I think the problem, as far as insults against Republicans or conservatives, is that, since the board skews left, it’s harder to recognize a comment that overreaches when it’s made by someone who leans left. Not intentionally, of course. But it’s easier to recognize a post that attacks the poster when that “attack” applies to you.
ETA: @UltraVires, instead of saying that Republicans or religious folk shouldn’t be insulted - which makes it sound like it’s okay to insult democrats and non religious people - how about saying that they should be moderated the same as insults about Leftists are? In other words, total equality.
Exaggerated but it does expose a legit problem. Generally with the modding we try to look back and see if there was a back and forth or just out of the blue.
Also if we see pot shots from the left, we tend to modnote those more frequently these days than even a year ago I think. I’ve been very active in the Ukraine threads and trying to head off political hijacks.
I’ve had posters get mad at me for reporting something posted by someone on the right and modding both posters instead as the poster on the left got their digs in. This has happened with other mods too.