I, and others, have been told we support genocide, that love babies being killed, etc. because we are going to vote for the least worse option in November. Were those posts flagged for quality control? No. Shold they have been? No. I'm not arguing that the post was good, nor that I come close to even remotely holding the same views, but I find it exasperating that it was that post that somehow crossed a line considering the previous discussion that on that very page and all the other shit flung about on previous ones. To be clear, I don't think any of that should be flagged. How the hell can we have discussions on a topic so emotional that that/this one if opposing views are targeted by mods because they are, to most people in here, disgusting.
Unless all we want on here is an actual echo chamber we are going to see views expressed that we think are reprehensible, but unless the standard of "must be serious" is applied to all points of view then I what we will get is exactly that.
Yes, people tend to not respond well to being told that they support Trump if they don't want to vote for Biden, and then you get this shit slinging. Or it started the other way around, with the same result. If that is below the quality the staff wants, then they should probably consider controlling it. They'd need people to actually report comments, though.
How the hell can we have discussions on a topic so emotional that that/this one if opposing views are targeted by mods because they are, to most people in here, disgusting.
It was flagged for quality control, not for opposing views. If the guy wasn't a troll, then he'd probably be able to actually present cogent reasoning for why he believes all protesters are antisemites with no care for actual lives, instead of shitposting. There are very few limits on the views you can present in the CE forum. Way more extreme things have been said on all sides than this particular comment, but they weren't shitty oneliners that added nothing. Here is what actually happened:
- Someone posts a video of pro-Israel supporters racially abusing black pro-Palestinian protesters.
- gfactor defends the racial abuse, by saying that it's better than being Hamas supporters.
- Someone else asks who these supposed Hamas sympathizers are.
- gfactor says that campus protesters are just people who hate Israel and jumping on a trend.
What is this adding to the discussion? Absolutely nothing. It's bottom of the barrel stuff. You're not creating an echo chamber by having at least some standards. If the pro-Israel side is hurt by not being allowed to write something as dumb as this, then there is no pro-Israel side. The only goal gfactor had was to try to divert attention away from something bad from his "side". No argument, no reasoning, no engaging, no nothing. It's worthless waste of space.