I want to talk about the presence of a symbol that represents oppression and the murder of millions on a poster displayed in the EU.

I don't want anyone to agree with me. I just want to talk about the significance of this poster being displayed, just as I would if it displayed swastikas or the prophet Muhammad on fire in a pool of feces.

Which rule does this violate? How is this hateful? How is something displayed at EU headquarters not remotely related to the EU?

I didn't even get to my most substantial points yet. In fact, all of this and censorship and hate is part of my point. I haven't said a word of "hate," nor did I ever question the "right" of the EU to display this poster.

My own personal opinion, as I hoped would be many of yours, was that the implicit message of this poster wasn't enough to warrant making a fuss over removing it. Though I do think it's ignorance and offensive, as is a culture which tolerates oppression and murder. "Hey, as long as they're doing it, whatever. Other governments have a right to brutalize and enslave their peoples!" <==That's a pretty scary attitude, in my humble opinion. Tolerance of it is worth talking about, in my humble opinion. I don't care if you disagree; how is it against the rules to talk about?

I just posted a link to basic information about the poster being displayed. I asked pertinent questions regarding the predominant symbol in the poster--the thread was not without content. And I intended to ask more questions and raise more points once a few people had weighed in.

The point of the thread was more to highlight attitudes of people. I never expected the attitudes of moderators on this forum would be an extreme example of my worst fears. Hate? What hate? There was no hate, a moderator made that baseless accusation in order to censor the forum and whitewash an issue he preferred be kept silent. As I just explained my personal opinion above, you can see it's not remotely hateful or particularly strong at all. It's reactions to this poster I find more interesting.

Bartman, if you are unable to moderate this forum for personal reasons, please discontinue to do so. There was clearly absolutely no "hate" involved in the creation of this thread or the last one, and you were clearly factually wrong in closing the original one. This isn't rocket science. I expect better.

Edit: I'd post this somewhere else, but there literally is nowhere to post. Chat/email are ignored. This is a PSA. I don't want to violate the rules in posting this discussion of thread closings in the forum, but there's literally nowhere else to post it. Two threads have been closed for absolutely no reason beyond a moderator's personal politics. There's no where else to post about a moderator failing terribly at his task.