• Lvxferre@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Doesn’t discrimination need to be allowed so the site can ban people for things without breaking their own rules? // Banning in one way or annother is kind of the definition of discrimination.

    No. It’s basically two different meanings associated with the same word:

    • “to discriminate” as “to sort out”, “to make a distinction” - necessary to ban users
    • “to discriminate” as “to treat users differently based on social or individual prejudice” - what people shouldn’t be doing

    The first meaning is mostly used formally. The second one is kind of “default” when people talk about discrimination.