A Spirit guy knocks ED, ED guy comes back with snide insult, insult back, insult with real name used, insult, rinse, lather, repeat.
Since when did Steve become and "ED poster"? Last I checked, he posts on SPS, 24/7, Tigerdroppings, Cowbellclang, and SECtalk as well as ED...that I know about -- and he generally brings alot to the conversation on each of those boards whether you agree or disagree with him. So, because he posts on the other free, public MSU board as well, he's somehow now inferior here and must follow a different set of rules than everyone else? Fact is, the "bashing" from him is very rare here -- and the situation in this thread is clearly personal. Very easily overlooked for the rest of us.
The fact that you apparently don't like the opposing viewpoints getting personal -- while also grinding an ax against the other free, public MSU message board(which, coincidentally, does not allow the opposing viewpoint from Rebs in any form that ever delves into bashing), seems an awful lot like circular logic to me.
Steve isn't a mouthpiece of Elite anymore than he's a mouthpiece of SPS. He's actually the mouthpiece of 3rdand57 -- and just had an upcoming BulldogSportsRadio show(which could have brought him alot of personal attention across Bulldog Country) cancelled before it even got started because he rattled the cages of MSU compliance, Gene, Stevens, Wardlaw, and Devinner over the handling of the Redmond situation.
So, he sacrificed something many here wish they had(knowing full well in advance that it would probably happen) in order to make a statement that he(and I) believe ultimately helps MSU... And you want to label him as some kind of "outsider" here? That's a real shame.
Meanwhile 57 makes a legit point, as do other posters, yet the thread is dominated by primarily OM and ED posters on a board that both sets of people supposedly think is second rate.
Again -- Labeling. For what purpose? I didn't see anything even resembling thread domination -- just a few isolated posts in a personal feud. But making it into something more than that has certainly become a self-fulfilling prophecy. Please find for me anywhere Steve or I have ever bashed SPS in any way? That's a you problem -- not an SPS vs Elite vs The Spirit problem.
It's like a few people that are basically outcasts here go to Elite and bash SPS(and yes, they are still just as big of idiots over there and still treated as such) -- and SPS labels everyone else that posts on Elite are labeled under that distinction. Meanwhile, a few people on SPS take every opportunity for potshots at Elite -- and SPS is thusly labeled under the same distinction or as Rebel-lovers or whatever... The message board wars are nothing but the worst in everybody. It's ignorant all around and makes us look like a bunch of in-fighting morons. Oh, and when it spirals out of control, it hurts MSU(read Steve's Devinner article).
Those of us that just love talking MSU wherever the conversation is happening without vested interest in any of these places that are "loyal" to practically all of our websites -- are sick of getting put in the middle of an unfair, ridiculous crossfire... I feel like that speaks for a bunch of us that try to post on both.
That's how...You clueless Janusesque statistician<----Notice how the last sentence was not like the others.
So, ultimately -- you want the snarkiness and bashing out of SPS -- which has, for better or worse, been a staple of this board from the very beginning -- and you are blaming it on other boards?
