• Bluetreefrog@lemmy.worldM
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    21 days ago

    It’s 4 days late, but I’ll wade in.

    It’s possible to express an opinion without being an asshole about it. That’s what Rule 1 is about. Not censorship.

    I don’t like (factual) Y about country X. <- Doesn’t breach Rule 1.

    The people in country X are all shit stains <- Breaches Rule 1.

    Diplomatic honesty is fine (at least with me).
    What isn’t fine are:

    • Personal attacks,
    • Doxxing, trolling, sealioning,
    • attacks on whole groups of people because of:
      • stereotypical characteristics.
      • ingroup-outgroup bias,
      • readily disprovable dis/misinformation.

    In summary, respectful debate is welcome. Nastiness is not.