In your opinion, what is the driving force (or forces) behind /r/fatpeoplehate?

Mods can't remove bad submissions? News to me.

Sarcasm aside, as I said before: feel free to delete whatever. You're the mod. Subreddit rules are only as important as they are enforced.

In my defense: I am not 'complaining about reddit', nor 'criticizing' other subs. I'm simply calling it like I see it. It's not an opinion nor a criticism of them to assert that SRS and KIA and all the rest I mentioned are subs built around the idea of bullying people (be it groups or individuals). Much like it isn't a criticism to call an Italian soldier in WWII a fascist. It's provable fact: That soldier is a fascist, and those subs are mobs of bullies.

From the wiki:

Bullying is the use of force, threat, or coercion to abuse, intimidate, or aggressively dominate others. The behavior is often repeated and habitual.

I qualify pointing and laughing at someone (even a picture) as aggressive abuse and intimidation.

One essential prerequisite is the perception, by the bully or by others, of an imbalance of social or physical power, which distinguishes bullying from conflict.

This fits so well on both sides of the SRS/KIA argument. It's perfect. Both perceive an imbalance of social power. It also fits on the FPH argument: Obesity is a social faux pas on the internet, creating an imbalance of social power.

Behaviors used to assert such domination can include verbal harassment or threat, physical assault or coercion, and such acts may be directed repeatedly towards particular targets.

Again, SRS/KIA/FPH fits perfectly. Repeated attacks, daily.

So unless you're arguing that the whole idea of bullying is non-science, I fail to see how I'm just 'criticizing subreddits' and 'complaining about reddit' in general. If I'm complaining about anything, it's the idea that bullying is acceptable if only [insert your rationalization here]. Bullying is unacceptable, full stop.

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