# I want to start a thread, but I think I will need moderator support

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**Created:** [March 2, 2023, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-start-a-thread-but-i-think-i-will-need-moderator-support/980583 "2023-03-02T09:56:19Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 5, 2023, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-start-a-thread-but-i-think-i-will-need-moderator-support/980583/147 "2023-03-05T01:31:49Z")

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> [@Little\_Nemo](#):
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> I feel the distinction is that the positive gun news thread is essentially a thread for reporting news items. Now I’ll grant that being able to choose which news items about a topic get posted can be used to advocate a position. But in theory, it’s not offering opinions.

Again, this is factually wrong. The mods have explicitly said that questioning the facts of a claimed “positive” news story and offering opinions about whether it is actually good news is allowed.

> [@So "ammosexual" is a sexually offensive word now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ammosexual-is-a-sexually-offensive-word-now/962176/110):
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> [regarding the positive gun news thread]
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> That’s not the way that I have moderated that thread, and it’s not the way that the thread is supposed to be moderated.
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> You are allowed to question the facts of the news item and whether or not it actually was a “good” news event or not. Questioning whether something was or was not self defense or not is definitely allowed in that thread.

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