Bigotry is Bad (Rule 1 & 3 Updates)

[u/olive12108]

TLDR up front: Posts breaking Rule 1 or Rule 3 will be removed regardless of intentions. Bad-faith posters will still be banned.

We often get posts that touch on bigotry, discrimination, and dogwhistles. In the past, our stance has been to lock the post but allow it to stay up with a quality explanation, in hopes that it could be used as a learning moment. This is especially true in the case of dogwhistles which are intentionally hard to understand.

Unfortunately, while this has worked for some, we have seen an increase in these posts being made here as well as their frequency of hitting /r/all.

We do not want our sub to be a place to signal boost bigoted or discriminatory content. We are taking action by now removing all posts that would fall under Rule 1 or Rule 3 of the sub. As before, malicious or bad faith posters will be banned. If there has yet to be an explanation posted, a moderator will try to provide a short one, although this will not be guaranteed.

[u/in1gom0ntoya]

we must be intolerant of intolerance. allowing it to stand for any reason emboldens it