Weekly Off-Topic & Discussion of Rules This one might be controversial. I would like to hear what you think about decriminalising dissent on the sub. I have become too libertarian to stand behind censorship of opinion. My main argument is that this rule and the others are for a sub that has much more traffic. For example, I don't delete off-topic posts or food hate or even BBW stuff because it's not worth it to police the quality of a sub that has a dozen posts a day. The anti-dissent rule is for a sub that would otherwise be inundated with hams crying about why they are personally an exception and why their excuses are valid and this just isn't the case for this sub. I personally think that letting free discussion and the voats do the work is adequate and that we don't need to be heavy-handed about bans. Arguments for: Banning for dissent is censorship which is quite gay on a free speech site. Banning for dissent in general can be interpreted as an inability or unwillingness to properly debate. The purpose for the rule barely exists on Voat due to low traffic. Last ban for dissent was a "would be pretty if" 7 months ago.  The heavy-handed bans were a part of the Reddit culture where it is seen as a punishment to be banned and edgy or tough to ban people on a hair trigger. This is not the case on Voat. Arguments against: It's tradition. If we remove the culture of being hot on dissent, it may be difficult to get it back. There is genuinely little debate to be had about obesity because it is ultimately just the laws of thermodynamics. I may be a minority in not enjoying banning for dissent.  Let me know what you think.  Also, I updated the master CSS file over the weekend so let me know if I made a typo and killed your flair or something.