I was banned from /r/AskWomen for posting this

Impudence · 2013-06-16T03:01:49+00:00

No. You were banned for reposting it after it was removed and you were rold it would stay removed.

9iLsgs1TYI · 2013-06-16T03:53:05+00:00

Not only are you censored from making a joke because one person finds it offensive (not the person at whom the joke was directed at), you are also prevented from repeating the content for the sake of discussion. The moderator disregards the context of the second comment and removes it for reasons that only appear to be power-tripping.

Perhaps the person who made that original post was offended and PM-ed the moderators, or perhaps several users who happened upon your comment were offended and reported it. If this is true, I believe you are owed that explanation. Whatever the case may be for your initial comment, the second comment is reasonable and should be permitted for the sake of discussion.

This overprotective, parental moderating style is not conducive to the freedom of expression. The apparent preemptive removal of your comments on the grounds of offensive/inflammatory commentary means that at least one moderator is acting on a definition of 'offensive' that is not transparent to the community (especially when commenters are denied the gist of the deleted comment). The person who's opinion should be valued the most is completely excluded from the decision. One might argue that this moderating style reinforces the stereotypes that women require special protection.

A video about the importance of free speech was recently posted to Reddit. I highly recommend that the moderators of that subreddit review it and reevaluate their moderating style. A ban in this scenario was not justified simply because you disagreed with a single moderator's definition of offensive.

edit: Removed an extra word.

whorefart · 2013-06-16T03:04:48+00:00

hahahah

Title	I was banned from /r/AskWomen for posting this
Author	whorefart
Upvotes	0
Comments	6
Date	June 16, 2013 2:59 AM UTC (13 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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