Where moderation steps in

Posted Oct 1, 2025 11:50 UTC (Wed) by pizza (subscriber, #46)
In reply to: Where moderation steps in by josh
Parent article: NixOS moderation team resigns

> That comes across as the problem being exclusively the heat, not the toxic statement, or other toxic comments like people attacking the call-out for being "impolite" (where the implied "polite" would be "tolerant of intolerant/toxic people").

This highly-relevant comic came across my feed just yesterday:

https://leftycartoons.com/2025/09/26/doin-discourse-with-...

Where moderation steps in

Posted Oct 3, 2025 10:02 UTC (Fri) by paulj (subscriber, #341) [Link]

I'm from a country with a PR-STV political system, where our politicians generally have to do their best to appeal not just to some "base", but also - at a minimum - still appear reasonable to the "bases" of at least a few other political parties. This system selects for politicians who can maintain broad-appeal in at least a few political dimensions. They still get it wrong sometimes, but when they do the system also allows the electorate to correct (cause you can /always/ give your #1 vote to whatever minority politician who is on the right side of some issue; without worrying that you will then inadvertently allow a disfavoured politician in; cause you also have #2, #3, etc. preference votes).

From my vantage point, no one in that cartoon looks good, at all, and it's a damning indictment of the political system that fostered it.