Behold and beware as I say things that are politically inconvenient and uncivil until inevitably I am yet again sealed for another hundred years for daring to question the unquestionable and having the balls to defend my beliefs openly and honestly!
Rejoice, as the forum you came to enjoy degenerates into the same madness that befell /r/Kotakuinaction2!
Make comments about women's role in the downfall of civilization? Banned.
Make interesting but schizo-fueled OP posts that get mass engagement? Banned.
Make jokes about historical events that must not be joked about? Banned.
Rule 16 was and is an abomination and must be fixed. There is no sitewide rule requiring these stringent adherences to communistic speech conventions.
Half-assed optics will not save this place from a purge if the powers that be so desire for it.
All we accomplish by limiting our discussions into spartan molds of "acceptable speech" is creating avenues for degenerate drivel to take root in the gaps between linguistic interpretation.
Good, honest discussion by legitimate users is currently being stymied. Multiple high profile users have copped sudden bans for speech that was previously acceptable. This is an unarguable point.
EDIT: LMAO I got instantly banned. DoM lay the fuck off the ban button bro you're becoming just like pinkerbelle.
Imagine asking a man a question you know he can't respond to publicly because you literally just finished banning him? 🤣
This is what I was banned for two weeks ago.
AoV's comment is still up and he's yet to be banned for any of his ridiculous statements. Bans only go in one direction, even though the rationale used precludes that both parties be banned.
This is what I was banned for today.
I broke no rules either time.
I say again, beware. The janny is turning into another brimshae/pinkerbell/davidme.
See you all in a month when I'll point out again that DoM is slowly becoming everything he fought against in making this escape boat, and again get instantly banned for it.
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I don't think this term necessarily means a group with ethnic or otherwise immutable ties. Like, gamers can be a demographic, or catholics.
The mod hat invites a degree of pedantry. Though I think it's a dangerous slope to be banning attacks on groups that chose their group, such as christians. If you think faith is an immutable characteristic, then that's another matter entirely.
Some meta comments while I'm here:
The inability to block terrible posters acts as a disincentive to participate. I've had to memorize more names because of this. Can we at least get the user tag system going here like we have on reddit?
I would prefer if bans and other moderator punishments weren't so discreet, as well. It's a different message for you to remove a post than it is for you to remove a post while enacting a punishment. In good faith support of the rules, punishment should be a public display. To hide the punishment is like an implication that the enforcement is not just.
I think it'd also help cool some heels if users had a better opportunity to rag on mods for the inevitable re-banning of local characters like theimpossible1 (he livens things up even if he's breaking the rules).