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Originally Posted by BudFox
What would make things safer is allowing people to fully express themselves, including directly calling out others on their bulls**t and having strong words, if appropriate. But that is almost always short-circuited in one way or another. Running problems though a moderator, whether here or in therapy, is not the same thing. People need to be given the chance to stand up for themselves. Shutting down expression of anger is supremely toxic.
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Hmmm, yes. Allowing people to fully express themselves, anger and all, no holds barred, has led to, IRL, in no particular order:
It seems to me what is needed is a recognition that people don't have to put up with other people's bad manners, anger, and ********. I find it really odd that you were all for shutting down hope's thread last night according to your post there on grounds some posts were unsupportive, but surely those people were also "fully express[ing] themselves"? So why were you all for moderator invention then?
If hope wants to stay on the site but needs to eliminate posters who don't provide sufficient support from her feed, that's her right. She does not have to put up with comments that upset and possibly even endanger her.