Accusing a Group of Malice in GD

[Max_S]

@Max_S

@Der_Trihs

And on top of that since personal attacks will get you into trouble it’s rather disingenuous for someone to defend a group by claiming themself as a counterexample, since nobody is allowed to contradict them

@Max_S

You can’t, in a civil discussion with members of a group, characterize that group as motivated by malice and hurtful intent. The reason I don’t get to refute your characterization of conservatives as malicious actors is because you don’t get to make that assertion in the first place.

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Insults. Do not directly insult or personally attack other posters. The general rule when disagreeing is to comment on the post, not the poster – that is, focus on the argument rather than the poster’s personal shortcomings. This rule applies to all insults, including those meant as jokes and quotes from books and movies – we don’t wish to draw fine distinctions between joke insults and real ones. The rule against insults doesn’t apply to off-board individuals, nor does it apply in the BBQ Pit, where you can insult anybody, including other posters, subject to some limitations – see Pit rules and Hate speech .

~Max