Illumiigel
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- Apr 29, 2015
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Hello, I'm going to be talking about censorship within the MCGamer community. I'm going to try and abide by the rules as best I can, and keep witch-hunting to a minimum by omitting all names.
Yesterday, as many of you know, there were a large volume of "Coming out" threads posted to this sub-forum. A majority of them were created for the purpose of trolling but on one of the more serious ones there was a debate on gay rights and whether people should 'come out'. I voiced my own opinion in reply to a moderator's post. The post wasn't breaking any of the rules, and I even made a point at the bottom that it doesn't break any rules, should anyone believe it does. Another moderator replied to me, telling me that my post breaks no rules, and that nobody should tell me it does.
Not even a minute later, the moderator that I originally replied to had removed my post and asked the other moderator to remove his post. No rules were broken by either post, all we did was voice our own opinions on the subject.
Now, I've spoken to this moderator before on social media. They act the same way; they believe their opinion is 'correct' and nobody should be allowed to disagree with it. I have been blocked by this person on another network for disagreeing with some claims they made and asking for factual evidence. They value personal experiences and beliefs over evidence and the beliefs of others, which would be fine if they didn't impose these beliefs onto others and censor content which challenges their opinion.
So, why are moderators allowed to remove content purely because they don't believe it's true? Are we not free to post our own opinions as long as we are not forcing them onto others?
No rules were broken, yet my content was removed because a moderator has a different opinion to me. This isn't the first time this moderator, or other moderators, have censored content they don't believe in. This isn't right.
Yesterday, as many of you know, there were a large volume of "Coming out" threads posted to this sub-forum. A majority of them were created for the purpose of trolling but on one of the more serious ones there was a debate on gay rights and whether people should 'come out'. I voiced my own opinion in reply to a moderator's post. The post wasn't breaking any of the rules, and I even made a point at the bottom that it doesn't break any rules, should anyone believe it does. Another moderator replied to me, telling me that my post breaks no rules, and that nobody should tell me it does.
Not even a minute later, the moderator that I originally replied to had removed my post and asked the other moderator to remove his post. No rules were broken by either post, all we did was voice our own opinions on the subject.
Now, I've spoken to this moderator before on social media. They act the same way; they believe their opinion is 'correct' and nobody should be allowed to disagree with it. I have been blocked by this person on another network for disagreeing with some claims they made and asking for factual evidence. They value personal experiences and beliefs over evidence and the beliefs of others, which would be fine if they didn't impose these beliefs onto others and censor content which challenges their opinion.
So, why are moderators allowed to remove content purely because they don't believe it's true? Are we not free to post our own opinions as long as we are not forcing them onto others?
No rules were broken, yet my content was removed because a moderator has a different opinion to me. This isn't the first time this moderator, or other moderators, have censored content they don't believe in. This isn't right.