Update regarding SU ROTC Hazing post

Regarding the SU ROTC Hazing Post posted 12 hours ago: we have decided to not just lock the comments, but also take the post down. In the few hours the post was up, some redditors exchanged unpleasant comments and conversations, some of which indicated violence and threats on the use of guns and killing.

We are here to inform everyone that such comments are not welcome on this subreddit, and that we only encourage friendly and intellectual discourse even if our points of view or opinions may not be the same. If you want to threaten other redditors with violence, encourage violence and physical harm, or even discuss the use of illegal items that may put other people in danger, please go back to Meta/Facebook. Squammy behavior does not belong here.

In light of such events, we have made the following judgement calls:

• We permanently banned user/s who threatened other redditors with violence, even encouraging the use of fists and guns, and mentioning killing or fighting it out IRL. We believe that such actions do not warrant a prior warning, and they were immediately banned from this subreddit.
• We temporarily suspended user/s who may not have mentioned violence, but continuosly engaged with the redditor in a way that would provoke them into continuing their violent and bad behavior. If you notice that certain redditors do not want to talk things out peacefully and are going against Rediquette, stop engaging with them further and report them to the moderators.

Let this serve as a warning that we do not tolerate this level of violent discussions here. As moderators, we do our best to be fair in meting out decisions that would affect your interactions on this subreddit.

If you have concerns please don't hesitate to use Mod Mail to message us, so all the moderators can see your message, rather than messaging each moderator personally.

Thank you, and good night.