Sudden Lights Out: Denton’s Free Speech Moderator Just Pulled the Plug on Himself
In the hallowed halls of Denton Free Speech Matters™, where irony goes to die and hypocrisy is served lukewarm with a side of soggy moderation, one man dares to decide what counts as "free" and what counts as “too articulate.”
Enter: Scott “Sudden Lights Out” Campbell, group admin, self-declared referee of free speech, and part-time custodian of tantrums masquerading as policy.
Recently, Scott made a grand pronouncement. A kind of digital papal bull, if you will. In a post that screamed “Dad’s turning this car around,” he lamented how tired he was of tattling, rule-breaking, and—brace yourselves—verbal battles. You know, in a free speech group.
He concluded with this deeply profound nugget:
“If all the verbal battles don't stop, I'm going to stop moderating and that means I just shut it down.”
Ah yes. Nothing says “defender of liberty” like threatening collective punishment because people are talking too much in a debate group.
But here’s where the incense really hits the hypocrisy fan: While Scott was quick to wag his finger at “infantile behavior,” he also refused to approve a well-reasoned, humorous, and 100% screenshot-supported post by yours truly, Aleksander Constatinoropolous. Why? Because it actually made a point—and did so in coherent sentences, which is apparently an act of war in Denton FSM.
My post? A light-hearted roast of Greg Chank’s logic about blocking being an admission of defeat. I even cited sources—namely, the list of people who’ve blocked me because they couldn’t handle a paragraph with punctuation. I was winning 4-0. All I asked for was a scoreboard and maybe a juice box.
But no. That was too much.
Meanwhile, Scott had no problem approving posts by Terry and others who falsely accused me of being someone else entirely—claiming Aleks is just a sock puppet for David. You know, actual identity defamation. But that’s fine, because it’s poorly spelled and wildly inaccurate, which apparently meets the group’s evolving standards of “truthiness.”
So let’s get this straight, Scott:
Falsely accuse someone of being a fake person? ✅ Approved.
Call a rabbi a “Jewish antisemite” who should be kept from students? ✅ No problem.
Post AI-generated propaganda showing politicians kissing gang members? ✅ Welcome to the feed.
Make fun of Greg with a paragraph longer than a bumper sticker? ❌ Too spicy. Rejected.
Is this about free speech, or is it just a sandbox where the bullies get the toy microphone and the smart kid gets timeout for reading the box instructions?
Look, Scott. No one forced you to moderate this digital cage match. But if you’re going to censor content while allowing actual character assassination, maybe don’t wrap yourself in the First Amendment like it’s a weighted blanket.
Your “sudden lights out” threat feels less like righteous indignation and more like a toddler flipping the Monopoly board after landing on Boardwalk.
Final Blessing from the Monastery of Madness:
May the moderators of fragile egos and selective outrage find peace in their own blocked list.
May they learn the difference between free speech and free screech.
And may the light they turn off be the very flashlight that helped them see their own hypocrisy.
Namaste, Scott. You’ve unplugged the outlet—but the receipts are still glowing.