antifa= terrorist PPR thread

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Doesn't it alarm anyone that we're actually having a discussion about whether or not calling Antifa terrorists should be allowed here?

I find it alarming because we're talking about censoring people's posts based on their opinion or belief. Good Lord, if you edited out every comment for false or misleading statements, you'd wipe out half the content, here.

As far as fighting with mods, no it's not normal. But I'll be gone soon, so it will be all good.

I find it alarming because we're talking about censoring people's posts based on their opinion or belief. Good Lord, if you edited out every comment for false or misleading statements, you'd wipe out half the content, here.

As far as fighting with mods, no it's not normal. But I'll be gone soon, so it will be all good.

Stick around, Veg. It's good to see you back.

Not my website and don't know the lay of the land yet , still finding my feet. I don't find it alarming though. I know some Antifa ( as in they use their logo's and slogans on Facebook ) and they are not terrorists.

What I do find alarming is the amount of arguing with mods ? Is this normal ?

Not my website and don't know the lay of the land yet , still finding my feet. I don't find it alarming though. I know some Antifa ( as in they use their logo's and slogans on Facebook ) and they are not terrorists.

What I do find alarming is the amount of arguing with mods ? Is this normal ?

Another question: Is it acceptable to call someone an "ignorant bigot " for identifying as an "equalitarian" rather than a "feminist?"

Another question: Is it acceptable to call someone an "ignorant bigot " for identifying as an "equalitarian" rather than a "feminist?"

Yes, apparently it's acceptable content.

Please try to stick to the topic at hand rather than posting unrelated grievances and particularly rather than starting new conversations.

On the other forums you have experience with, are mods generally neutral in their stances on things such as politics and religion or do they freely profess their opinions on the matters?

Doesn't it alarm anyone that we're actually having a discussion about whether or not calling Antifa terrorists should be allowed here?

That’s a good post, NP.

When I locked the thread, the attacks on Antifa were a long way down my list of priorities. The overriding reasons were 1) personal attacks, 2) a single post which said that all Conservatives were Nazis, a distant 3) the provocative framing of the OP. Perhaps I shouldn’t have mentioned Antifa at all.

Agree that “Antifa” as an organisation is stretching the definition of organisation. But other political beliefs such as liberalism and conservatism are also not organisations. We don’t accept “liberalism is a mental disorder”. I don’t think we should accept “conservatism is a terrorist organisation”.

Speaking hypothetically, if a couple of users started publicly identifying as Antifa members or followers then I don’t see why we wouldn’t give them the same protection we would give other non-bigoted ideologies.

Obviously if the President really did have the power to label domestic non-groups as terrorist organisations then stating “Antifa is a terrorist organisation” would just be a statement of fact. But if it were done provocatively, in a manner intended to rile up other users, or in an attempt to insult them, then that would be a breach of the rules. Likewise if say the Iranian government declared the Republican Party (or American conservatism or whatever) to be a terrorist organisation - it would then technically be true that the GOP is a recognised terrorist group but it wouldn’t be OK for users to use that to belittle or provoke other users.

I hope we can keep having open and frank discussions about this as this is certainly an evolving area where moderation will benefit from a wide range of viewpoints.