The disgusting racism in the Immigration thread

I suppose the racists have to go somewhere 😉

I saw this thread and went to the Immigration thread to check.

Hadn't looked there in a long time.

Some strange people there like there always was.

Best avoided.

You are guaranteed if you post on that thread at all against the narrative to accumulate so many warnings , you either get a ban or have to only post occasionally because every .single .post. is reported a hundred times by those others posting there who believe you are the enemy !

It's not even a question of breaking the rules …you are classed as trolling / baiting etc . For this read "annoying the natives " so you must be at fault. 🤷

In fairness it happens the other way round on some other notable CA threads as has also been the subject of feedback and not to acknowledge that would be hypocritical .

So where did this ghettoization come from ?

I think the policy may be to corral certain groups of posters on different threads to avoid the inevitable clashes ( and make it easier for the volunteer mods to manage ) that can occur on CA . I noticed this starting in earnest about 18 months ago where there was new mods and decisions about controlling CA after the famous feedback threads that were ignored and Boards took on the attitude of like it or lump it , and introduced the new cumulative point system on the say so of a minority .

I suppose those threads (Immigration / Trump / war ) get the clicks someone is looking for , so who cares about real discussion ie where you have a healthy two sides debating civilly and in good faith . But it does get boring and puts people off reading or joining a thread that appears closed to any alternate view

Whatever the complaints about it , the old school moderation where everyone who said something uncivil or abusive was sanctioned , was the healthiest and led to more engagement on the site because the average poster felt protected once they posted within the rules .

Yes saw that .

But as to the point I raised in the post above yours , it is more likely due to incessant reporting of that poster because they are annoyed by the posts that are contrary to their world view rather than bias from the mod in question .

It happens 🤷

Unless of course mods are being instructed to remove so called contrarians to make things easier?

We won't know the reasons because offensive posts could have been deleted . Unless the poster raises a Dispute.?

A lot won't bother because not allowed unless you have a longer ban .

That discussion of 'native" Irish and heritage masking racism was banned before and is still listed as bannable in the OP by a previous mod .

There is no excuse for racist rhetoric being allowed to go unsanctioned anywhere ,no matter the views .

As you say quite rightly posters can express their views about the asylum process and the pros and cons without descending to the gutter of extreme right wing speak.

There are some very good posters posting in favour of immigration controls who despite the fact that their views are not those which I agree with I respect that is their opinion and their right to express it . A decent discussion where you can agree to disagree but stay respectful and amicable is the ideal .

Unfortunately a rare outcome on that thread .