Mod policy on mental illness

[orenwolf]

Please see this topic where the nuances of this change were discussed.

Moderation policy change: unfounded assumptions

Note: These changes are now live in our Community guidelines. Because we’ve had a spate of these issues recently, effective immediately: Posts that make assumptions about anyone’s mental state, race, gender, ethnicity, religious beliefs, group affiliation or sexual orientation without it being explicitly stated somewhere (either in a post or other verifiable source) will be considered inappropriate. We as mods do not have the capacity to vet such statements. If you are going to label someon…

Compassion doesn’t require labels. “We don’t know the circumstances surrounding why she behaved as she did, so we should act accordingly” is a compassionate, empathetic response.

Especially in light of similar acts of judgement such as:

https://apnews.com/4c21846650784b1d977224fbebe7b6e7

This topic doesn’t need further discussion of the guideline polices, however. If you really want to discuss it further, please start a new topic. But I do believe that the prior meta topic was clear on the specifics.