It isn't to justify anything to you. They need to justify their actions to themselves. It's a cleansing ritual that allows them to shift responsibility.
They need fake rules so they can use them to manipulate them in their favor while maintaining plausible deniability that they're being "fair".
They also act as a gatekeeping mechanism, because it keeps people who don't like the rules-lawyering (which lends itself towards certain personality traits) out of positions of authority.
What's the point anymore? Just write whatever your club wants. You don't need fake rules.
It isn't to justify anything to you. They need to justify their actions to themselves. It's a cleansing ritual that allows them to shift responsibility.
Yeah, I guess.
It's to maintain a facade of neutrality, thereby preserving its credibility. It's the same shit progressive propaganda mills like the NYT do.
They need fake rules so they can use them to manipulate them in their favor while maintaining plausible deniability that they're being "fair".
They also act as a gatekeeping mechanism, because it keeps people who don't like the rules-lawyering (which lends itself towards certain personality traits) out of positions of authority.
"includes language aimed at preventing the abuse of power and influence to intimidate others".
They dint even need fake rules. Just rules with wishy-washy definitions because of the lefts abuse of language and then they can selectively enforce.