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    St. Fiat
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    Politiforum rules

    All forum rules apply!

    1) As a general rule, maintain civility. Avoid excessive ad hominem attacks. Go after the idea, not the person. If you feel you're being personally attacked, report it. If the reporter is found to have instigated the situation, they will be punished too. If you are found to be attacking someone else, you will be warned. If you find you just can't be civil, you'll be removed from the politiforum. If you are attacked or trolled, the best solution is to report it and ignore the bait.

    2) Leave your cliques at the door. Don't complain about posters posting in the politiforum just because they're known for posting somewhere else (read: spam). Proper post reporting of consistent trolls will take care of the problem eventually. Make noise if it doesn't, but not in bitch-threads.

    TROLLING, DFN
    The consistent, deliberate, and obvious attempts to bait someone into responding in a certain way with the intent of then ridiculing them for their response.
    3) Things that belong here:
    a) News stories, political discussion pertaining to US and international politics, movements, developments, elections, governmental programs, wars, etc. There's a thread in general for gossipy or strange news stories that don't pertain to governments or social issues.

    b) Discussions about social issues, movements, developments, etc; eg, gay marriage, abortion, insurance fraud, racism, etc.

    c) Discussions and news stories about religion, atheism, supernatural skepticism, etc, or any subject that might or will inevitably lead to those topics.

    4) People are allowed to be humorous. They are allowed to be ironic and sarcastic, allowed to make jokes about serious or offensive topics, and they are allowed to ridicule your opinion, but not you. If you cannot handle the idea of someone vehemently disagreeing with you and doing so in a flippant manner, please don't post.

    5) No slurs or bigoted language. Irony, sarcasm, and jokes are not a defense. This includes soft-R. This rule does not limit topics, only word choice.

    6) Space reserved for future shitstorms.

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    Updated with Rule 5. I am not omniscient; report 'em if you see 'em and I'll get to 'em when I can. Not retro-active; anything older than this post gets a pass.