"The first thing Fascists usually try to do is silencing the opposition."

Thats why we formalized the "ignore" idea with a boycott, to give it more structure and serve as a reminder.

Ken was the obvious first to be ignored because his proclivity to troll, hijack threads and in general be an ass.

We are discussing expanding the boycott to other trolls.

Only the user community can make an effort to encourage positive dialog. It begins with eliminating the negative and with support of the TYT operators, that to date, has not been forthcoming.

The operators need to establish and enforce rules of conduct, providing user tools such as a server based "ignore" function, a rating system, "one man, one blog" and the ability for users to own their blog space.

Ultimately, only the user community can create and respond to positive dialog. Ken and his crew have survived here so long by playing on the desire to take a swing at the "enemy", bluster and bullying. As a result he has hijacked the entire Forum as a platform for his personal ego gratification.He thinks he owns the place. No longer.

I sometimes post requests in his articles for people to join the boycott.  I give reasons why it's a good idea and I post a link to more information.  I would like newcomers to know what they're in store for if they engage with Ken.

If you don't like it, I don't care.  I'm not twisting your arm to read my comments, and someone else might consider those warnings to be a service.