"Eschew flamebait. Avoid generic tangents."
"Please don't sneer, including at the rest of the community." It's reliably a marker of bad comments and worse threads.
Pornography.
Like many here, I have several adult daughters, and I’ve given a lot of thought to what role pornography has in our society.
You can sit there and act like my position is unreasonable, but while you do so, women are being trafficked for porn, suffering violence for porn, being drugged for porn, being coerced by their boyfriends and spouses for porn, and more.
Frankly, you can all spare me the bullshit, as if there could be one iota of legitimacy to the entire adult entertainment industry. Absolutely sickening.
You may be completely right but this is not the way to go about showing it to everyone. We don't want garden-variety internet flamewar here—it's exactly the opposite of curious conversation.
My posts haven’t been rude or unclear. I never made a sharp or crass remark directed at anybody in particular.
You’re characterizing my dismissal of defensive statements about pornography as inciting a flamewar?
I’ve read the guidelines. I need for you to explain to me in clear and unambiguous terms exactly what I’ve said that is not acceptable for HN and why it cannot be allowed whilst speech supporting an industry that systematically abducts, trafficks, abuses and exploits women is acceptable and not say, garden-variety misogyny.
Curious conversation? This place has a point system, fake names, and a voting mechanic, so, give us all a break with the platitudes.
I’m looking forward to your explanation.
Also snark/sneering ("Ah, I didn't realize this was a safe space for perverts who hate women. Cool. Cool cool cool. Very cool.")
We ban accounts that post like that, regardless of how right they are or feel they are, so please don't keep posting like that.
Trust me, the surprise is overwhelming!