It's seems I am vain enough to write this post.
Recently, I referred to our recent anti-vax poster as a "lover of human slaughter". I was informed Thursday that this falls under the categorization of 'We cannot allow users to be abusive, overly aggressive, threatening, or to "troll".' I considered the sentence accurate rather than abusive, not threatening in any way, and an understatement, if anything. However, I don't make the rules, and I don't protest the reprimand in any way.
One thing I do value is the implied contract I make every time I post a comment in here. So, I took a couple of days to let any emotions subside, and make sure of what I felt to be the right thing. I consider every post to be a promise I will behave according to the rules. If the comment above is against the rules, I have decided that I can no longer make that promise to the administrators/moderators, because we have a divide between we as being aggressive, threatening, or trolling with regard to anti-vaxxers. If I can't promise to fulfill my part of the bargain, I have no right to enter into it.
So, good-bye all. I have learned so much here over the years, and have nothing but gratitude for Jason, colton, and various members of the moderation team over the years. Were I to list individual posters that I have learned from, I could probably type out 100 handles and still leave people out. Thank you all very much.
Recently, I referred to our recent anti-vax poster as a "lover of human slaughter". I was informed Thursday that this falls under the categorization of 'We cannot allow users to be abusive, overly aggressive, threatening, or to "troll".' I considered the sentence accurate rather than abusive, not threatening in any way, and an understatement, if anything. However, I don't make the rules, and I don't protest the reprimand in any way.
One thing I do value is the implied contract I make every time I post a comment in here. So, I took a couple of days to let any emotions subside, and make sure of what I felt to be the right thing. I consider every post to be a promise I will behave according to the rules. If the comment above is against the rules, I have decided that I can no longer make that promise to the administrators/moderators, because we have a divide between we as being aggressive, threatening, or trolling with regard to anti-vaxxers. If I can't promise to fulfill my part of the bargain, I have no right to enter into it.
So, good-bye all. I have learned so much here over the years, and have nothing but gratitude for Jason, colton, and various members of the moderation team over the years. Were I to list individual posters that I have learned from, I could probably type out 100 handles and still leave people out. Thank you all very much.
