Open hate speech, racism, antisemitism, etc is pretty common on this site. Does anyone flag it? It seems to be allowed here. Only a few people seem outraged by it.
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I'm gonna go out on a limb and say if you ban a thought you drive it underground an they may go somewhere where like minded folks hang out..maybe better to have it HERE rather than 4chan..its just a thought
@bookerdana But if such thoughts are often expressed here, they can drive the people being targeted away. I’ve been the target of such ugliness here and I can say honestly that I would leave and never return if it were something that was regularly permitted.
@bijouxbroussard I guess I understand that BUT suppose thee poster got 30 DVs and many angry comments..its almost a show of support to the targeted group
@bookerdana When a poster went after me a few months ago, several people, including some not as familiar to me both reported him and told him off, so I did know that they had my back. It doesn’t stop one from feeling a bit less safe when it happens, though.
@bijouxbroussard By name??? Wow thats a major TOS violation....and so very unwarranted...you're one of the mostt intelligent posters here and one of the nicest