I am a free speech absolutist: I take a very radical approach to it, and I honestly believe that it is essential to the future of any society.
That said, fascism is on the rise right now. It is not a rhetorical threat. These people are dangerous, and while I in a strict sense support their right to express themselves, said expression must be met with vigorous, immediate, and constant opposition.
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Party policy was whatever was expedient to the overall goal of attaining and holding power.
[/quote]That sounds darkly familiarā¦
Unless you are sure that someone is comfortable with their meat name being used in the forum, donāt use their meat name. If youāre unsure at all, ask first. By default, assume people are not comfortable with it.
Right, the one really stupid thing about this forum software is that all the āpagesā are actually topics and thereās secret sauce making it all work. Itās the worst design pattern.
If weāre talking about the same incident w.r.t. using real names, I think I may have been the root cause when I chose to use your name; you may have just been following suit. Sorry about that!
Also, nice updated FAQ, Rym. Since thereās a guideline for ādonāt divert a topic by changing it midstreamā, and the correct response to bad behaviour is flagging, does that mean I should be flagging most of the posts over here: