Due to numerous issues of unacceptable user behavior, I am updating the Terms of Service to include the following.
p. The Endorsement, Promotion, or Advocacy of Anti-Semitism, Anti-Semitic Conspiracy Theories, or practices and policies thereof.
I have very little tolerance for anti-Semitism in general. Lately an increasing number of posters are happily winking and nodding towards this and I am done with simply expecting the user base to police itself. Going forward, this will be enforced as a TOS violation.
We will not be retroactively enforcing this rule. I refuse to engage in ex post facto enforcement, nor do I approve of hitting people for something that wasn't clearly against the rules at the time of their actions.
Several notes. No, this does not mean that 'criticizing George Soros is anti-Semitic', going after Soros for what he has done is perfectly fine, making the conspiracy hopscotch jump of 'Soros is a Jew therefore Jews are...' is not acceptable, likewise with any other individual.
Also, while it is perfectly acceptable to criticize Israel, it is not acceptable to single them out based only on their Jewish identity or hold them to standards that nobody else is expected to be held to. I will not allow the masking of anti-Semitism under the rhetorical dodge of 'I'm really just anti-Zionist', but at the same token this does not shield Israel from criticism when they do something stupid or wrong.
p. The Endorsement, Promotion, or Advocacy of Anti-Semitism, Anti-Semitic Conspiracy Theories, or practices and policies thereof.
I have very little tolerance for anti-Semitism in general. Lately an increasing number of posters are happily winking and nodding towards this and I am done with simply expecting the user base to police itself. Going forward, this will be enforced as a TOS violation.
We will not be retroactively enforcing this rule. I refuse to engage in ex post facto enforcement, nor do I approve of hitting people for something that wasn't clearly against the rules at the time of their actions.
Several notes. No, this does not mean that 'criticizing George Soros is anti-Semitic', going after Soros for what he has done is perfectly fine, making the conspiracy hopscotch jump of 'Soros is a Jew therefore Jews are...' is not acceptable, likewise with any other individual.
Also, while it is perfectly acceptable to criticize Israel, it is not acceptable to single them out based only on their Jewish identity or hold them to standards that nobody else is expected to be held to. I will not allow the masking of anti-Semitism under the rhetorical dodge of 'I'm really just anti-Zionist', but at the same token this does not shield Israel from criticism when they do something stupid or wrong.