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I'd understand if it were the kind of ‘fuck off, abusive liar’, but more often than not it's about something so minor, certainly not worth the extra negativity added to the community.
Only meaning matters.
You have to evaluate claims.
But that's never what happens, when rules demand "civility." They don't actually enforce positivity. They just punish people who are honest toward minimally-cautious assholes. Quite often without spending one moment looking at the other side of the conversation.
Reports cannot be handled correctly in a vacuum. Context is necessary. Otherwise 'you are wrong' is undecidable.
It's like a generation grew up not knowing what trolling is. It's not harsh language. It's being an infuriating douchebag, in a way that people understandably tell you you're an infuriating douchebag. And for all the forums I've seen where trolling and getting trolled are equally forbidden, every god-damn one of them treats 'shut up, troll' worse than being a fucking troll. Even if it is those exact G-rated words.