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    House rules

    THERE WILL BE ABSOLUTELY NO QUESTIONING OR DISPUTING MODERATION IN PUBLIC. QUESTIONS/COMPLAINTS WILL BE TAKEN UP WITH MODS, NOT ADMIN. DO NOT PM ADMINs WITH FORUM ISSUES, use the report icon. If you MUST pm a mod, PMs to mods must
    be courteous at all times.


    PLEASE TAG YOUR THREADS

    Also, if you report a duplicate thread, you must include both links.

    Posting Rules

    1) No threats or harassment toward any member or person. This includes a thread started for the purpose of singling out an individual member in a manner that's negative in any way, or negative toward the member's family ("call out thread") in any part of the forum.
    This includes the thread title or OP. In other words, no criticism of a member in a thread title or OP. Insulting someone's family is considered a personal attack. No threats, overt or implied. No posting of anything that would draw the attention of law enforcement.


    2) No divulging of any members personal information unless this person has made said information public here. A link may be required and is best included. Posting all or part of a PM is prohibited as well as summarizing one. PMs are considered private and may not be discussed in public other than by an administrator.


    3) THE N-WORD IS BANNED. No racial slurs, bigoted remarks, or personal attacks allowed. Anti-semitism is not allowed. Members are reminded we aren't politically correct, but bigotry is malicious and malicious conduct is beneath the dignity of responsible adults. IT WILL GET YOU BANNED.

    4) Profanity is NOT allowed in THREAD TITLES. If a word must be used, then most of it has to be bleeped with *stars*. No excessive vulgarity, profanity. No misogynist remarks/insults toward female members. Excessive use of offensive language is a violation, so don't abuse your free speech. Exceptions are "damn" "hell" "bastard". This list of exceptions may be updated as needed.


    5) No shitposting. No SPAM posts including links to blogs, personal websites, podcasts, personal twitter feeds, personal FaceBook accounts or other message board or chat websites. NO LINKS in signatures whatsoever, UNLESS you have specific and prior permission from staff. No making of threads copied from your blog. Using this forum to promote your blog is a ban-worthy offense. This privilege is subject to termination at any time, without notice.. Please, no overly large signatures.


    6) No posting illegal or pornographic material or links to porn of any sort, or anything that otherwise is in violation to the forum Terms of Service. No nudity of any kind, including breasts. No images of genitalia of any sort whatsoever. Absolutely NO penis images of any sort. This includes all types of images including cartoons and "dickhead" memes. This rule is strictly enforced -no exceptions- because some people view the site at work. No overly sexualized (at the discretion of staff to determine) avatars. No posting of videos, gifs, or images of any kind portraying animal cruelty. No posting of aborted fetuses. No promoting White Supremacy, KKK, or Hitler. Posting forbidden material includes re-posting it within a quote.


    7) THREAD CREATION (OP, first post) -> When posting articles from other sources, post the link to the article. Copyrighted material should be put in a quote box or displayed in some way that separates it from the member's comment(s). Never quote an entire article.
    Fair Use Law: Fair Use Law: Everything You Need to Know

    If you post a political type email sent to you, please state it's from an email - in lieu of a link.

    8) Personal attacks on mods is inappropriate and subject to infraction at staff's discretion. Anything not covered in the rules can and will be modded at staff discretion.


    9) Trolling and flamebaiting is prohibited. Thread drift is allowed. Derailing a thread is not.


    10) Changing a member's quote is prohibited. You may quote a portion to respond to which is not considered changing the quote. Changing a member's name to insult them can earn an infraction.


    11) If YOU quote someone's insult or attack upon you, YOU LOSE your right to complain about it. You may report it, and staff will moderate the insult based on its discretion on a case by case basis. If someone flames you and you respond in kind, YOU are as much at fault as they.


    12) The rules are subject to change at any time without notice.


    13) No trolls. Anyone who comes here to make a scene will be intentionally humiliated and banned, put in post moderation, shadow banned, or blocked. Promoting (as a core personal belief, or praising in an excessive way, also including advertising, ) hate or "other" groups including but not limited to: Nazism/Hitler, KKK, White Supremacist, White Nationalist, and white separatist groups, Aryan Nation, Westboro BC, Operation Rescue, NBPP, BLM, ANTIFA, etc. is prohibited. We consider it also a form of trolling/spamming. Racists, bigots, antisemites, militants and other trouble makers are NOT welcome here. Members who violated these tenets will find their accounts locked, banned, or deleted. A pattern of breaking or circumventing rules will earn a ban.

    14) No signatures that are offensive to other members, including ignore lists. No overly large signatures.


    15) Snark and mild insults are fine, but if it becomes excessive (pattern of harassment) and a distraction to the forum it's unacceptable and a Moderator may issue a general thread warning or whatever action is deemed necessary.



    16) PERSONAL ATTACKS ARE NOT ALLOWED. Telling someone "fuck you", "shut the fuck up" "fuck off" are examples of personal attacks. If in doubt, don't post it. Personal attacks are forbidden forum wide, and this includes in reps. For clarity, let it be known that calling someone a liar or saying their post it a lie IS allowed and not considered a personal attack. "Fuck you" and "STFU" are expressly forbidden in any form with the sole exception of forum included emojis.


    17) Members should stay on topic, in general, and post threads in appropriate forums. Mods might post a request to get back on topic if a thread gets derailed and members should comply. Threads may be moved if they need to be in another forum or merged if they're duplicates of other threads.


    18) Members can and should report posts/threads if they're breaking the rules. Moderators may not always notice problems and may not react in such cases.

    19) Members should feel free to post their views in an environment of minimal interaction from the mod team, however members are encouraged to consider their statements. We are promoting CIVIL political discussion and remember that the thoughts and statements that you express are a direct reflection of you. Posting maliciously or "in bad faith" is a conscious choice and will be modded accordingly.


    20) The mods cannot read the entire site. DO NOT complain that we didn't sanction someone else for something they wrote when you attacked them back. If we don't get a report and we didn't see it, then we can't address it.


    21) DO NOT report mild insult and snark. Nuisance reporting will do no good and can result in an infraction or ban.


    22) Threads which encompass [s]religion are not alowed.There is no place on the forum to debate religion or God.

    23) No use of font size larger than 4. This is considered "shouting". No exceptions. No excessive use of bolding or caps. Be reasonable and it's no problem....yelling at people drives them away from your post.


    24) Youtubes (political videos) are not allowed as political OP's or any OP's unless there is significant comment or explanation abutting them so they're obviously an adjunct to the discussion - not the topic of the discussion. A political OP cannot lead w a youtube. No exceptions. This WILL be enforced. The only exceptions for youtubes (videos) in OPs are songs, entertainment, and humor. Specifically, this means The Lounge. Posting political videos/topics in the "fun" forums isn't allowed.

    25) Thread titles must refer to the subject matter directly. No "come on" baiting titles.



    26) Do not PM administrators w modding issues....only contact supermoderators.
    Members are expected to read and fully understand these rules, and review them for changes on a reasonably regular basis, at their convenience.
    Common sense and decency apply, so please be civil and hold a customary level of decorum in your interactions here. If you're a racist, Marxist, fascist, revolutionary or counter-revolutionary, left leaning political activist or agitator, coup plotter, Party operative, terrorist of any kind, supremacist of any race, a religious fanatic, criminal, pervert, troll, data miner, or spammer, you are not welcome here. This forum supports the US Constitution and redress of grievances through the legal framework provided by the Founding Documents. Civil conduct is required. We do not tolerate threats or calls for violence or law-breaking. Making threats against govt or govt officials is strictly forbidden and can result in a temporary or permeant ban.

    While these rules are not all inclusive, the Administrators of this forum will do our best to act or react accordingly in response to specific situations. Feel free to PM any moderator (NOT ADMINS) for any help you need. We want to take good care of you as a member and we genuinely appreciate you choosing to spend some of your valuable time here.

    Please help us help you.
    Last edited by Sunsettommy; 03-08-2024 at 09:30 PM. Reason: rules updates

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