Oh, LJ...

[mothwing]

I am such a good girl. I never really bother checking communities which are likely to offend me. Still, I thought, things can't get too bad, as they are famously on the paranoid side, and the member conduct says,

"XVI. MEMBER CONDUCT

You agree to NOT use the Service to:

Upload, post or otherwise transmit any Content that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive to another's privacy (up to, but not excluding any address, email, phone number, or any other contact information without the written consent of the owner of such information), hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable;"

Hateful content: not allowed. Racism: not allowed. Good. When I found this post (warning, racist bullshit from a community full of racist bullshit), I therefore thought that reporting it would do the trick and the mods would delete it, as it is hateful and offensive. I am so naive.

Nope.

            "Dear LiveJournal user mothwing,

While the content in question may be disturbing and in poor taste, it does not constitute a violation of the LiveJournal Terms of Service. In order for material to be considered a violation of the Terms of Service, it would have to specifically threaten or incite harm against a particular racial, ethnic, or social group. The use of a term, even a negatively-charged term, cannot be considered a violation.

As such, we will be unable to assist you; we encourage you to refrain from viewing this journal in the future if you find its content offensive.

Regards,
LiveJournal Abuse Prevention Team."

So they are condoning this kind of nonsense because it's not hateful?? What is hateful if that is not hateful enough?
Yet another good reason to leave LJ. 

Comments

[lordhellebore]

Meh? That IS "racially objectioable". What is if not that?

[firenightingale.livejournal.com]

That is bad. I'm sure that they have legal responsibilities to not host racist material and especially not to condone it when it's reported! They ought to be a bit more careful!

[rizardofoz.livejournal.com]

Yeah, THAT'S definitely not racist.

I swear, it's burgeoning oftener than I would have liked. And sadly I am not surprised after what I've seen and heard in the past year. :(

[moonystone.livejournal.com]

That's not threatening a particular racial group? Not hateful? Goodness.

That reaction is even worse considering how they reacted to the evil pdeophile fanfic writers and artists. Someone needs to get the priorities straight.

[aixa.livejournal.com]

I'm a member of dark_christian and we've been having discussions lately regarding LJ not deleting two communities who actively promote religiously motivated child abuse. It's nuts that they go after people who write fanfic but happily turn a blind eye to people who beat children with PVC pipe and teach others to do it too.

[duckygirlrocks.livejournal.com]

The only bright spot I can even see here is that there were several sarcastic replies from people who don't share the opinion. Unfortunately, that seemed to get twisted too...

I don't know anymore. Being Politically Correct has taken over LJ. I don't want to blind myself to anything, but they do.