I was reading through the appeal by Rob Roy over on Reddit, and I see this is one of those hot topics being debated here too!
I feel bad about not commenting on your posts, because I haven't seen all the context or the full discussions—there’s just way too much going on 😉
Regarding Rob Roy, I honestly don't get the ban for insulting someone's mother. If I use an analogy and say, "imagine if your mother were a criminal/murderer/hooker," I'm not actually trying to insult anyone. Besides, looking at how the user responded to that comparison, it’s pretty obvious they didn't take offense; they just took it as an analogy! On top of that, it makes even less sense to me how a post containing a statement like this:
Comparing something as benign as a communion wafer to a hooker is going too far. It's an insult to the wafer itself could
go unpunished! 😲 This is such an OBVIOUS insult toward Christians, Christianity, the church, and God, not to mention anything else! I'm not some super devout believer—I'm not out here kissing altars—but for something like this to be written and not result in a penalty is ABSURD!
I get that some people are atheists or believe in holy cows or sun gods or whatever, but I'm not Muslim, so I don't insult their faith, especially not like this! 🤷
Beyond all that, you expect the admin to look at all the facts, including both banned and unbanned posts, to form an opinion, but instead, you get this:
You got banned for implying a user's mother is a prostitute. Your views on the sanctity of certain objects don't concern us at all; you can express them and others are free to express negative opinions about them. 😲
"Express negative opinions about the sanctity of certain objects"? Certain? We're talking about the Eucharist, about Christianity... and as far as I know, we live in a predominantly Christian country, so allowing this kind of thing on our forum is just plain crazy!!!
Anyway, that's my take. I hope maybe hollowtrucker77 looks at this situation from a different perspective! 🤷
Edit: Later in that same thread, the moderator for the religion sub posted:
VeronikaN said:Mr. AoF, mocking someone else's sacred symbols is primarily a sign of personal or general lack of culture.😉
Because that isn't criticism or disagreement, which everyone has a right to under freedom of speech.
...so, she's saying that mocking sacred things (like the Host) is a sign of being uncivilized! Yet the comment from that specific user/moderator who mocked the Host goes unpunished! 🤷
Most of us might talk trash about Muslims being this or that, but if you said something like this to a Muslim, you wouldn't get away with it! But here, in our country, on our forum, this is allowed... and it's directed at Christianity!!! 🙄
I'm honestly embarrassed that someone can come onto this forum,
in the US , read that post, and see that it went unpunished... and that too in the religion sub!!!
One of the rules of that sub is:
8) Any kind of personal insults, disparagement, or discrimination against forum members is strictly prohibited.I’d say that counts as a personal insult! And honestly, it isn't just me—it's a huge chunk of the American public who feels that way too.
Well, I guess I'm officially done for now. 😁
Actually... at least for now. 😬
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Just so we’re clear, my Durica is still the best. 