While I agree we should all be polite I also feel the OP is being given too much deference for what comes off as a deliberately provocative post designed to stir up trouble.
I agree.
While I respect the work and time the moderators put into the forums, I remain concerned about the bias. If, for example, someone made a post saying the refugees were treated with too much sympathy, showcasing them as the "good guys" and those against refugees as "bad guys," then the post would have been locked. I'm not guessing when I say that, by the way. It's happened before.
But when the complaint swings the other way, suddenly there appears to be leniency. I find it very disturbing and unhealthy for the community. I have offered feedback about this behind the scenes before.
I feel the need to say again, as I did in response to Ranxerox’s post, that I have already warned the OP for the provocative tone of their posting, including in this thread, and when asking people here not to respond in kind and either ignore or discuss the issues raised constructively and in good faith, that is about asking everyone to respect the rules of this forum and does not reflect approval of or agreement with the original post.
And to repeat that while we welcome feedback on moderation decisions, in thread is not the place, please contact us privately or use the post report functionality.
(Like any other thread, this would be locked if there was continued failure to adhere to forum rules after warnings and discussion degraded to argument, but I think most of the discussion here has so far been a positive example of how even potentially sensitive and divisive topics can be addressed in a friendly and respectful way, despite the thread’s unpromising start. Thank you to everyone who has contributed to that!)
