Sincere question: do you follow that same reasoning when it applies to closeted anti-gay politicians/activists? I’m just vengeful enough where I think that they should be outed as forcefully as possible, even if they’re doing something more in the gray area, like hiring gay sex workers.

Mine aren’t NEARLY as good as the above, but I like them, so here goes.

O, how I have been shown the error of my ways! Lo, lo, thank you for showing me a single quote on the internet that I hath made, when there is no accounting for timing, or the fact that I had to deal with shitlickers like you! To repent, I shall rend my clothing, and wear a hair shirt, and retreat to the wilderness to…

Well, your points were purely philosophical and were far too abstract to actually be useful or interesting in the context of what was actually happening. The mods weren’t defining anime as a genre; they were defining what was supposed to be discussed in their sub. You were arguing that the two were the same, but…

How is it that Pitino has so many potential jokes, and I can’t come up with a good one right now???

Ha! Still more work than it was worth

And I agree! WHY ARE WE YELLING???

As John Smoltz put it last night, it was a millimeter of an inch difference.

Thank GOD the humor police didn’t let that one slide

There have been some SCORCHING hot takes on that not-a-run last night, when it was adjudicated pretty well overall.

The Sad Puppies are objectively dicks, but they don’t have the ability or right to change YOUR own definition of sci-fi. But if you go to a Sad Puppies subreddit and start discussing diverse sci-fi as the only kind of sci-fi worth reading, they’ll dismiss you and they’re well within their rights to do so.

They were hypocritical, sure, and you can even say they were wrong/incorrect and I won’t disagree with you. But it doesn’t change that it’s their sub and they can do what they want with it.

Everything you’re saying is the way it should be, but not the way it has to be. A good mod works with their community instead of being tyrannical, but they don’t have to be (i.e. they don’t have to be a good mod).

“what you’re saying is you don’t give a shit about the actual community or the topic” that part is certainly correct. But YOU’RE missing the point entirely: they set a definition of what would be discussed in their subreddit. You can argue their definition all you want, you can challenge them on it to your heart’s…

Dude. The implication I was making is that you’re missing the point of my argument. Didn’t say you were being stupid. Just oblique.

You’re missing the point if you think that’s the case. At no point have I said they’re deciding what constitutes anime; all they’re doing is deciding what they’ll discuss in the subreddit called anime.

Come on. This is a well thought out argument, so you’re obviously not a stupid guy, but they set up the group, they made the rules, and they get to enforce them how they see fit. When RedditCo. decides to step in, that will set the precedent for mods, but until that happens, the only obligation mods are under (since I…

Absolutely! But any hypocrisy that might be active here is a direct byproduct of their moderating; if you don’t like it, go start your own sub!

They don’t get to decide what the actual definition of a genre is (which, incidentally, they’re not doing at all), but they do get to decide how and what is discussed in the group they took the time to set up, create rules for, and moderate. You’re free to start up your own sub, call it “animeforall”, and rake in the…