It’s not the wrath of the mods. It’s the lack of socialization with the mods. Tall difference.
Gosh, it’s almost like you’re doing a cowardly dance around saying something even you know better than to say outright…
Sounds like the title of a book chapter. Chapter seven, wrath of the mods.
~Max
For someone who the mods hate so much, you sure get a lot of leeway commenting on mid actions in the Pit.
I think it’s because I often take up positions that run contrary to most of the people in the thread. I almost always keep it high minded and intellectual in debate, but they often personally attack me in response and get no moderation or get generic “everyone cool it” moderation, as if we’re all equally guilty of personal attacks. An example of where this happens a dozen times would be the No Man’s Sky thread from years ago, where I stuck to the issues and a lot of people who were butthurt about me being right couldn’t argue on the merits and personally attacked me and no mods gave a shit, but I could probably dig up more examples if I were so inclined.
I don’t particularly mind it, because I’m a big boy and I can take it and dish it out, but I’ve noticed that they let people get away with saying shit about me that would get moderated if almost anyone else was the target.
And why is that your reading, when the hypothetical was specifically written to be gender neutral?
I think the intent is for it to be. I think it more or less was when I joined this board 20 years ago. If it isn’t now, I think it’s due to either changes in moderating or caving in to the side that demands that nothing that might offend them be allowed on the boards.
Edit: Incidentally, to those of you who are asking of thinking of the practical effects of allowing such discussion: if someone here posts controversial but honest discussion, and then the people here argue against their point or otherwise enlighten them, that’s a good outcome.
If someone doesn’t come here because discussion of potentially offensive topics is banned and then wanders over instead to some hate group echo chamber where such discussion is allowed for the wrong reasons (because it bonds them in hatred rather than because of open intellectual discussion), then they may be radicalized by alt right/incel type hate groups. Having people come here to discuss uncomfortable ideas and get them responded to in a smart, empathetic way is better than sending them to the dregs of humanity.
Says you.
I’ve been here just as long, and it was never without bounds. Sure, there was more shit like racism and stuff allowed, but even then, there were limits.
See, it’s characterizations like that that absolutely reek of disdain.
And the whole “we have to fight them here” argument is privileged bullshit, exactly the kind of thing we always hear from people who can afford to be cavalier with other people’s trauma.
Just fuck off, now, you don’t have anything useful or novel to say.
It really would be nice to have a list of these potentially offensive topics the discussion of which is banned.
Why does that reek of disdain? Isn’t the ENTIRE FUCKING JUSTIFICATION FOR ALL OF THIS that we should not allow topics that are offensive to people in GD?
No, the
ENTIRE FUCKING JUSTIFICATION FOR ALL OF THIS
is that “when is it OK to rape?” is not a topic we should allow in GD, nothing more.
See, I can shout, too, shit-for-brains. Louder, even.
It would! (were you being sarcastic? I’m not)
~Max
Serious as a heart attack.
With you, I can never tell. 
~Max
… Which is a topic that offends you, so you want it banned, which is what I said.
Certainly “In what circumstances can torture be justified” has been a GD topic before. Do you think that should be banned? If not, why is rape worse than torture? Why is one fine for a discussion topic and the other must be banned?
I did not read the entire thread about the rape hypothetical, but I also don’t think your characterization at least as far as the OP goes is accurate. It’s not “when is it okay to rape?” but “in this particular scenario, is rape the least bad option?”
No, you said more than that. You erroneously expanded from the specific to the general.
No. Because “we should not allow topics that are offensive to people” is your fucking idiotic strawman
It’s been explained to you, and you refuse to listen, so I see no reason to fuck that chicken for your amusement, thanks but no thanks.
If you are questioning whether your topic would be on the wrong side of the line, message a moderator and get a ruling before you post. A bit of a burden on the poster, but hopefully you’re not started a vast number of threads that tread close to the line.
I have not seen one consistent explanation as to why the topic about the hypothetical last two people should be banned, but other subjects which may similarly deal with traumatic issues should not be. Could you point me to where you believe that this complete, consistent explanation was posted?
I AM TRYING TO EAT BREAKFAST
Because the threat of getting tortured is not a situation that is routinely faces by many millions of Americans every single day.