First, you said that you “believe nothing“. I’m unaware of anyone on the planet who believes nothing. And in posting “why use it at all? Unless, of course, one has a desire to become a member of the thought police”, you gave me and at least one other person the impression that you believe that using the report function indicates that the person doing so has the desire you mentioned.
Second, at the bottom of this post, I have copied what Dena wrote. if, based on that, you have haven’t seen posts that were “clearly out of bounds“, then either you and I don’t tend to read very many of the same threads or we see things very differently.
Third, what you describe as having “noticed” looks to me like what you “believe”.
Last, my belief about what you implied was addressed in “First” above.
It seems that some need a reminder of the guidelines accepted when creating an account here. Recently there has been an uptick in the number of unacceptable posts. As a result, there will be greater scrutiny of the material posted here.
In summary, the following will not be tolerated:
Political posts
Mud Slinging
Trolling
Baiting
Masking
Inappropriate references (analogies, etc.) to significantly emotional topics such as Nazis, slavery, etc.
Threads started explicitly to bash other members
Hi-jacking of other people's threads in a way that stifles the originally intended topic
Disrespect
The disrespect exhibited in recent posts is overshadowing all the positive and valuable content being posted here and is creating a climate of hostility. It is particularly disappointing to see the way in which new members and collectors are being treated. Using words like ignorant and stupid is not the way to educate and welcome the well intentioned folks making an effort to embrace this community.
It stops now.