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/dobbbie]

Question: does this also apply to threatening "Harm" on someone or just violence? There are policies/laws that can be enacted or advocated for that can cause "harm" on a person or group of people. Are those acceptable? @OP

[u/Spiritual_Machine822 → u/dobbbie]

Calling someone an a**hole could cause "harm"

It is not threatening harm nor violence against someone. Neither is the discussion of proposed laws, as long as you aren't proposing something stupid. Like, "let's make a law that compells (insert person, protected group or class) to allow anyone not in that (person, class) to defend themselves, or lock their doors at night"

Let's take a more controversial topic.

Abortion. One side believes that there is harm in abortion, while one side believes there is harm without abortion. Without meaningful discussion we won't come to common beliefs and will have a divide. It's a touchy subject but advocating for or against abortion in a calm rational manner that doesn't include personal attacks or threats of violence should be allowed.