At the risk of injecting politics into this but hoping to revive this thread, what do you expect form a coterie of doctrinaire liberals who supposedly espouse free speech until it runs athwart their sensitivities.

I graduated from UCLA in ’68 and dislike USC but do NOT harbor any of the unbridled enmity they possess over at BN. It’s a college rivalry, fercrissakes, and there are many, many fine graduates from both schools.

What I find almost shocking is that the vitriolic hatred and lack of tolerance over at BN is not confined to students, wing nut crazy UCLA fans, and new alums. Some of the older guys there — guys who graduated in the 60′s and 70s’ — are equally infected. This includes lawyers and professionals.

It is truly sad that the central location for UCLA Bruin fandom is occupied by such babies.

Tangentially, they are now screaming for the head of Rick Neuheisel (as am I) and I noted some rebukes to those who sought to defend him.

*sigh*

“Can’t we all just get along?”

I *am* a UCLA grad and fan but it gets a little wearying reading the over-the-top and unhinged hatred they have for USC. I mean “bitter” rivalry is one thing; hateful obsession is quite another.

Then — with the advent of the two stink bombs UCLA uncorked in their opener and last Saturday’s loss to Stanford — the mood over there has decidedly darkened. I made some normal, unexceptional posts about UCLA’s distinct lack of offense and how eight years without a standout quarterback is trying on one’s patience.

*Wham* Down the glory hole!

If you visit their threads you will note that others have suffered a similar fate. And, of course, Nestor holds forth explaining his application of the “rules”.

Now I run a blog and maintain I can do whatever the hell I wish with commenters. Even if I don’t like the guy’s nick-name, he’s history. But my venue is right wing conservative politics and not a major player on the blogosphere.

Bruins Nation, on the other hand, is *the* place to hang out (or so we were led to believe) and it is a very high profile “watering hole” for the Bruin faithful. As such, there should be something more than the capricious, male menstrual-cramp anger as the reason for deleting posts.

More than that, however, is the question of Nestor’s 24/7 stewardship question of BN. From a post over at an SC fan site:

“Speaking of wasting taxpayers’ money,

Does everyone here know that Murshed Zaheed, the “brains” behind BruinsNation, is the Director of Internet Communications at Harry Reid’s office, and, as such, he is on the government payroll. The man posts six, seven times a day. Does he do so on government servers? While on the government dime? Hmmmm…”

(URL: http://www.insidesocal.com/usc/archives/2009/03/usc-v-ucla-cong.html)

Hope he *isn’t doing this on the taxpayer’s dime. It woudl surely be embarrassing if he got caught — especially given the precarious position Harry Reid’s in nowadays.

But..phooey! Let’s face it; truth be told, my pride’s been hurt because two comments I made never saw light of day. And maybe he *is* applying the rules uniformly. But, to be honest, with the recriminations and acrimony over there, I am just not interested in making the effort to participate any more.

If you find a decent blog of, by, and for Bruins, Jeff, let me know.

I need to however tell you this that Nestor and others like him do not represent the entire UCLA Bruins community. Infact, its a shame that people like this are spoiling the good sportsmanship between two storied rivals.

As a UCLA alum, I understand that hating SC is supposed to be FUN and when they come to Pauley or the Rose Bowl, I hope we all have a good time yelling insults at each other. More people need to stand up to the jerks on both sides who take things too far.

Basically, its not a very fun site to visit, and the only reason I do is for news I might not otherwise get from major news sources.

The blog is bitter, facist, and a complete misrepresentation of the average hardcore bruin fan.

Bruins Nation is not a fun place to be, and I have a ton of fun on other blogs that have way worse teams than UCLA basketball or football.

UCLA fans deserve better, something more open and with more humility. Something where all opinions may be served. I was disgusted with the blanket statement that anyone would be banned following the recent USC-UCLA game for even attempting to look anyway but an extremist viewpoint at what USC did.

Hopefully, another UCLA blog on SBN can compete with them because I am simply not satisfied with the bitter and rude nature on that blog. I don’t participate because I just do not want to engage this particular group of UCLA fans.