You are explicitly prohibited from:
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Posting or transmitting content through the Website that is harassing, threatens or encourages bodily harm, constitutes hate speech, or advocates for the destruction of property;
This case went beyond LW’s usual attitude toward debate; this was explicit advocacy of violence, which should always be treated as Serious Business.
I believe the intent of EY’s ban on violence was violence against identifiable individuals. Discussion and advocacy of violence against collective groups (the canonical example being supporting specific wars) is OK.
Amen. But the LW Terms of Use state:
This case went beyond LW’s usual attitude toward debate; this was explicit advocacy of violence, which should always be treated as Serious Business.
Did you mean for the “advocacy of violence” link to go to https://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Deletion_policy#Hypothetical_violence_against_identifiable_targets instead?
It seemed that one applied to the Wiki only, so I didn’t use it.
I believe the intent of EY’s ban on violence was violence against identifiable individuals. Discussion and advocacy of violence against collective groups (the canonical example being supporting specific wars) is OK.