&gt;  it is enabled by anonymity and the complete lack of repercussions. If people behaved the way they do on these boards they would quickly be ostracized by society if not having the shit beaten out of them on a regular basis.<p>It depends where you do it - if you&#x27;ve ever been in a locker room or out drinking with the boys or the girls, all sorts of things are said and done that are <i>extremely</i> &quot;inappropriate&quot;.  Now, keeping that sort of thing off the front few pages of &#x2F;r&#x2F;all to me seems completely reasonable - <i>banning it from the entire site</i> (as was the plan) is something else entirely.<p>&gt;  All groups can find a place on the internet, and they will always be able to. We simply don&#x27;t need to worry about that, and it&#x27;s silly to wring our hands over the decision to moderate this or that community.<p>A lot of people liked reddit the way it was and didn&#x27;t really feel like just finding another place on the infinite internet....why can&#x27;t the SJW&#x27;s and their ilk who came late to the party go find <i>their</i> own place?  It&#x27;s like renting an apartment beside a bar and then trying to get it shut down because of the noise.