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It has been a little while now that this fledgling community has been around and it remains one of my favorite stories about communities. A splinter of a much larger community took it upon themselves to challenge the rest and make a move to a new home. Shedding the shackles that were being placed on them was a bold move, but one that has been fantastic.
The community here is great, but here is my question. Overall, we are amazingly tolerant of others, of the choices they make, and of their beliefs. I would then be curious, if we are such a tolerant group, how do we address intolerance in our ranks? I recently came across what I can only say filled me with pity and sadness. I find it saddening that in this day and age, and especially in this group, there are still such hate-filled people.
But this poses a question: how does a group that is tolerant deal with intolerance within it's ranks? Does our acceptance of others extend to accepting someone that has thoughts and beliefs which are far from the norm within this community, or is there a limit placed on how far from our own values a member of the community may be?
(Score: 1) by moondoctor on Sunday April 13 2014, @06:48PM
there's a line, that will be defined by the community. that line will in turn define the community.
i believe that racism is not to be tolerated. in my opinion the comment you referred to has no substantive value at all and moreover is truly revolting and should be removed from this site.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by starcraftsicko on Sunday April 13 2014, @07:17PM
IANAL but
The day we (or any website) starts acting to remove/censor posts based on their content, they can be held responsible for the posts that they don't remove (or don't remove fast enough). Removing the post, ignorant and misguided as it may be, sets us on the slippery slope to closing this site forever.
This post was created with recycled electrons.
(Score: 4, Informative) by NCommander on Sunday April 13 2014, @08:20PM
My official stance on this is here: http://soylentnews.org/comments.pl?sid=1261&cid=30 886 [soylentnews.org]
For legal reasons, there are two large things that may require us to delete an account based on their posting. One is required by safe harbor protections for compliance with DCMA takedowns (the law actually requires we terminate accounts) (summarized here: http://wiki.soylentnews.org/wiki/Incorporation/Uni tedStates#.C2.A7_512.28i.29_Conditions_for_Eligibi lity [soylentnews.org]), or if ordered by a court of a law on a topic of unconstitutional speech (this is very narrowly defined, and we can try and fight this type of takedown in a court of law and have a reasonable chance of success).
Still always moving
(Score: 1) by moondoctor on Monday April 14 2014, @01:14AM
i can believe that...
perhaps removed downvoted to oblivion never to be seen again.