On the other hand, we had quite a few members, moderators included (with great civility, I might add), expounding dubious opinions supporting various forms of discrimination. That's far more problematic to my mind, than a few bruised egos over impolite posts.
Which somewhat brings up a problem; if something is brought up and done so in a manner which is not directly insulting do you do something about it?
If we have these topics and we don't allow dissenting voices then what is the point? If people can remain civil while putting across points you don't like, well, you don't have to agree with them but not allowing them to say them... I guess you might as well just have a bunch of closed threads for each topic with happy nice things in it. An echo chamber of 'we all agree!' helps no one.
And, while I'm verging into the 'slippery slope fallacy' here, I do feel an aspect of 'where do you stop?'.
I mean, lets take religion; I hold strong views on this, but my views probably don't match a large portion of those from the USA. So if there is a thread regarding it do they have to stop because I dislike their side or do I have to stop because they dislike mine? I would argue there is a 'clear right side' on this but society in different countries handles it differently.
To a degree its the same with race; the USA has massive racial problems (as seen by an outsider), and while the UK is not a land of everyone-hold-hands-and-get-along either our problems are different and thus our reactions and thoughts on things are different; do you censor someone because their view point or observations do not match the often US-centric nature of this forum?
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Related to the topic at hand and not the post I quoted above my only "fear" if you like is that one day one of these topics is going to attract The Mob.
I don't mean just the GGers, I mean The Mob which can show up from either "side" if you say something wrong or put forward a viewpoint they dislike - I have seen "feminists" rip in to someone for giving their professional option on someone's work.
Honestly I fear that can happen here.
Personally I have no real stake in this if I'm honest; I'm a White Dude so to many I'm already The Enemy and The Problem and I've given up trying to engage in any of it - ironically I don't feel "safe" doing so largely because of the aforementioned mobs.
Have them, don't have them.. but if we are having these topics then allow all view points; an echo chamber of agreement serves no one.