NOTICE - Pre-election personal attacks

[billvon 3,173]

Recently the number of personal attacks on this board has gone way up. I suspect it has something to do with the proximity of the election.

As a reminder, there are no personal attacks allowed here. Personal attacks include any any attack (slurs, insults, denigrations, implications about their mothers, etc) or threat against another poster. Any such attack is not permitted here. This is true even if you are absolutely, 100% sure that the poster is stupid, or ignorant, or childish, or an ass. It doesn't matter if you think it is true or not, or even if you can prove they are an ass. You can't post such messages here. If you feel it is important to post such things, unmoderated forums like rec.skydiving do not have any such restrictions.

Clever insults that attempt to get around the above (i.e. "I like rabbits" "anyone who likes rabbits and posts here is an idiot") will result in the same sort of bans that a personal attack will.

Also note that personal attacks do NOT include attacks against political groups, prominent people who are not DZ.com posters, ideas, religions or theories. Since this board is intended for political discussions, more leeway is given to posters who (for example) attack the democratic party, or creationism. However, do not let your dislike for a candidate or party spill over into personal comments against other posters.

For the next month, any personal attack against another poster in a thread about the election, a candidate or a political party will result in a ban until after the election. To avoid such actions, please speak to the issue; do not attack the poster, even if your candidate/party is winning, or losing, or clearly superior to the other poster's.