I think there's a fine line between maintaining community standards and rules to keep things on topic and outright censorship. The more polarizing the subject matter, the harder this distinction can be. I sympathize with mods because I've been one, and I think shutting down legitimate, relevant, on-topic, good faith discussion is the opposite of what they generally want to accomplish. This is essentially why reddit has become a series of echo chambers.

This was very interesting to see. I disagreed respectfully with that racially charged way of looking at things in [that same thread](https://old.reddit.com/r/MensLib/comments/cl3z9r/on_whiteness_how_race_and_white_supremacy_affect/), it sparked some interesting good faith conversation that I enjoyed, a few downvotes, and wasn't deleted. However, [only my part of the thread was locked](https://old.reddit.com/r/MensLib/comments/cl3z9r/on_whiteness_how_race_and_white_supremacy_affect/evtc7up/) by mod u/Mr_Holmes relatively quickly: > Alright, discussion under this comment has clearly run its course. I'm locking this comment and the comments underneath. Other discussions there where members agreed were allowed to continue freely. This was frustrating because I was in the middle of a reply. It appeared they did not want further discussion about whether it was appropriate and I got the distinct impression that dissent was not welcome there; so I unsubscribed. Now I'm not sure where to go to read about men's issues from a progressive and open point of view that isn't racially charged, I enjoyed some of the articles that I found via r/menslib but I felt unwelcome after that experience. At very least, it became clear I'm not on the same page as most other members who wish to address men's issues and delegate men's responsibilities by race.