Moderators are normal persons they are allowed to make private opiniated personal posts.
Yes. If you think they are wrong then discuss and explain why they are wrong, don't start a new thread called "How are moderators allowed to lie?"
There was no way to discuss or explain. Simon wrote Tesla is a charlatan that didn't invent anything, then the topic was locked.
This has been addressed in this thread as being a bit shady, and makes it understandable a new thread has been started. Questioning all moderators being allowed to lie is also a bit shady and indeed is it a lie when you firmly believe it to be true. It is all about perception.
DejanC his perception is that Tesla is the greatest inventor of all times and Simon his perception is that he is a charlatan. The "truth" will most likely be in the middle, but non of us was alive and in the direct vicinity of Tesla when he was alive so all our perceptions are based on what others have written. And we all know how stories can change when passed on from one person to another.
Lying is not about intention, but about the truth. He did not tell a truth, but a falsehood. Therefore, he lied. Can't know someone's intention with just a post.
This is a clear statement from a person who only sees black and white. Again it is about perception and understanding human nature. Lying always has to do with personal gain or protection and thus intention. Being convinced of something to be true, even while knowing there are other opinions out there, does not make you a liar. Certainly in this case Simon has nothing to gain from this, in your eyes, lie.
And based on your own statement we could also see you as a liar, because we are not convinced that your perception it true.
It's a lie and deceptive because the thread was locked after making a statement that was false. He posted a video and said he was a charlatan. He knows he has many inventions, yet claims he is a charlatan....so that's a lie! If you are dumb enough to think a charlatan can make 200+ patents and not get challenged on it in the 1900s then you shouldn't be a moderator.
And again you keep running around in circles.
The claim about the large amount of patents does not bare a lot of weight here, since others already pointed out that a lot of these patents bare no meaningful inventions.
CatalinaWOW wrote it down perfectly to show the middle ground about Tesla. Not your and Simon's black and white vision, but a more realistic view on the matter.
Free energy wise, there were many inventions he did not disclose publicly and he made many statements on how the universe is full of energy. So just like solar, Hydro, wind, etc. We can tap into the very fabric of spacetime to gather and use the energy of the so-called "quantum vacuum", which is just a euphemism of the rejected ether (which Tesla also referenced). The proof of this, before any invention, is the Casimir effect. If that doesn't blow your mind as to what is possible and the fundamental truth that energy is all around us in infinite amounts, nothing will.
As with a lot of the other views on free energy there is the issue with scale. Sure there is a lot of energy in the universe, but the problem is with capturing it in such a manner that useful work can be done with it. Solar energy is a form that allows us to do this. Is it free, sure technically speaking the energy itself is free. Harvesting it on the other hand is not. You need photovoltaic panels to convert it to electricity or a solar thermal collector to get warm water from it. These devices don't last forever so there are costs involved.
There is mention of the Tesla turbine in this thread, and while brilliant in its design, scaling it up makes it less efficient and thus somewhat useless.
You always have to look at the bigger picture of things, and acknowledge value where it is, but also dismiss it where it is not. Grey, not black and white.
As a side not, nationalism is also mentioned in this thread, and a nice phenomenon here is how this works with international sports events. When a team or individual from a country wins, the fans go "We won the match", but when they loose it is "They lost".