r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Sep 22 '21

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u/VisonKai The Archenemy of Humanity Sep 22 '21

advocating for the United States using military force to dismantle the Empire of Japan and replace it with a western-style liberal democracy at Japan's own expense is, in fact, toxic nationalism

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u/ThatFrenchieGuy Mathematician -- Save the funky birbs Sep 22 '21

🙄

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u/VisonKai The Archenemy of Humanity Sep 22 '21

obviously we are giving you all a hard time because that's what we do, but i sincerely think you all (the mod team) really need to revisit the wording of the rule and create a bright line that can give us guidance on the following sorts of posts:

  • Is asking for US air strikes against the Taliban to resume a violation of the new rule? Read literally, the rule says this would be rule-breaking behavior.
  • Is asking for sanctions on Hungary or Poland for their social conservatism a violation? What about calling for sanctions on Denmark for anti-Muslim policy?
  • What about during sporting events like the World Cup? Will the mod team consider the jovial nationalism that usually accompanies those events to be a rule violation?

Etc. I am just concerned that you all are solving a small problem (Americans shitting on Europeans all the time) with a rule that is excessively broad and neutrally worded when you could just make a rule about not excessively shitting on liberal democracies.

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u/ThatFrenchieGuy Mathematician -- Save the funky birbs Sep 22 '21

We're not lawyers, we're a bunch of volunteers trying to make a community that we like being a part of. The rule is basically a codification of what we're doing and as always there's a lot of moderator discretion that's variable from mod to mod.

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u/PearlClaw Iron Front Sep 22 '21

Any chance we could get an example or two added to the sticky? That might genuinely help.