Instead of debating ideas perceived as bad you decide censorship is the way to go because you know you can't hide the truth. Honestly you sound like the IDF on the video.

I see your point but I think there’s pros and cons to that idea the same as there’s pros and cons to being more free speech focused.

If anything, I think the slurs hurt newcomers to the site more than slandering entire groups of people does. I’m very open minded but I still remember it being a shock seeing that sort of thing. Doesn’t really bother me anymore but coming from a more sheltered viewpoint it’s pretty jarring.

I don’t have an answer to that problem, I think that in lieu of a good plan to combat these problems that we just stick with being focused on free speech but that’s just my opinion

Both slurs and collectivism detract conversation and give little benefit for discussing conspiracies. Even the person who is most diehard about "it's the Jews" defames, dilutes, and annuls his message as soon as he starts charging millions of Jewish children of participating without any evidence other than prejudice. And y'know, nobody ever responds to my observation that this charges the innocent along with the guilty, so it must be a winning argument for me. That's why I think the hardened antisemites are JIDF, they keep the convo going by self-loathing.

However, even though other communities do wonderfully with a "no collectivism" rule, all mods here have been silent about this community for months and there is not likelihood that that will change from admin. Unless we get our act in order and do what we can as anons to straighten things out.

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