“By taking action against specific topics … anything else you allow is approved. You will be forced to remove anything … others find offensive.”
 
This argument seems logically fallacious on two fronts.
 
One: Dislike of A is not like for B. If you don’t care for apples that doesn’t mean you must love oranges. Removing some posts doesn’t make the rest ‘approved’, they just aren’t bad enough to remove. It’s not a binary choice of ‘yes’ and ‘no’, there’s space for ‘meh’ inbetween.
 
Two: Doing A doesn’t require doing B. Taking one step doesn’t mean you need to keep walking. Not every crime is punished with life-imprisonment. They can take down posts that they deem too problematic without having to remove everything controversial. They already delete un-pony-related content but not tangentially related works.

@TheDrizzle404  
I see what you mean, but, they themselves decided, no one made them, so they are making their own decisions, the posts being removed are obviously provocative statements made to spark flamewars and I think they said after these events they will lift these… actions.  
I can’t really argue with the “no delete” policy but life is never that simple, is it?

@TheSultanAkbar  
That’s because it’s the only thing on his mind. Nothing I wrote mentioned BLM or any race, did it. The only issue I care about is censorship and mods taking part in it. As I’ve said, to remain logically consistent they will need to purge other things people deem “offensive,” regardless of what it may be. It would be wisest for them to simply not get involved and continue to tell people to use the tools to block things they don’t want to see.

Good pic op. Really hope it doesn’t get deleted. Anyone notice how the people who are first to cry racism also frequent Twitter? That place truly has become the new Tumblr.

@wootmasterflex  
Bruh your foal rape art is still up you might want to stop clutching pearls over mean words on the internet  

@TheDrizzle404  
Yes, but, have you made a statement so that he can disagree with? He may have interpreted this as “I want to post racist s**t”

@LunarMadness  
I may not see eye to eye with any movement or human stupidity charged rampant destruction, but those BLM artworks are at the very least benign and tolerable. It’s a Zebra with the slogan of the movement. In and of itself, this doesn’t cause any harm. That plantation picture and many other insensitive posts are just… dumb. Like, I get it, some individuals are running amok trashing s**t. I can’t help you with that. But BLM? Fine, at the very least we can spread some sweet messages about appreciating all the different races. It’s nonsense, but, hey ho.

@wootmasterflex  
Like clockwork. Everyone who disagrees with you must be a racist. No critical thinking required.

@Bexar Bandito  
Racism good

@TheSultanAkbar  
He seems quite open to the idea.
 
So if Derpibooru is making a stance against racially charged content I assume all of the pro-BLM community drawings should be sent off to a Politicsbooru too right? Or does this rule only apply to those “incorrect” opinions as deemed by the moderation staff? Will this apply to “insensitive humor” too like the Applejack Plantation image that sparked so much anger?
 
What does any of this have to do with archiving pony drawings?

If you want to be racist you can just make another art site, tbh. I hear the domain 1488booru and whitepowerponies.com are open

@Bexar Bandito  
You did it. You won the argument. I only had the one medal though.

@TheSultanAkbar  
well my actual response was just me being flippant but basically you’re right on the money. this is WAY too much effort to expend upon what should be a complete non-issue.

@LunarMadness  
He did not say that. He said that Derpibooru can choose to make a stance against racially charged content and Mr. Drizzle being angered by it is quite silly and makes him look rather desperate. If you really NEED to post images such as the ones shown above, please, find yourself a Politicsbooru.

in a nutshell

@Bexar Bandito  

 
Racism bad, so censorship good?

imagine taking the time to draw all this just because your favorite clop bank had the AUDACITY to say racism is, in fact, bad

@TheSultanAkbar  
If that were the case they would also remove art in support of heated topics, but they don’t intend to, nor should they frankly. As they’ve told people for years: use your filter. People should be hiding topics they don’t want to see, not asking Derpibooru staff to remove it for them. Regardless of the motive it’s a bad action.

I think you’ve made it a much bigger deal than it actually is.
 
The actions taken are to avoid excessive shitposting, bating and flamewars which would negatively impact the pleasantness of the site. After all, we’ve come here to look at pretty artworks of cartoon ponies, not to have long drawn out battles over a current topic.

Well said thedrizzle. If this site administration had any sense they’d take your advice, but they are more likely to double down on their stupidity instead.