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comment by kleinbl00
kleinbl00  ·  3928 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Is Hubski euphoric or full of neckbeards or anything else I need warning of?

Speaking as someone who moderates a default (/r/movies), has moderated defaults (/r/IAmA and /r/AskReddit) and spent one cringe-worthy week moderating The New /r/Politics, the phrase you're looking for isn't "Stasi-esque" but "a confederacy of dunces."

The straw that broke my back was when the concensus was "oops, maybe we shouldn't block all of Mother Jones but Kevin Drum? Yeah, he's a spammer."

- Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.

[Hanlon's Razor](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanlon's_razor)