Civility subsection suggestion

[Edwardo Piet]

I really wasn't intending for this idea to be turned into people insinuating that I need a safe zone or that I'm a "snow flake". Neither am I meaning to complain about these forums or give off the impression that I cant take the heat or whatever. I don't get tore up about the shit posts, I just find them tedious and disruptive, and thought it might be a cool idea to have a single added section reserved for civil discussion for those who would be interested.

Anyway, it's not that big of a deal. I would have dropped this a while ago, but felt encouraged again when Mr Steel asked me to brainstorm some guidelines. But if this isn't a welcome idea, it's no problem lol. I'm certainly not meaning to turn this into an argument.

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I assure you, I am not being disingenuous. I might be wrong, that's entirely possible, but I'm being genuine. I'm not usually a fan of exclusive clubs and that's how I see this. We're going to decide what's offensive or insulting in here and if you don't like it, we'll kick you out of our special area and you'll just have to grovel with the commoners in the, gasp, low rent area of the forum. Yeah, not a fan of that.

I'm guessing that's probably not at all your perception of what you're suggesting, but that's how I imagine it going. Like I said, I could be wrong on that, but its how I see it.

However in the interest of not furthering pointless discussions and/or trying to stop freight trains that I can't control, I will take the same approach I took with the last presidential election. I've stated my concerns, the other side still insists I'm wrong so I say go ahead and do what you want. If it works, great. If it doesn't and my fears become reality, I won't say I told you so. I'll just quietly shrug and tell myself that this is the reality the majority wanted and who am I to question it.

That is fair enough.

That's a shame I really like the idea of it being similar to a Mafia group and it being color coded so people don't swear their by accident.

And even if they accidentally did swear there, so what? They'd get removed but they could still participate in the rest of the forum.

If I were to participate in a formal debate I'd be expected to not say things like "Jesus didn't fucking exist" or call my debate opponent an "idiot".

I like the idea of this subforum being professional but I think it should be used purely for debates.

The idea of being able to talk about normal off topic stuff or silly stuff but without the swearing... that just seems silly to me. That's like having a mini Christain forum within AF lol.

I don't like the idea of a subfoum where you can talk about whatever you want but without the bad language and insults. But I do like the idea of a subforum where you debate whatever you want without the swearing and insults.