Civility subsection suggestion

[Edwardo Piet]

If this thing happens, everyone will have to follow the rules. Theists and atheists alike.

I hope it happens. I actually need to practice not being a douche but without valid consequences for my actions it's difficult. So I'd love to hang out there and follow the rules there in order to avoid getting removed from there.

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Yup, staying on topic should be a rule. Good catch. However there should be some leeway, sometimes related topics can be brought up to make a point in a discussion.

I think context is important for determining if language is insulting. “You’re ignorant” can be used as an insult but can also be a way of challenging someone’s knowledge. “You’re willfully ignorant” is always an insult though, the implication is that the person is purposefully ignoring certain facts.

I'm happy to go with that.

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That's because shells not a bitch

That’s a horrible thing to say. Stop spreading these heinous lies about me.

I misread that as "hilarious lies" and then made myself laugh.

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My only objection would be on the strawman front. I don't think staff should have to determine whether an argument is a strawman or not. If an argument is a strawman, the person responding should be able to point that out and correct the person making the argument.

Yeah. It's super annoying when it happens constantly and you're constantly taking the other person's words out of your mouth and wasting large posts on their points all while they never address your points or what you actually say, though.

But. I agree it shouldn't be a rule because it's not like there's any way to prove it's being done on purpose, over and over and over and over. Not repeatedly strawmanning everything that comes out of someone's mouth and dodging everything so as to actually have a non-frustrating and worthwhile and productive discussion isn't something that can be regulated, so I appreciate that.