Rule 8 Question

I want to post a thread and discussion about what a country would look like if it had ten times as many people. Is this okay?

It's basically an alternate history thread.

Here's the transcript:

 

In practice, there is no way that such a discussion thread would stay away from rule 8.

If you want to write an alt-history story, that's fine if you diverge enough, but making it a matter for discussion will 100% lead to problems if you get participation.

 

I see. I love urban planning and discussions about geopolitics. Nevertheless what would you recommend I do?

 

I'm curious why you want to have this discussion on QQ. I know that there's a community on Sufficient Velocity, and I know that a lot of that community came to SV from an alternate history specific forum site. Is there something you wanted to explore that would make those not suitable?

 

https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/

If you won’t be able to do this on QQ, I suggest to you go to the forum I linked. It is made specifically for alternate history.

 

Probably because SV only approves of alt-history when that alt-history explores the "right" paths and that specific alt history site, for all that I do like it, has issues.

 

Yep. For example; talk and write about a pogrom in sufficient velocity based on what you know and research?

Warning and flak from mods.

Talk about the effects of a mass death scenario with proper build up like Trump trying to kill all the Muslims in America? Warning from mods.

The mods on both subs have a huge double speak and cognitive dissonance when it comes to atrocities, explanations, thoughts and history. They tend to be very happy to ban people despite being able to appropriately justify how things would play out and why.

History is very violent and racist. Alternate history is and should be as well.

What the mods on both websites live and abide by seems to be "White Liberal Fantasy" ideals and not actual reality.

I made a point once that if the event of the Holocaust was an alternate history timeline the user would be banned. Or if Covid was a fictional plague people would call it unrealistic.

History requires you to read and understand how and why not things play out. And when you research matters you realize how fragile things really are.

Things are bad. They will be bad. Humans are by evolution very violent and horrible creatures (I.e. 1% of all humans every year was murdered by another human).

Closing your eyes to reality is something you shouldn't do but the mods on both those sites tend to do so.

I'll give you a personal example. I pointed out that an Australian elected Party leader of a left wing Party was very racist from personal experience since I lived in his seat whilst he was a small time politician rising the ranks. The posters there refused to believe me and the mods criticized me for making stuff up.

I wasn't. I wasn't then and I am not now.

But they refused to believe me. It's only now when some people are commenting on it in the official news media that a few users there are talking about it (but not much).

It's a lot like the Black lives matter movement in a way as well when I comes to politics. Many of the white users refuse to believe what non white users say until they're forced to.

Sorry about the long-winded rant but it's a deeply personal topic for me but I don't apologize saying it.

 

Yep got it. I mean that's partially why I'm here. I mean I am better now.

The pandemic has actually made me realize what I value and what matters to me.

I like talking to people and I like actually discussing things like this. However I do understand why it wouldn't be appropriate on questionable questing.

Still I like this forum and how it is so far. It's I guess how I want to live my day.

Better.

It's something to look forward to after lockdown.

And I know things are though for many people. It's going to be tough for a long time.

Still that's why I asked first.

I'll always ask first.

And I know better. I hope I am better for this forum and for you people here.

 

Is talking about my experiences with racism for the past few days against the rules?