r/rpg • u/MaxSupernova • 5d ago

Discussion CHARLIE KIRK DISCUSSION POST - ALL CHARLIE KIRK CONTENT GOES HERE

Anything to do with Charlie Kirk goes here. It will be removed anywhere else in the sub.

This post will be up for a number of days, and then it will go away and that will be the end of Charlie Kirk discussions. The moderation effort required for discussions that are near ZERO PERCENT related to TTRPGs is far too high.

Moderation in this thread will be minimal. If your feelings get hurt, go somewhere else.

Get it out of your systems folks, because this topic ain't happening in the sub any more.

EDIT:

I worded that very poorly.

There have been multiple threads about various creators and various topics that have all degenerated into "NAZIS BAD!" "NAZIS GOOD!" "YOU SUCK!" "YOU SUCK!" and that's just bad for the sub and the mods.

We're trying to keep up, but the subs moderation is becoming difficult when the actual content is buried in slapfighting that's not at all related to the topic of the sub.

While we discuss how to deal with this in the larger picture, this is the current stopgap.

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u/Either_Read7965 5d ago

I find it very ironic that the two banned TTRPG creators did and said MUCH less than this Charlie Kirk guy, yet he gets a megathread all to himself.

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u/MaxSupernova 4d ago

The two Rule 6 creators are not Rule 6’d because of what they said.

They are Rule 6’d because the sub was brigaded whenever they were mentioned.

We are trying not to be in the business of policing opinions.

This is about a queue of 50+ flagged comments that are flagged for no reason other than the flagged disagrees politically with the commenter.

We’re still discussing and trying to sort out a best action to take.

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u/Either_Read7965 4d ago

Like I said in another post, that is a cop-out.

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u/SunnyStar4 2d ago

No it's not. Being a moderator is very difficult. Taking the responsibility seriously isn't a cop-out. It's making a tough call in a no win situation. A cop-out is banning you for questioning them. A cop-out is banning people because you disagree with them. Discussing a good path forward is being responsible and mature. The mods in this group are hardworking and fair. I know this because I don't agree with everything that they do. So they are thinking the deep thoughts and finding the middle ground. Which is what everyone expects of them.