Civilized trial thread

[Angrboda]

What constitutes name calling though? If someone is being intentionally obtuse, I'm going to tell them that. If they are being disingenuous, I'm going to tell them that. If they are being a straight up asshole - well then they get told that too. Name calling is subjective and there's too much wiggle room involved to be able to honestly make the determination of whether or not someone was called a name and deserved it.

I don't believe that putting restrictions on what we can say is going to be successful with this forum. It's never been that way before and I honestly don't see a reason to start now. If so, I might as well get banned now because people are going to intentionally make some underhanded remark just to get a jab in and then I'm not going to be able to keep myself from responding to that. And I shouldn't have to. 

What I think should happen is this - someone critiques someone else's POV. That person responds by going on a tangent and resorts to making all sorts of wild accusations that get dragged across numerous threads. Said person is put on ignore but said person continues to bully the other person despite others pointing out that they need to chill. Said person should be given a two week time out so that they can do just that. Chill. If the behavior happens again - whether or not it's with another member or the same member - then a permanent ban should take place.

https://atheistforums.org/rules.php

If I'm reading correctly, it might fall under ''flaming.''

I don't think you're interpreting the rule correctly, but IANAM (I am not a moderator).

Flaming
Flaming is not allowed. We consider flaming to be the act of creating a series of posts that are either entirely or mostly comprised of insulting language aimed at another member, whether they are involved in the thread or not. This rule is intended to prevent members from using the forums to attack other members repeatedly.

As discussions that involve controversial or taboo subjects often tend to get heated for those involved, the occasional insult is to be expected, and will not violate this rule. Staff will take into consideration the context surrounding the insult when determining whether this rule has been violated. More generally, a violation of this rule occurs when a member's posts are repeatedly inflammatory or insulting without adding anything to the discussion at hand.