r/valiant • u/TheFerg714 • 22d ago

After yesterday's Bloodshot/transphobia fiasco, I'm thinking we may need some more rules around here. I'm open to suggestions.

Currently, the only rule is that posts and comments have to have something to do with Valiant.

My initial thought is to ban direct insults, but I also kind of appreciate when bigots are insulted, which I realize is a contradiction, so what's the community's perspective on this?

Seeing as this sub is tiny af, I would like to be the kind of sub that allows almost anything. I am also of the perspective that it doesn't do any good to silence bigots and hateful people outright. I believe it's more effective to allow hateful comments so the community can collectively call them out and downvote them into oblivion. This approach serves two purposes: 1) it shows that these people exist but don't represent the Valiant community, and 2) it demonstrates that we're an inclusive community, and it's not just one mod going around and deleting anything he disagrees with.

Yesterday's response to transphobia showed exactly how inclusive the (Reddit) Valiant fanbase is. I'm incredibly proud to be a part of a community that isn't afraid to stand against bigotry and hatred.

Please sound off in the comments!

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u/Cipherpunkblue 21d ago

Saying "trans people do not exist" is the very definition of erasure. If someone says that and means something else, it is not up to others to make shit up to excuse their poor communication skills.

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u/koreawut 21d ago

To you, who has chosen to never try and understand what they meant by that. They very, very clearly don't mean there is no physical human being inhabiting the space that a trans person is inhabiting.

If you decide not to try and understand what they mean, you are part of the problem. If you decide what they mean without trying to understand them, you are the problem.