PPR Rules 2.0: Hate Speech & Offensive Content

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As for your claim that I don't understand verbal bullying, you're blatantly wrong. I understand it fine. I also understand that those who perform verbal abuse are often more fragile than appearances let on, and as such they can dish more verbal venom than they can take. They only tolerate verbal abuse when it comes out of their own mouths and cannot stand to receive it back. Verbal abusers tend to be extremely fragile people, constantly on the verge of going postal for any minor offense done against them. I have been a victim of verbal abuse for all of my childhood, whether it was from pastor's kids or kids in my neighborhood. After my birthfather died of lung cancer, my stepdad arrived on the scene a few months later and I was a victim of both verbal and physical abuse until the age of 16 when I could fight back and overcome my stepdad physically, however after that I was still a victim of verbal abuse until I was able to move out just a couple years ago.

if i were quick to judge, my judgement would not be about whether or not you had ever been verbally abused.

i was stating that people who have been bullied verbally understand the impact of words, which is true. at the time that you were abused, the words had the potential to hurt you, or else the words would not have met the criteria for bullying. just because you overcame the bullying does not mean that others should not be protected.

restated in a way that makes no assumptions about you personally: words have impact, and victims of bullying could not by definition be called victims unless the words impacted them.

since it is those who are numerically in the minority on WP who are the targets of hate speech on here,

You mean Christians? There have not been very many of them here, and anything pertaining to religion on WP is relegated to PPR in order to be mocked and abused. It was much worse a couple years ago, but I think Christians are still the minority on Wrong Planet.

so.... christians should also be protected. you are failing to realize that the rules should be applied to equally protect everyone...

Really, am I now? I think that you make be sincerely altruistic, but limiting the freedoms of others in order to secure temporary freedom from being offended is not going to work in the long run. All rules will eventually be abused and used as tools by members who know how to whine properly to the right moderators or just by moderators who like going on power trips, which was the case less than a year ago even. Any type of rule which places more limitations upon others with punishments will eventually be interpreted by immoral people as a weapon to use against those they do not like.

then... you could complain to alex or to other moderators. past moderation problems are not a reason to avoid the application of rules in the present. every government has had problems with corruption at one point or another, but that is not a good reason to eliminate all governments.

if a total lack of moderation is what you are seeking, you might want to seek out a forum with no rules. WP exists with ToS, which will not likely change.