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[–]NorfolkTerrier 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

"Yeah, I support the Nazi Party. Well no, I don't (openly) support what the Nazis actually did because I'd get banned. But the uniforms were nice, hehe. Wait, I'm still banned? OPPRESSION!"

Poor you. Being banned by internet moderators is definitely the saddest thing that has ever happened as a result of Nazism.

Now that that's out of the way, there is an actual issue related to this kind of thing. I'm sure a lot of people came here because of free speech. I created an account here, in part, because of leddit banning things for no reason/stupid reasons. At the same time, if a forum's only/main appeal is absolute free speech, then a problem develops where it becomes only a place for extremist rhetoric, instead of a broad community of all kinds. Because people who are not alt-rightoids, etc. will see no reason not to just go back to Reddit, the community is doomed to fail as being a true public forum.

With that said, we did see Reddit slide from only banning actually illegal or violent content, to banning people for disagreeing with gender ideology or for supporting the current US President. If there are limits (aside from legal) on what can be posted here, they need to be consistent and established clearly. I think SaidIt should clarify what its overall sitewide rules are. As far as I can tell, all content based moderation is based on a few subjective lines about the "Pyramid of Debate."

I agree with removing violent posts. It's pretty hard to separate Nazism from violence. On the other hand, is communism banned? Huge death toll and all of its symbols are associated with violent regimes. Is racism banned? Is promoting something that sounds vaguely communist or racist banned? From whose perspective? Etc. I'm not saying there can't be a line, but that line does need to be defined.

[–]JasonCarswellMental Orgy 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I disagree with your opening 2 paragraphs, but I strongly agree with the idea that things can be clarified. I think the PoD is fine, but you are correct in that it is subjective. The "law" is simple, but it needs an abundance of case examples to back it up and clarify.

It's easy to separate Nazism from violence if you actually understand it. Same with communism - and capitalism, which are verifiably much worse.