There has been some very understandable concern raised about the Social Justice Absurdity thread. The thread began as a place to post news stories related to social justice, but has since become a place where people post things related to social justice views which may not actually be in the news, including posts on personal blogs and such. As it stands right now some of the posts in this thread would fit better in the social cellar or loud noises than in current affairs. I confess the reason it has gotten so chaotic is because I simply find it tiring to sort through all the posts and make sure they are in their proper place. I'm starting this thread to get feedback on the issue, and hopefully set up some more clear guidelines to keep things a bit more organized.
As I see it there are a couple of issues here.
1. The SJW thread. What are the standards for it? What belongs here and what doesn't? How do we draw the line between news and non-news?
2. Cringe posts in general. The last time we revised the rules of TCS, cringe stuff wasn't nearly as popular. So, we aren't used to dealing with these issues. I fear these sort of posts may cross the line into bullying, and I do not want that to happen. Some people have been reposting things which are in the Cracked comments, which I find kind of questionable since our communities are so closely connected.
Currently, our threads which fall under this umbrella are the SJW thread linked above, the idiots thread, bizarre and inexplicable thread, and perhaps the politicians say the darndest things thread.