Keep doing the good job man. I'll try to also post more frequently!
Conservative
We are a community dedicated to discussion surrounding the political right.
People of all political views are welcome here, but we expect a high level of discussion from everyone.
Rules:
-Good Faith participation only. take hollow shit slinging elsewhere please
-Stay on topic. should be obvious
-Follow instance rules. They pay the bills, they get to set rules.
Regardless of how this pans out, I do appreciate the writing style.
No bigotry - including racism, sexism, ableism, homophobia, transphobia, or xenophobia.
Just to pick the least ambiguous example - "no transphobia" does imply discussion about conservatives, not necessarily among conservatives. Vanishingly few American Republicans could state their official platform without running afoul of that rule. In my state of Florida, very explicitly so.
I hope that we can at least be able to discuss topics like gender, though only the admins know exactly where their own line in the sand is for respectful disagreement vs bigotry. @[email protected] summoning an admin for a second opinion and some clarification here.
depend on how that pans out, i may go the route many communities back on reddit did with just a blanket ban on the topic if the admins aren't in favor of a lot of leeway, since there's little value in discussion that can't be had without people catching bans. i hope that since the admins here are down to earth and not just on whatever powertrip the reddit ones are, we don't need to resort to more censorship than needed, but I've run communities under that standard before, so it wouldn't be a first on my end.
If people make transphobic comments and posts, they will be removed. If such behavior becomes common and recurrent, it may be necessary to institute some kind of blanket ban on the topic of gender in this community. Hopefully people will be mature and respectful and that won't be necessary.
i guess I'd just like to know your line as for what actually constitutes transphobia since it gets thrown around a lot for nearly everything. for instance, would it be considered transphobic to voice opposition to medical transitioning for minors?
That depends on how the opposition is voiced. My advice would be to tread lightly around gender issues, as a general rule of thumb. It seems like a topic that is likely to bring this community unwanted negative attention, pragmatically speaking.
Everything will be dealt with on a case by case basis, because context is important.
Obviously I can't speak to how it would be enforced, but the answer is yes.
Downvoters are invited to opine as clearly as possible and see what happens.
Gender isn't a switch you flip on at 18. Whatever horror stories you've been told about lifelong effects from hormones during puberty - they're already getting hormones during puberty. That's what puberty is. Lifelong effects are what therapeutic medicine prevents.
Just want to mention that there's a difference between conservatism and libertarianism and distrust of the government so it would be nice if the Gadsden flag was reserved for libertarian communities.
Unless this community is simply named wrong and the goal is to reach libertarian conspirationists without making it obvious...