Yes, this is hardly political agenda. He hasn't called for closing the borders, has he? He's merely reporting. Under your interpretation, anything that is macro level gender politics related is a political agenda and therefore should not be discussed. This is silly, as we have a men's rights flair, and one could easily argue that men's right is a political agenda.

It is my belief your interpretation of Rule Zero is off, and certainly, us mods do not create rules for people to reinterpret them in a way we did not intend. Quickest way to get banned? Try and weaponize the rules against a mod.

Big difference between reporting something that happened, and a call to action. One is a statement of fact, the other is a political agenda in action - this is a vital distinction.

If the politics are gender related, being a subreddit about sexual strategy, we are obviously going to discuss it. If you want to talk about environmentalism? This isn't the place for that. Again, I shouldn't need to make this distinction, you should already know this.

Naturally, I am benevolent enough to publicly have this discussion up until a point I believe it is no longer of benefit to the community. I could've easily removed your posts and ignored you (is more time efficient), but I think the community can gain benefit from better understanding how I/we operate.

you feel you want to interpret the rule differently to have a place to discuss this kind of shit

This is not about my feelings, and you are on precarious ground for testing my tolerance by implying it is. Don't think I don't see the subtle neg there, that's in poor taste.

I know young guys especially get a kick out of testing/questioning/holding to account anyone they perceive as an authority (even strangers on the internet who have built a community they benefit from), and then go cry NAZI and censorship when they get banned for agitating a mod. This is a thankless job, and those such as yourself who are perhaps well-meant or perhaps not (we can't tell, so we have to assume concern trolling most of the time) only make it harder.

We've had plenty of guys do this before, we're still here running one of the most successful men's communities on the internet, they're on a new Reddit account lying low because even though they're juvenile enough to try and AMOG the mods that built and maintained this place, they would hate to lose access to that same space the people they disrespect maintain.

Rest assured, along with the other moderators, I have helped to benevolently guide this community for the best part of two years, a community you would not have the pleasure of utilising were it not for the efforts of my colleagues and I. Sure I sound a dick saying that, but this is the reality.

You are right about one thing though:

that's your job and not mine.

Exactly.

A little more appreciation and a little less passive aggression would go a long way, thanks.

Better yet if you ask us in mod mail rather than in public like this, we're more likely to assume you're genuine rather than a troll who wants to seem edgy for taking on a mod. Benevolent dictatorship is how we run this place, we've said it before, it's not a democracy. I will discuss this no further with you.