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@ninjadork Personally? I would consider the shutoff point the moment something passes from "definetly joking" to "is not joking/isn't funny". Yes, evaluating context and judging the reception words will have is a challenging task, and if you mess up and walk a joke too far the the mods should...

@lithe Even if a user blocks someone, the original post is still visible to random passers-by. Sites with hostile userbases tend to suffer from problems with maintaining a healthy community. @ninjadork I'm not sure how enforcing a basic code of conduct is "insisting that preserving emotional...

@Kierlak As someone late to whatever argument this is, what exactly are you arguing about or asking for here?

@yautja In fairness, I did type "mental dysfunction" when I meant "mental disorder", mea culpa. And yes, there is a difference between a mental disorder and a mental illness - if you're not capable of anything further than linking layperson's examples from encyclopedias then I don't think this...

@Kierlak I don't understand your argument here - what part of what they posted are you taking umbrage with, and why?

@yautja Well done, you literally just said what I did, while retroactively adjusting your claim from "gender dysphoria is a mental illness" to "gender dysphoria is a mental dysfunction". Gender dysphoria is a dysfunction, that can arise from a variety of factors. Insisting that it and...

Point of Order: gender dysphoria is not a mental illness, and is not classified as such in any modern psychological texts. The closest you could reasonably assert is that it is a mental disorder, one that is most effectively treated with a combination of psychotherapy, HRT, and a sufficiently...