We need more theistic activity

[Edwardo Piet]

Also, consider the suggestion neo made about vulgarity in thread titles. I would think there are people who come here interested in serious discussion, then see Republicunt or Christard or Fucking Theists in thread titles and leave without posting. I believe (I didn't read the whole thread) his suggestion was roundly shot down.This indicates that there are more people here who are interested in insulting theists than in having thoughtful discussion with them. And that's fine...but don't expect a lot of serious debate in such an atmosphere. 

One possible solution would be a single forum with its own set of rules, such as:
- no insults or swearing
- no clearly off-topic posts
- no repeats of what others have already said (i.e. shouting down)

You might get a few more theists to hang around with a section like that.

I considered Neo's own transphobic thread title when he referred to the transwoman named Tiffany as "Man named Tiffany" in the thread title to be vulgar. So as far as I am concerned if vulgar thread titles were removed... some of Neo's would be removed too.

This is the problem. Vulgarity is subjective. I personally consider transphobia, homophobia, sexism, racism and other bigotry to be vulgar. But Neo thinks that's perfectly okay, apparently.

It also seemed to me that his thread clearly violated the prime directive. I'm referring to this part of the prime directive "Posts which are comprised of outrageous misrepresentations of events within the public record will be considered as trolling."

As far as I'm concerned describing an event involving someone who is clearly a transwoman as a "man" is indeed an outrageous misrepresentation of an event within the public record. So I reported the post on principle despite expecting to be disappointed (I know what most people are like) but the staff didn't agree with me, unsurprisingly. If the thread title had instead been "Black person clearly wants to be white" and I reported that for violating the prime directive I'm sure the Staff would have agreed with me. Despite that it would both be cases of an outrageous misrepresentation of a person within the public record and both involving bigoted slurs.

It's like I said... even among the most progressive people who are against all forms of bigotry... including transphobia... many of them are still quite blind to actual transphobic slurs. And this is exactly why consciousness raising about transgender issues is so important.