't love thinking about what these people must say to other players behind my back.



I am not saying that I'm going to additionally censor the forum. As you've seen, I've even allowed blatantly anti-Semitic shit to stay up here, despite being Jewish myself. I prefer to respond to that sort of ridiculous crap and debunk it, rather than censor it.

And yes, lots of people besides you -- including members here who vote Democrat -- also post offensive things which can make me and/or the site look bad.

The offensiveness of this community dates all the way back to the 2004 NWP days, and in fact the modern version on PFA pales in comparison to the shit that used to go on. But it's a different time with different standards, and the bottom line is that it's my name ultimately connected with this site.

My point is that the free speech nature of this site has long been a thorn in my side reputation-wise, but I've dealt with it because I believe in running a forum with minimal censorship. It's absurd that you think my banning a few guys you dislike will change that for me, especially when you are one of the biggest offenders regarding posting things which people would find objectionable.