Civility rules

Megadeath · 2021-03-16T14:59:41+00:00

Hi, So recently I reported a post on the grounds that it was uncivil, since it was effectively a prejudiced insult aimed at half the population. The rejection notice I received seems to suggest that as long as an insult doesn't single out a specific user it's not considered a violation of the civility rules. Whilst the particular post doesn't violate any specific subsection of the rules, it would seem to go against the spirit of the preamble of section 2, which states "The purpose of this website and forum is to promote the exchange of ideas in a civil manner" and "material very likely to provoke (exchanges between users which are unproductive) may not be posted on the boards." I for one find it very hard to imagine the statement "Most women I have talked to are overly emotional and suicidally empathic" could be considered to fit the dictionary definition of civility, given as "courteous and polite". and it also seems likely to promote unproductive and uncivil exchanges in the case of a female audience. Now, of course I don't mean to argue your interpretation of the rules. They are what you say they are. I'm simply looking for clarification on the staff position on this issue. If it's considered civil discourse to insult large swathes of people for their personality, opinion or identity so long as no particular target is singled out then of course I am fine with that and happy to work within that framework. Due to some recent misunderstanding with exact interpretation of the rules I just thought it best to ask.

Staff Don't be racist to posters.

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Osaul

Mar 21, 2021

Megadeath said:
I mean, I'm not surprised you'd think that. I've never met a South American with better intellectual or emotional maturity than the average 5 year old.

Being racist to a poster is a clear civility violation, and thus hits rule 2. Don't.

Abhorsen
Mar 21, 2021

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