The terms racist, homophobic, sexist, etc that this poll highlights get tossed around on this forum like it's candy on Halloween. So understandably (though this is definitely not my approach
) some people will toss PC, Leftist Bullying, misandric, etc gets tossed back...
I'm very reluctant respond to this poll for example, because it feels like another setup to be brought into character assassinations, which comes from both ends tbqf.
I don't even think the issue is the words being tossed about, as much as people are feeling baited and gaslit (welcome to 2018) and feeling like they have to respond to every character attack... and the disparate modding on this board enables a persecution complex (I've seen both sides complain about mods) of sorts, because then they think they're being hand selected for their strong views.
My solution would've been to edit posts with mod sig and leave note in posts why they were edited to keep it transparent. Except we're in weird times where everyone feels like if you try to adjust their words or if it happens when certain groups are involved, then it turns into a conspiracy theory...
My question to those who answered
No in the poll, when you respond with these inflammatory words and throw labels... what are
you individually getting out of it? Because it isn't changing minds,
clearly. I do think there are attempts to bully at times (edited, created a bit of a broad stroke there).. maybe not silence, but to create discomfort for other people on board with your strong opinions in order to starve them of breathing room... only one side can really be accused of this because obviously there is a huge minority of right-wing-ish users... but are staff responsible for picking sides? No. In my opinion, everyone should be edited as TS suggested--all baiting behavior (incendiary language), etc.. but I personally perfectly happy to ignore it (personally)
I'm just sad that we've really lost some great users to such petty ****. Most of the time SD is a dumpster fire (
), but when you're talking with the right mix of people, it can be pretty stimulating conversation than your average small talk...