# Civilized Conversation, A Primer

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**Created:** [January 3, 2021, 9:04am UTC](https://www.hitmanforum.com/t/civilized-conversation-a-primer/930 "2021-01-03T09:04:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![wincenworks](https://www.hitmanforum.com/user_avatar/www.hitmanforum.com/wincenworks/32/8846_2.png) [@wincenworks](https://www.hitmanforum.com/u/wincenworks)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2021, 11:18pm UTC](https://www.hitmanforum.com/t/civilized-conversation-a-primer/930/3 "2021-03-02T23:18:30Z")

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> [@The HITMAN Screenshot Thread](https://www.hitmanforum.com/t/the-hitman-screenshot-thread/139/262):
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> I agree with everything you said, so couldn’t we just say characters in general?

Again, further discussion of this issue goes [in this thread](https://www.hitmanforum.com/t/civilized-conversation-a-primer/930). Not clogging up a thread for people who just want to enjoy scresnhots.

And no, I am not interested in dishonestly attempting to purge the politics from an inherently political issue, as you can see I already included several types of content in the overall statement.

Marginalized people often, unfortunately, find themselves in communities that are openly hostile to them - so they learn to identify the early warning signs. These:

> [@wincenworks](#):
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> signals political stances that are incompatible with others existence (eg MAGA Pepes) or that one takes delight in the suffering/humiliation of a particular demographic (eg various Diana abuse media) or passive aggressive gatekeeping/fan policing (eg “People who do not know x are not real fans.”)

Are all telltale signs, and ones that I have actively caught people trying to put up and defend on this forum in the past and invariably anyone who cares enough about this kind of content to fight me on it very quickly drops the mask because its otherwise impossible to “justify” these types of content.

I expect in future I will have to add more as particular groups get targeted or particular fads take off with reactionary groups who try to push their memes into the mainstream. All that I ask is that members not make it more difficult to simply keep the forum a welcoming place for civilized conversation.

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