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With conflicting partisan self-descriptions, are one sides' terms always preferrable?

The rule should be pretty simple: Do not antagonize users who have other opinions than you do. Practically nobody in the United States claims to be "for voter suppression". That's an ...
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Is this considered within bounds of "be nice" policy? If so, why?

No, it is not. When you see a similar comment, please flag it as "rude or abusive". I took a look at the recently declined "rude or abusive" flags and found the comment quoted here under a question ...
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Why is left wing offensive content not moderated nearly as rigorously?

You might be referring to the 4 flags you made a few hours ago. Of those flags, two were declined and two were accepted. A complaint about Ronald Reagan being referred to as "dumb". The flag was ...
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Answer deleted for an inferred "all" that was really an implied "some"

Clearly, Philipp should have said: I'm sorry, but labeling all extremist conservatives who also hate government as racists is offensive. Your post implies that the only reason why someone ...
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Is this considered within bounds of "be nice" policy? If so, why?

That's probably my fault. I agree that It violates the be-nice policy. When handling comment flags, you're given 2 buttons, and they're both negative d-words: "decline" and "delete". I clicked ...
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Why is left wing offensive content not moderated nearly as rigorously?

For now, I'll focus on your most recent declined flag: You flagged this answer. I was not the mod that handled that flag, but if I were, I would also have declined it. Yet another identical ...
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How can I post comments on this question that moderators would find acceptable?

Philipp will perhaps give his own answer here, but from what I recall he commented (I think alluding to your deleted comment) that if you have an answer write it as such, not as a comment. He also ...
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Answer deleted for an inferred "all" that was really an implied "some"

Your answer should have been deleted. The general case for deleting an answer is when the "answer" is not an answer. That is, the post doesn't answer the question it purports to answer. This is where ...
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With conflicting partisan self-descriptions, are one sides' terms always preferrable?

A general rule of writing is that it's better to show than to tell. Using the phrase 'voter suppression advocates' is telling what they ostensibly are, which will just raise hackles. Better to use a ...
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