Max_S
July 26, 2023, 7:03pm
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Omar_Little:
It seems like we have been having moderation lately regarding topics, words, imagery, etc.that one moderator may find to be offensive to them personally. What happens when there is one moderator that may be overly sensitive in comparison to the rest of the world?
I don’t know what you’re referring to. The opposite happened a while back where Miller didn’t find “cracker” particularly offensive or a slur or otherwise hate speech, and therefore didn’t issue a mod note. (He later changed his mind.)
That episode in part lead to this:
The staff would like to clarify the SDMB’s long-standing rule against hate speech and our views on racist speech on the SDMB generally.
Hate speech – that is, racial epithets and other pejorative remarks about minorities that in our opinion are clearly racist – is prohibited in all forums. If you see instances of hate speech on the SDMB, please flag the post and we will take such action as we think appropriate.
Not all pejorative comments about minorities rise to the level of hate speech o…
~Max