Edit: Rule has been replaced.
Old title was “An addendum to the rules. No more using the words “Nazi” or “Fascist”.”
The words Nazi and Fascist have no meaning. No one is referring to 1940s Germany or 1930s Italy. It’s just name-calling at this point. You can see this all over this sub.
So the banned words has been extended from just stuff like racial slurs to include Nazi and Fascist.
Yes, I do realize this is a slippery slope, but hopefully any meaning you wanted to impart can still be done without the kindergarten-level name-calling.
Credit to https://lemm.ee/u/dukethorion@lemmy.world for the idea.
Hell of a lot better than my “Conservatives Only” tag idea or banning bad faith arguments. It’s a clear cut rule that should help with a problem without cutting down on actual discussions.
If you have any feedback/complaints/raging against the machine/questions, feel free to leave them here.
“Someone virtually quoting ‘Mein Kampf’”
Don’t worry, we’re talking about removing the rule, it was a bad idea.
We shouldn’t worry about politicians basically quoting Hitler?
No, we shouldn’t worry about the rule.
So then you agree that we should be concerned about politicians saying things like 'My enemies are vermin, I will wipe them out’
Removed by mod