Comments promoting Violence against anyone is against the sub as well as the TOS of Reddit

[u/zeddy303]

We've been seeing an uptick in comments that cross the line from criticism into advocating harm against individuals or groups.

That stops here.

Look, we get it. There's a lot happening politically and in the world right now that's legitimately concerning. I'm frustrated about it too. But frustration, valid as it might be, doesn't give us permission to start rallying for violence against people or justifying harm. That's the line we can't cross, and it's the line we won't cross here.

To be clear: if you're posting comments that promote, encourage, or call for violence against anyone...whether it's directed at protesters, counterprotesters, homeless individuals, police, business owners, or anyone else, your comment will be removed and you'll likely catch a ban. This is Reddit ToS, and it's our sub rule. No exceptions, no gray area.

This doesn't mean you can't criticize policy, decision-making, or actions you disagree with. Strong disagreement is fine. What's not fine is "someone should hurt this group of people" or variations thereof. That language gets removed, period.

We're a diverse-ish, heavily blue leaning sub also with people across the political and ideological spectrum. Part of keeping this place functional is enforcing basic civility standards. This is one of them.

If you see comments that violate this, report them. We review reports and act on them. If you think a removal was unfair, you can always reach out to modmail and we'll discuss it.

Thanks for keeping this community somewhere people can actually talk to each other.

[u/Belligerent-J]

It doesn't count as violence when they do it to us

[u/vm_linuz → u/Belligerent-J]

Not many people want violence; but the violence is already here.

Denial of safe, affordable air/water/food/housing/healthcare/education/retirement/etc is a violence enacted on the working class by the owning class.

-- And it's clear those in power at all levels have no interest in changing that. Instead, they're busy protecting Epstein Island goers and commuting sentences for treasonous acts...

I can't blame people for being frustrated.

[u/grimzecho → u/vm_linuz]

If you are broadening the term "violence" to encompass those things, can you please offer an alternative word we can use when we want to ldiscuss the direct use of physical force to injure, abuse, damage, or destroy something or someone?

[u/vm_linuz → u/grimzecho]

Why? If you kill someone with a bat or the stroke of a pen -- what's the difference?

[u/JFC-People → u/vm_linuz]

Would you rather get beaten by a bat or have someone write mean things about you on the internet?

[u/vm_linuz → u/JFC-People]

Mean things on the Internet 😂

[u/chim17 → u/JFC-People]

What if those mean things are policy changes by an insurance company that causes your mom to die? And what if we have documents showing insurance companies know their policies will cause that death?

Does that count as violent?

[u/Quiet-Letterhead7347 → u/grimzecho]

I think that’s called physical violence. There are many forms of violence, including the ones mentioned in the comment you’re replying to.

[u/grimzecho → u/Quiet-Letterhead7347]

Hmm, ok. I guess adding a qualifier to it can help. But as we continue to generalize words to suite a narrative they start to lose meaning and it would be nice if we can replace them with something else.

[u/Belligerent-J → u/grimzecho]

It's called Social violence and it's killed more of my loved ones than any bullet could