Thread:User talk:Blue/Voting vote/reply (3)

It's hard to say if things are actually calmer and more productive. I'd like to think so, but I'm also aware that I have a vested interest in that belief, since it justifies my own views and my past actions. And even if it's true, it doesn't mean something valuable hasn't been lost along with the riots.

Thankfully, I think there are more than a few users who are dedicated to the tribunal role, searching for authoritarianism and any suppression of free inquiry here. The fact that we have users like Nutty Roux, for example, make me confident that if we start to go down the wrong path, there will be someone there to declare our missteps and rally support against mistakes.