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How’s it personal to say women are___ if it’s not directed at any specific woman
How’s it personal to say gays are ___ if it’s not directed at any specific gay people?
How’s it personal to say democrats are___ if it’s not directed at any specific democrat
How’s it personal to say liberals are___ if it’s not directed at any specific liberal
How’s it personal to say Jews are___ if it’s not directed at any specific Jew
How’s it personal to say blacks are___ if it’s not directed at any specific black person

If you honestly can’t see why it’s wrong then how can you condem racists for doing the same thing? How can you report people for saying any of the above?
It’s hypocritical to demand people saying liberal this democrat that get warned then think it’s ok to say trump supporters are ___ or republicans are _____

Yeah, It's like saying, "All people with the moniker "GoldFish21" are deplorable".

Hey, I didn't say *you* were deplorable.

No. No. No.

I am saying the group of people with the moniker "Goldfish21" are deplorable, see , not you, and not personal.

Didn’t know haven and other forums were all inside ppr
What a shocker to find out ppr is infact the whole forum

While in ppr it’s not limited to ppr it even mentions haven
Also news and current events has basically become ppr2
You and others have no issue reporting anyone who says liberals are ____ or democrats are ____
Well the rules go both ways.
PPR Forum Guidelines. Updated July 2012. August 2016 update follows below.

These guidelines are based on the site rules and terms of service and also on previous moderator precedence. The site is first and foremost a support site. Regarding moderation of members’ posts the site is treated as though it has three categories and each category is treated slightly differently:

1. PPR
This is a special forum. It is for debating and as such pretty much anything goes provided it stays within the site rules and the following guidelines. It is more or less freedom of speech. It doesn't matter if some people have obnoxious or ill-informed opinions regarding politics, religion or virtually anything else. People can debate and criticize any religion, atheism, political party, public figures etc. Just because some members may belong to a particular religion (or atheism) or political party, does not exclude it from debate. If people want to criticize atheism that is fine. Criticise Islam, Christianity, Buddhism, Paganism, Confucianism, Judaism, Satanism, Scientology etc all fine too.

Protected groups.
The site rules DO protect a few groups. So it is not acceptable to make posts that attack based on (a) gender, (b) race or (c) sexual orientation.
a) So creating sexist threads is not acceptable. It would be acceptable to discuss sexism itself however, for example regarding the glass ceiling in job promotions faced by many women or other social issues associated with sexism.
b) Creating threads attacking black people (or any other colour) is not acceptable. However, it is quite acceptable to discuss issues regarding racial tensions and racism itself. So there would be no problem debating why race riots occurred somewhere, but it would not be acceptable to say that a particular race smells bad or are stupid.
c) Creating threads referring to fa***ts or making offensive remarks about people who are gay, lesbian, queer, transgender etc is not acceptable. It is acceptable to debate sexuality itself and the reasons why some people are not heterosexual. It is also acceptable to talk about gay lifestyles and culture etc, though that is perhaps better done in the LGBT forum.

One final point on these protected groups. While threads can be made discussing "around" sexism, race and sexual orientation, if a member creates a significant number of threads about these topics it may start to look like he has an *agenda* i.e. is pushing the rules a bit too close to the edge attempting to provoke or belittle these groups; in which case moderators will intervene.

Other groups of people.
While it is acceptable to attack and debate beliefs (political, religious etc) it is not acceptable to make generalised attacks on the adherents of those beliefs. It is acceptable to say that Republicanism, Liberalism, Christianity, Islam are stupid but not acceptable to make generalised attacks saying that Republicans, Liberals, Christians or Muslims are morons. You could say that some of these people are stupid because of (reason) but not make generalised attacks on groups of people. Similarly you could not say "Christians are morons" or "Muslims are terrorists" or "People on welfare are bums". Confine your attacks to the beliefs and politics, not the people holding them. The one exception to this is public figures themselves – by the very nature of their roles they are personally open to criticism.

Personal attacks.
Posters must refrain from making personal attacks. Do not call people stupid or a***holes etc for not agreeing with you. You are allowed to think this - moderators aren't the thought police! Just don't express it in your posts! Attack the opinion not the poster. Personal attacks are a slightly fuzzy area because criticising someone's political or religious beliefs could be interpreted by some as a personal attack (but moderators do not consider it such) similarly it is easy to insinuate that someone is stupid for having various opinions but frankly the moderators don't have the time or inclination to wade through every post looking for sarcastic comments! Provided people don't get too out of hand this forum is given a wide scope for debate; which frankly is what the members themselves want here, not moderators stepping in all the time censoring their opinions.

2. The other forums (excluding PPR and The Haven)
Here the emphasis is on members sharing information, mutual support, general chit-chat and socialising. These forums are more heavily moderated than PPR and the rules applied more strictly. Moderators are the door-keepers to keep the party running smooth and any trouble makers kept in check. The same thread that can happily exist in PPR would not be allowed to exist in the Random forum for example. Hot topics of debate belong in PPR.

3. The Haven.
The Haven is protected more than any other forum on this site, so if someone is in distress and posts there it is for help and support from other members, not to debate with him/her about their religion or atheism. Trying to persuade an atheist to pray to God or Jesus for support is not appropriate in the Haven, similarly attacking a believers religious views in the Haven is not appropriate either.

That's not what was said.

What was said is that in PPR you will see rule violations much more, so you are going to be more likely to see mods enforce the "no derogatory generalization allowed" rule.

The rule is for PP&R, but even if it included News & Current Events (very much a reach) it still wouldn't apply. The rule says: "It is acceptable to say that Republicanism, Liberalism, Christianity, Islam are stupid but not acceptable to make generalised attacks saying that Republicans, Liberals, Christians or Muslims are morons." You'll notice that the example are all of legitimate, mainstream groups - not extremists like Nazis, white power supremacists, Trumpkins and the like. Question: would you report a post that labeled Nazis as deplorables? If not, then you have no argument. And you didn't have one in the first place.

The rule is for PP&R, but even if it included News & Current Events (very much a reach) it still wouldn't apply. The rule says: "It is acceptable to say that Republicanism, Liberalism, Christianity, Islam are stupid but not acceptable to make generalised attacks saying that Republicans, Liberals, Christians or Muslims are morons." You'll notice that the example are all of legitimate, mainstream groups - not extremists like Nazis, white power supremacists, Trumpkins and the like. Question: would you report a post that labeled Nazis as deplorables? If not, then you have no argument. And you didn't have one in the first place.

The very PP&R rules that you're relying on clearly spell out that those are protected. Nazis, white supremacists, Trumpkins and the like are not included.

You can't make personal attacks on any forum.

Other groups of people.
While it is acceptable to attack and debate beliefs (political, religious etc) it is not acceptable to make generalised attacks on the adherents of those beliefs. It is acceptable to say that Republicanism, Liberalism, Christianity, Islam are stupid but not acceptable to make generalised attacks saying that Republicans, Liberals, Christians or Muslims are morons. You could say that some of these people are stupid because of (reason) but not make generalised attacks on groups of people. Similarly you could not say "Christians are morons" or "Muslims are terrorists" or "People on welfare are bums". Confine your attacks to the beliefs and politics, not the people holding them. The one exception to this is public figures themselves – by the very nature of their roles they are personally open to criticism.

Groups any groups are protected they can’t list every las single group so they provided examples.
I’m done talking to you I’m not falling for your trap. I’ll keep reporting every posts you all make against the rules. I’ll message Alex if need be.

There is an exception made for public officials so there could be an exception made for Nazis or Trump supporters(not equating them myself but many here and elsewhere do) I suppose.

Trump supporters are not "public officials".

I'm not a full-fledge Trump supporter. I regularly make negative posts about Trump.

However, my mom is a Trump supporter, and several WP users are too.

It can't be right to insult these people, and diminish them to "deplorables".

PPR rules I ASSUME apply here

Bolding is mine.
Am I missing something? This is pretty straightfoward to me.

Of course as a private website Alex and his mods are free to selectively enforce the rules as they have appearently chosen to do. As an autism site the rules SHOULD be consistently applied.

There is an exception made for public officials so there could be an exception made for Nazis or Trump supporters(not equating them myself but many here and elsewhere do) I suppose.