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Original post by Jack:

Attention Moderators and forum readers

Today I´ve had yet another sad experience in the forum… Today I started a topic called REVISED REDBULL CAR in which I posted some links to some pictures that had an excellent view of the exhausts and floor of the car. If the fact that the pictures where from a website and that is the reason for being taken down, well, I appologize and ask you to please tell me how to post pics but it seems that posting links is ok since I saw it in another thread so I ask: Why are my post being targeted?? Seriously…. Can no one say or ask anything about “all mighty” REDBULL because you will get your thread deleted? I mean.. Why does every thread I make get treated as IF I´m trying to anger a certain sector of the forum members?? What about freedom of speech? Isn´t everybody entitled to an opinion?? Or do you just delete topics because you don´t want to anger a specific sector of the forum? Whatever the reason may be… this attitude of deleting topics is sort of FASCIST. No toleration for ANYBODY elses opinion or thoughts but your own….
Is it because of my freaking avatar??? Well hell, I will change it if need be and that´ll please the fascists BUT that won´t change my way of thinking or what I post… The fact that my thoughts differ from everyone elses or at least the FANBOY sector doesn´t mean I´m a TROLL. It is my right to think what I like and to say what I like as long as I don´t disrespect anybody in here which i have most certainly have not done!

Lastly, I´m very dissapointed with this… seems like I´m getting trolled just because I don´t “ride the same wave” as everyone else in here…

@jack22 Now as I’m not a moderator I don’t know why they were closed or anything, but I’d just like to point out that this isn’t a site for certain teams’ fans, as everybody likes different teams and drivers, so the attitude of “my thoughts differ from everyone else’s” is abit stupid if I’m honest. There is probably a perfectly reasonable explanation, such as it being a duplicate thread or something, but to claim that you’re being specifically targeted is kind of silly, seeing as topics often get closed, from loads of different users.

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@Jack22 Hello. :)

You may like the picture and you have a right to use whatever you want as an avatar (within reason), but you have to understand that the connotations of the ‘trollface’ image are so heavily connected with the acts of trolling and griefing that using it as an avatar undermines any seriousness you may attempt to have in your posts. It’s a bit like wearing a t-shirt with a hammer and sickle on it simply because you like the look of the symbol and being surprised when people assume you’re a communist or Marxist because of it.

Seriously disappointed you think you’re being victimised, I doubt that very much and I expect the pictures you posted were removed for legal reasons.
I’ve certainly never seen any favouritism towards any specific team,just cool it and I’m sure all will be explained, if it hasn’t already.

I´m not comunist, I´m very much right winged I just hate the fascist attitude

For me, that is quote of the week.

@Chris

Why is that?? I´m just curious…

@Jack22

Ok… but by that rationale…. Who says I could not troll with any other avatar on?? An avatar is JUST a picture….

Of course anyone with any avatar can troll. But it’s human nature to assume things about people from how they present themselves. I have an avatar of a fish with the colours of Sauber, so you’ll automatically assume that I’m a Sauber fan – and you’d be correct. By the same token, people assuming you’re a troll when you use the trollface as an avatar isn’t really that surprising, in my opinion.