Be careful how you troll!

1. On free speech:

I. This forum opposes free speech. This generates a lot of misguided accusations. Opposing free speech does not mean we reject the notion of debating opposing viewpoints, or that we support the practice of personal censorship. This forum rejects the notion that all speech belongs everywhere.

II. This forum is opposed to oppressive speech. /r/communism gets denounciations that view this guideline as oppressive. For those who are truly concerned about eliminating oppression, why would you defend oppressive speech to eternity? If oppression is to be ended, oppression through speech cannot continue.

III. Oppressive speech is a part of free speech.

IV. Communists in this forum will often reject the defense of oppressive speech as a liberal tenet. Some communists who aim to eliminate oppression do not defend the speech of the dominant classes, or the speech of racists, sexists and queerphobes. This forum supports these efforts.

V. Communism is not liberalism, nor are they related ideologically. Liberals might come in the defense of nazi speech, communists in this forum won't.

VI. Oppressive speech supports authority where it is undue (for example: the authority of white people over black people, of men over women). Thus, this forum rejects the liberal accusations of authoritarianism based on its stance against free speech.

VIa. Men, White people, Heterossexual people set the oppressive normative standards of our society. Attacking such groups does not qualify as oppressive speech and is not equivalent to attacking oppressed groups. MRAs will be instantly banned.

Thus:

VII. Patriarchal, white supremacist, cissupremacist, homophobic, or otherwise oppressive speech is not tolerated here.

VII.a. This forum is meant to be a more friendly place for communists to participate without having to be subjected to oppressive speech. Women, people of color, queer people should feel welcome. Do your part.

VII.b. This is not restricted to posts that are openly hateful (for example: I hate women, women are inferior, etc). For example: if there is a post about the first woman cosmonaut, and there is a poster who chose to comment solely on her hair, this poster is being offensively sexist. Try to educate yourselves and each other. The moderators will try not to be overzealous in enforcing the policy, but politely ask that you try to err against posting offensive things. This forum believes that humor, serious theoretical discussions and casual conversations can all be had without offending anyone.

VIII. Free speech will also be used in the defense of off-topic posting, or posts that otherwise break the rules of/r/communism. To this the response of this forum is: if all posts can exist everywhere, what is the purpose of having several different forums?

IX. This forum's aim towards this subject is to create a class-conscious, proletarian speech. Readers will note that speech has a class character, and that communists are against bourgeois speech. The aim of this forum is to create an environment that promotes continuous discussion that accretes theory and knowledge.

X. Those who want to engage in bourgeois speech will not be able to do so in /r/communism, but they have many other forums to choose from, and can create their own forums.

XII. Off-topic posts will be removed.

XIII. Useful link on the topic of free speech

XIIIa. Useful link on the topic of liberalism