Being honest/speaking your mind?
 

Q: Does speaking your mind on the forum equate to being warned/banned or your new thread being deleted for no reason at all by those above you? Is freedom of speach now dead?

A: Yes

One has to play the game

(to the first question, no to the second)

It depends who is doing the 'free-speaking' to be honest.

It probably depends on what you're being 'honest' about and whether it borders on hate speech or not

So if i say i hate coffee but love tea that warrants a warning?

Hmmm

That's not really what I meant but sure

btw i love green tea and hate lemon tea.:wavey:

I'll be totally honest about things I'm passionate about and involve myself in threads, but I hold myself back from being completely honest when there is drama and stuff, because I know I'd get banned for the stuff I said to some people, lol.

So yeah, there's a time and a place and if it warrants a warning, it's best not to say it.

Thanks for that. It's good to know that people are aware that honesty is not always welcomed on many forums. :wavey:

I wouldn't say that honesty isnt welcome on a forum, i'd just call it 'holding yourself back'. You might want to punch the **** out of someone in real life, but you don't because you know you could end up in jail. It's the same but an internet version, lol.

There's a difference between holding an opinion, and being unnecessarily rude/nasty to people.

Nastiness is too often cloaked as 'honesty' these days, with Katie Hopkins being a prime example of that.

:hehe:

Thanks for the feedback Chaos. I feel that honesty is the blood line to a great forum, Having to reign it in before you type/post anything on any forum to me detracts from what a forum is actually about. Freedon of speech and all that etc.. But that is just my own personal view point of it.:wavey:

I agree 100% But honesty must be looked upon as a good thing on forums surely?

Yeah I mean there's no point in people saying only what they think others want to hear.. I still wouldn't agree with people being allowed to hypothetically post openly racist things though, for example.

If someone makes a negative thread about the Labour parties new leader and then makes another negative thread about God that both equally offends everyone does that give the right to a forum mod to delete only one of those threads they disagree with but not both? Both caused offence but only one gets deleted. Is that morally fair?

Honestly is a great thing but it's easy to be honest and respectful of other people at the same time and freedom of speech is not absolute and should be used responsibly.

I agree Josy 100 % :wavey:

You are asking different questions here, it may not be morally right to you but the mod/admin that is dealing with it may think otherwise.

Not sure about other forums but our rules clearly state that forum staff can remove any of your posts/threads at any time without giving you a reason.

You can remove a thread without reason? Is that fair?

I never said without reason. I said without giving you a reason.

Same thing to me Josy. TBH if i or others were given a reason on whatever post was banned it could only help.:wavey: