03-09-2018, 03:58 PM
(03-09-2018, 02:15 PM)3wt Wrote: I think we are maybe a little too thin skinned with Fred. There are a lot of people who are argumentative on message boards - kind of comes with the territory.
I think his arguments and rhetoric are over the top sometimes, but I don't feel like they are abusive.
We have had some truly abusive people here before. They always end up leaving for new message boards to toxify.
I don't always agree with his arguments, but they are usually well crafted and worth consideration.
I feel that way about everyone else on this board as well. And he has some interesting opinions.
Fred livens up the Board but sometimes prevents conversations from developing beyond "Marvin Protection".
Seems to me that Fred is thinned skin about even the slightest hint of an anti-Marvin comment and attributes all team shortcomings that Marvin may have a part in to Mike Brown, leaving Marvin blameless.
It is all in the name of Fairness to Marvin with some good points being made by Fred but he seems to apply differing "burdens of proof" to others' comments versus some of his own at times.
I still think the Board is better off with Fred on it but a Poster needs to be in the mood to argue or to observe an argument.
Would love to have little TV sets at the stadium on the back of each seat to be viewed by each fan directly in front of them with sound sensors that pick up any Anti-Marvin comment which is then fed to Fred. Fred's face would then appear on the TV screen in front of the offending fan and Fred could tee off on them in defense of Marvin. Maybe have his own Big Screen at games if he feels the entire audience needs to recalibrate how they feel about Marvin. Each fan gets their own headset to hear Fred to keep the sound down. They can also interact real time to defend their anti-Marvin comment and Fred can then deliver more Marvin defending GOLDEN comments until that fan relents.
Any fan willing to totally retract their anti-Marvin comments will receive a Marvin bobble head signed by Fred.
