Discussion, not Provocation

[LadyForCamus]

Tiberius, I like the rule very much, but the one point I would raise about it is this:

Let's say someone posts a link to a news article about something stupid a particular political side did, with their brief opinion on how stupid this is and a generalized statement about how stupid those people are.

Whether or not it's "provocative" depends entirely on which political side this article is about. The vast majority of members here are left leaning. So a thread started with a link about something stupid a conservative did with a blanket statement by the OP about conservatives, isn't going to be provocative here. Most people are going to join in and be like "wow, yeah, that's so dumb, they're so dumb... and yadda yadda..."

But if someone posts a link to something stupid a liberal did, with their own blanket statement about liberals, that's going to raise all kinds of Hell. That will certainly be provocative.

So how will this be handled exactly Tibs?

Not trying to speak for staff here ofc, but in my opinion it should be a problem if the OP author is not engaging in the thread he/she created.  Posting about something controversial like a political news story and then not participating in the discussion that follows it, or even bother to respond to points about the content that members have taken the time to articulate, is against the rules if I understand them correctly.  Ofc, Mod's feel free to bitch-slap me back into my place if I have misspoken.  😝