But, you do not have the right to abuse and threaten other users here. You also do not have the right to incite violence. Whether that be upon other users here or people at large. You can call people names all you want, even though you shouldn't (You should attack the argument, not the user/person), but you can.
However, telling someone to straight up kill themselves will not be tolerated as that was the original rule when I joined the mods ranks. Attack the argument, not the person. I'm not going to tolerate that shit and you will be temp banned. Other mods can chime in or PM me about it if they agree or disagree.
We are supposed to be a community here who help each other spread and seek truth. The only people I can see doing this type of negativity here are nefarious forces that are against those of us who wish for a better future. If you see comments like these, report them. I'm not talking about name calling... I'm talking about straight up calls to violence and abuse of other users here.
Thank you for explaining it further, and I'm sorry for flipping out on ya'. I apologize. I can be that way some times. I get your stance, but, I'm going to have to disagree with you that we never had that golden rule. Me and Axo discussed this very thing when Axo first created this forum and modded me. This was in the beginning when I verified who I was on Voat. I've been away/hands off for a bit, but I was here in the early days. We (me and Axo) agreed on that rule. Whether it was unwritten or not, I'm not sure. But, I'm positive we made that known to the users/community.
I've always modded in that sense. Attack the argument, not the user. I even made it more lax than /r/conspiracy and allowed name calling and shit talking. However, I never allowed straight up abuse or threatening other users here. That was the rule me and Axo agreed upon, and I 'm sure I have PM's to verify that. Or, Axo can chime in.
If you know anything about me, and my history with this forum and Reddit, then you would know my stance on Free Speech. I'm damn near a Free Speech absolutist, however, I will not tolerate violence and abuse against other users here. I've made the distinction clear on what is and isn't. Constant abuse from one user to another has always been considered stalking/trolling.
These rules (whether written or not) have always been the ethos of this forum. As I said, it stems from our Reddit days.
I hope I've cleared somethings up.