Actually, escalation may be a terrible idea.
How about you just ban him for being a troll? It's your forum, and if he moans about free speech remind him that he's able to establish his own website if he disagrees, and can whine all he wants on there.
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Actually, escalation may be a terrible idea.
How about you just ban him for being a troll? It's your forum, and if he moans about free speech remind him that he's able to establish his own website if he disagrees, and can whine all he wants on there.