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[New Instance] Go Talk It Out - A Politically-neutral forum for serious debate (gtio.io)

submitted 2 years ago by Thann@lemmy.ml to c/announcements@lemmy.ml

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[–] Thann@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Could you clarify whether source citation is a rule or just a guideline?

A guideline. People can assert things, and people can show evidence. an argument will be more believable with evidence. Repeatedly asserting things in spite of evidence might get your comments deleted though.

character attacks on groups of people

I would imagine that's not civil. If someone sees this please report it and there will probably be a discussion about it.

[–] pingveno@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

I'm bringing these up because they're subjects we've wrestled with over at /r/moderatepolitics. The subreddit started with one simple rule, no personal attacks. Since then, a few more rules have been added that are more quality-of-discourse improvements. But even the "no personal attacks" rule turns out to be deceptively simple. Who is protected? Can you call a politician a duffus? Where is the line between pointed criticism and personal attacks? Just a few ideas to chew on.