"Biotch"

[Anonymous]

Jeff, I wrote a response to a nasty person (nasty person: someone who berates a thin infertile woman for being too unhealthy and scrawny to bear a child) and simply said "Biotch!" and then I critiqued her point.

I was really surprised to see my post deleted. Are all "biotch" references deleted? On what grounds? I'm genuinely curious. Because it's a curse word? Or because I was using "abusive speech" or something?

If it's a "bad word," ok, I get it. Ok, I respect the effort to keep some decorum on the forum.

If it's because it was abusive, I don't really get it - because there are so many more offensive said on this forum, like the post that I was initially responding too. There is so much true "hate speech" on here than "biotch."

I think I was just really surprised to have my stupid post deleted, and I was wondering on what grounds.

Maybe there should be a post about the rules here, like what you can and cannot say? There seem to be a lot of people saying that you are censoring arbitrarily. Someone said in the zoo thread, "it's jeff's sandbox and if you don't like it, leave," or something like that. That's b.s. This is a huge community of people engaging in a moderated dialogue, and we have a right to know what is and is not allowed.

[jsteele]

Did you quote the nasty post? It's possible I deleted the nasty post and then deleted yours because it quoted it. Or, deleted your simply because it didn't make sense out of context. I've started following what I call the "fruit of the poisoned tree" rule. If I delete a post for being inappropriate, I also delete all responses to that post unless they can stand alone.

[Anonymous]

"Fruit of the poisoned tree" - love it!

I had quoted the nasty post, so that must be why you deleted mine. Good to know that my post wasn't tossed out just for "biotch," especially when my post was in the service of preserving niceness, i.e., respecting someone writing with problems.

thanks!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Jeff, I wrote a response to a nasty person (nasty person: someone who berates a thin infertile woman for being too unhealthy and scrawny to bear a child) and simply said "Biotch!" and then I critiqued her point.

I was really surprised to see my post deleted. Are all "biotch" references deleted? On what grounds? I'm genuinely curious. Because it's a curse word? Or because I was using "abusive speech" or something?

If it's a "bad word," ok, I get it. Ok, I respect the effort to keep some decorum on the forum.

If it's because it was abusive, I don't really get it - because there are so many more offensive said on this forum, like the post that I was initially responding too. There is so much true "hate speech" on here than "biotch."

I think I was just really surprised to have my stupid post deleted, and I was wondering on what grounds.

Maybe there should be a post about the rules here, like what you can and cannot say? There seem to be a lot of people saying that you are censoring arbitrarily. Someone said in the zoo thread, "it's jeff's sandbox and if you don't like it, leave," or something like that. That's b.s. This is a huge community of people engaging in a moderated dialogue, and we have a right to know what is and is not allowed.

If you call a post bs or something similar, I personally don't see a problem. But when you call someone the B word, that's pretty personal. Now, don't get me wrong. I've thrown the a-hole word out there and regretted it as soon as I hit the submit button. Also, you probably got reported. The moderator depends on people to point out vicious and demeaning comments. There are tons of great words that aren't profanity to describe a cretin. Stick to those. However, my favorite retort to a stupid post is bull$***