politics
Welcome to the discussion of US Politics!
Rules:
- Post only links to articles, Title must fairly describe link contents. If your title differs from the site’s, it should only be to add context or be more descriptive. Do not post entire articles in the body or in the comments.
- Articles must be relevant to politics. Links must be to quality and original content. Articles should be worth reading. Clickbait, stub articles, and rehosted or stolen content are not allowed. Check your source for Reliability and Bias here.
- Be civil, No violations of TOS. It’s OK to say the subject of an article is behaving like a (pejorative, pejorative). It’s NOT OK to say another USER is (pejorative). Strong language is fine, just not directed at other members. Engage in good-faith and with respect! This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban.
- No memes, trolling, or low-effort comments. Reposts, misinformation, off-topic, trolling, or offensive.
- Vote based on comment quality, not agreement. This community aims to foster discussion; please reward people for putting effort into articulating their viewpoint, even if you disagree with it.
- No hate speech, slurs, celebrating death, advocating violence, or abusive language. This will result in a ban. Usernames containing racist, or inappropriate slurs will be banned without warning
We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules, to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting. Users that post off-topic spam, advocate violence, have multiple comments or posts removed, weaponize reports or violate the code of conduct will be banned.
All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.
That's all the rules!
Civic Links
• Congressional Awards Program
• Library of Congress Legislative Resources
• U.S. House of Representatives
Partnered Communities:
• News
view the rest of the comments
Okay. Just curious, would it qualify as suspicious if a user repeatedly says others "support genocide" without them ever once uttering such a thing? The two users I'm talking about will throw that out every single time someone disagrees with their views about Israel. That kind of wackadoo shit, along with lying to make trump look better, and other dishonest claims unrelated to anything else.
Oh, I know EXACTLY who you're talking about. :)
That doesn't make them bots or bad actors. They're allowed to have bad opinions.
Where we draw the line is attacking other users. If they're saying YOU'RE supporting genocide, that's a civility rule and the comment will get pulled.
If they say Biden or Harris or anyone else is supporting genocide, that's clearly not true and a bad opinion but allowed.
I mean, I've been accused of "supporting genocide" 100 times and I'm not aware of a single one of those comments being removed. And I literally have never said a single thing to justify that claim. "Biden can't control Netanyahu" for example. I know a user who would zero hesitation respond to the that with "you support genocide" and has many times to anything related to Israel that they dislike. Yeah I get opinions shouldn't be policed but flat out just lying ideally would be.
The big thing is what gets reported and what doesn't. Contrary to public opinion, mods aren't out here reading every comment in every thread.
We DO read and review everything that gets reported, and when a comment is reported, it also goes to the admins, both here and on the users home instance.