Weekly Politics Thread

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[u/fucemanchukem]

All the deletions and bans make me more uncomfortable about participating here. Not because I would get booted but because I don't think invalidating others to make a community seem less like the people opposed to you will use as ammo against you will help. It just emboldens those opposed to private ownership to take more away as they see less resistance. Never apologize. Never appear reasonable to their demands. All it's done is make things worse for everyone. I'm sick of it.

[u/CanadaGunsMod → u/fucemanchukem]

The deletions and bans are blantant, flagrant violations of the rules posted on the side bar. Most everyone gets a warning or a "time-out" rather than a perma, especially for a first offence.

We're also not here to give a voice to racism, sexism, extremism, and just plain conspiracy theory nutcases. The mod team is very cohesive on this. And yes, we get to decide what falls into those categories. We usually have a discussion and vote on anything that's controversial to see what the whole mod team thinks prior to doing anything.

[u/Cadaren99 → u/CanadaGunsMod]

I think people also forget there are rules from Reddit every sub has to follow as well, one of the biggest is posts about breaking the law or counseling to break the law. It's a good way to get your sub quarantined or banned.