Militant atheism has become a religion

[MADem]

176. I answered it from the git-go, you just didn't like the answer and pretended to not understand.

Negativity--like calling people "dumbasses"--something you were all too eager to do--is what the Interfaith group seeks to avoid. That is why the group is protected, like the A/A group. Civility and respect for others gets easier if you practice it, dare I say, religiously. You might try it.

This "politeness" paradigm, we hope, may one day become a standard across the board, but it isn't yet, so long as we have posters here who find it important to be "allowed" to call people "dumbasses."

You may not realize this, but group hosts are not constrained by the group SOP like forum hosts are. They do not have to be "consistent." They don't have to be what you might regard as "fair." They can ban a person for being a jerk, for being a borderline disruptor or troll, or simply because they don't like a poster's attitude.

As one of several hosts in the Interfaith group, politeness and civility are my particular priorities, along with kindness to one another, and an absence of name-calling. I don't think that maintaining a civil discourse will be a challenge at all--I know insulting language when I see it.