New code changes on Daily Kos

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Monday October 15, 2007 · 2:57 PM PDT

2007/10/15 · 14:57

In the interest of preserving civil discourse and honesty in diaries on Daily Kos, the following filters are going to be added to comments and diaries posted on the site.

If the filter detects that you are using genocidal terms to describe something that is not, in fact, genocide, the software will automatically tone down your rhetoric to a more appropriate level. For instance, if you write a diary comparing the roving gangs troll rating your comments down to the Ton Ton Macoute, Scoop will automatically rewrite your statement to reflect reality; namely, you're getting pissy because you're posting crap comments and people are calling you on it.
Any use of the word "fascist" or "fascism", when not used to describe actual fascists, will be changed to "Whigist" and "Whigism". It's just about as appropriate. Note: for the purposes of this filter, Franco, Salazar, the German-American Bund, and Oswald Mosely are acceptable as fascists, as are groups like the American Nazi Party and other NSDAP inspired groups. Republicans, both neo- and paleo-conservative, the State of Israel, and that cop who confiscated your beer when you were 16 are not.
Any use of the term "Orwellian" when not used to discuss the works of George Orwell will be replaced with "I am a fucking idiot who's too lazy to do his own thinking about past, present, and future political situations."

I hope these changes will be a service to you all.

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