I noticed that the Sink Warrior is now closing threads (in the FZ, no less) and then clarifying the action by taking the initiative to state that ''I am locking as this attacks the few Democrats on this board as well''
The other reason was that ''This thread was reported''
Okay. Well he took the time to clarify to us all that his maude actions are in part because he personally feels that attacks on Democrats (again, in the FZ, no less) are a violation of some sort. Which must be a Sink Warrior modification/amendment to the rule book, I'm assuming, since I haven't seen an announcement made about that anywhere.
But..if a maude feels that it is necessary to invoke unsolicited clarification with regard to why he or she locked a thread in terms of how it affected his or her personal feelings, I, for one, would also expect clarification on what rule was actually broken, rather than just stating that performing a mod action was in part because "This thread was reported."
Are we closing threads (again, in the FZ, no less) merely because they were reported now?
Seems to me that some folks are getting a little too comfortable being unsupervised and attempts at setting some rather conflicting precedents are being made. Collectivist give and take in terms of what maude actions are taken with regard to what content specifically are not supervision, I'd add) That phenomenon is the root problem! It's why the inconsistency in enforcing the actual rules as they actually are, to favor twisting and bastardizing them in order to placate the feelings of peers in the office thrives.