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  • 06-07-2020 9:49pm
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    ExMachina1000
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    There were a few threads about the current minister for children and some old video or photo.
    These threads have been banned/closed. Even mentioning of the topic results in a reply from a mod.

    What is this all about? Some sort of censorship perhaps?


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    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 75,533 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    Thread moved from Dispute Resolution as this is not contesting a card or ban


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    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 75,533 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    The topic was discussed and after extensive discussion the original thread was closed. The second thread started on the same subject was also closed. No censorship - simply a non-story that some posters wanted to make a deal out of because it suited their homophobic views


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    salonfire
    Registered Users Posts: 3,078 ✭✭✭salonfire


    Beasty wrote: »
    The topic was discussed and after extensive discussion the original thread was closed. The second thread started on the same subject was also closed. No censorship - simply a non-story that some posters wanted to make a deal out of because it suited their homophobic views

    If it is a non-story, it would have quickly dropped out of the first few pages if users were not interested in it.

    Who are the mods to decide what users consider a non story or not?

    I have noticed more and more threads get shut down at the whim of mods with no substantial reasoning.


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    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 75,533 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    It was a non-story that was being kept active by certain users who seemed to want to create a story out of it because it involved an openly gay TD. It was basically a magnet for homophobes to try and implicate the TD because he had been pictured with an LGBT activist at some time in the past. I explained that when closing the original thread


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