• Flying SquidOP
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    -42 days ago

    Yeah, okay. Go into a bar and call some random stranger an “utter, utter jackass” and see if they think you didn’t insult them.

    🙄

    Not even dictionaries agree with you.

    Neither do thesauruses:

    I’ll bother reading the rest of what you wrote when you’re less dishonest.

      • @WrenFeathersM
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        22 days ago

        Gotta ask both of you to shut this down.

        • @Warl0k3
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          12 days ago

          My apologies, I really let that one get away from me. Thank you for being so understanding / moderating this community, I can’t imagine it’s particularly fun right now.

        • @WrenFeathersM
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          22 days ago

          Gotta ask both of you to shut this down.

          • @[email protected]
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            22 days ago

            Why do the mods tolerate this at all? Like if certain users are doing this repeatedly, should they not just be banned?

            • @WrenFeathersM
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              We need to be very careful about overreaching with regards to pulling comments of/banning users that are showin to be at least making an attempt to debate/disagree in good faith.

              Especially now. Everyone is stressed and scared for our friends and our families, and our uncertain future. So there is bound to be some people that need to vent.

              Lemmy should be that place. A forum that promotes debate. And if we (mods) bestow upon ourselves the authority to determine what people can and cannot disagree with, it’ll get pretty boring around here.

              So we try and let things carry out to their natural conclusion as much as possible. If it seems it’s devolving into a slap-fight, we reluctantly step in to break it up.

              Hope this helps.

              • @[email protected]
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                12 days ago

                Venting is not debate. I don’t agree that Lemmy needs to be the place for venting, at least not in this community. Maybe in one designed for that. Debate for sure, but this isn’t debate, it’s a slapfight, as you noted.

                Of course, you are welcome to moderate your communities as you see fit, but when I see users refusing to learn from previous rule enforcement, I tend to reach for the ban instead of spending more time and effort reviewing their negative contributions, as it’s harmful to the community.