No, but—to move back to something a little less topical—you may recall that criticism of American action in Afghanistan and Iraq circa 2001 − 2011 was seen in certain circles as implicit support of Islamist violence
If you start banning people on forum for positions that they don’t explicitly argue but that you think they argue implicitly because of tribal associations than you have problems.
It wasn’t, of course
Yes. It wasn’t by any reasonable rational standard that a forum moderator is supposed to use to make moderating decisions. Don’t let yourself be mindkilled. Arguments aren’t soldiers. It’s quite easy to make an argument against invading other countries without arguing in favor of violence.
On reflection, you’re right; a prohibition on advocating violence doesn’t extend that far. Though I’d appreciate not having memes from the politics sequence flung at me.
If you start banning people on forum for positions that they don’t explicitly argue but that you think they argue implicitly because of tribal associations than you have problems.
Yes. It wasn’t by any reasonable rational standard that a forum moderator is supposed to use to make moderating decisions. Don’t let yourself be mindkilled. Arguments aren’t soldiers. It’s quite easy to make an argument against invading other countries without arguing in favor of violence.
On reflection, you’re right; a prohibition on advocating violence doesn’t extend that far. Though I’d appreciate not having memes from the politics sequence flung at me.