Discord bans r/WallStreetBets server, subreddit went private for a while

Re:Discord bans r/WallStreetBets server, subreddit went priv... by jeegsy on Thursday January 28, 2021 @07:59AM (#25941205)

For one thing, conversations are a lot easier to have when there is an implicit rule that context is always considered when evaluating word usage. For example, the word 'autist' in the context of 'stonks' and 'wsb' is not understood to mean an attempt to mock people with disabilities and therefore unlikely to get anyone offended as a result.

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Re:Discord bans r/WallStreetBets server, subreddit went priv... by teddyh on Thursday January 28, 2021 @12:02PM (#25944906)

People get offended because they want to get offended. They then rationalize it after the fact, usually by resorting to “certain words are always wrong”. But if a friend occasionally does something annoying, you could either elect to ignore it, or you could take a stand and make it a make-or-break issue. But the choice to make it an issue is yours.

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Re:Discord bans r/WallStreetBets server, subreddit went priv... by anoonmoose on Thursday January 28, 2021 @08:22AM (#25941404)

South Park tried to make this argument over a decade ago and they were dead wrong.

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