Rule 12b exists because when I allowed those type of insults two people took it to a level where the site was unusable, was unsafe for work, and they were literally EVERYWHERE... taking a hardline stance on it and actually having to permanently ban someone was the only way to end it.
What you object to has not done the same thing to the site. I have no responsibility for what you post, you agree to rules that state you are responsible for your posts. If you post something illegal, it does not come back on me.
Ok, so your legally protected, keep thinking that. I've seen many cases in which the plaintiff signed a policy and that signature or in your case, someone checking a box, didn't save the ass of the defendant one bit. (I'm not the only one that didn't read a word of it) That said, I don't give a shit about being legally liable and a man doesn't make decisions based solely on legal liabilities. (I can hardly wait for the 'sexist' complaints from the woke brain trust, fuck off in advance)
I protect the privacy of folks that post here, I do not allow doxers to post here. I stop the "yer a perv" insults, and I add rules only when necessary to keep the site on course for political discourse.
From what I've heard, that may be true until the doxy scumbags are Fowl and friends, then it gets ignored, but again, I couldn't care less.
What Hume, and others, is saying is part of this discourse, and should not be ignored. When they tell you who they are, you should listen, not ignore it.
What Hume said isn’t “discourse” at all and shutting it down isn't ignoring it, it's doing the opposite, what a responsible freedom loving citizen of America would do if they had any moral compass at all. Why? Because it sends a message that calling or wishing for more political assassinations won't be tolerated here. The time for people to step up instead of hiding behind some bullshit concept that it's discourse, is now more than ever before.
You acted like you were respecting Charlie somehow by not responding to a thread titled “Who Else is Sick Up-To-Here With the Nonstop Cowardly Leftist Savagery??” like that’s some moral high ground, Charlie's name nowhere to be found. Hilarious pretense of a moral compass, Budda would be proud, I'm sure. Of course, that suggests you think you have morals, at least I think it does. If so, you have a responsibility to draw the line, not for legal liability, but because you don’t want a site you started or bought to be a platform for more calls for political violence. Explain how that’s not true.
One possible answer is, “I don’t give a shit about moral responsibility.” Another might be, “I believe it’s important to allow calls for political assassinations to preserve the First Amendment.” Of course, you didn’t say that because you might feel obligated to explain, and I’d love to hear that one.
I asked you several questions that you dodged. Either you had no answers, or you were too lazy to bother. If you thought they weren’t valid, are you so lazy you couldn’t explain why? You didn’t address any of my third paragraph’s questions at all. Maybe you did, and “I can’t get sued” is the depth of your thought process, in which case I’m not sure if you’re more of a coward, a wimp, or both, definitely not a fierce defender of the First Amendment, just a lame-ass dude who owns a website for a paycheck, reading a few Buddha quotes to pretend he’s deep, not an active citizen who believes he owes his fortune big or small to the fundamental truths that paved the way for him to live in the freest country the world has ever known. Being a good citizen requires a lot, but it includes doing the “hard work” of hitting the fuck-you-and-goodbye button when someone uses your forum to essentially call for the end of civil society. Explain how that’s not true.
Hume crossed a line that responsible, sane people need to set, it’s that simple.
I know many consider a few paragraphs to be hard work, but maybe pick at least two questions to answer, other than I can't get sued.