On 5/23/06, Philip Welch wikipedia@philwelch.net wrote:
But wouldn't you say their espousing of these views creates a hostile environment towards the ethnic groups they're intolerant of?
If that's the case, then they should be asked to stop it, and perhaps forced to do so. But you're stretching if you want to suggest that the presence of a white supremacist *by itself* creates a hostile environment for any black editors.
The debacle caused by the admin who threatened to ban any user of {{user pedophile}} demonstrated that banning for ideology or membership is not practical or desirable. Incivil actions or undesirable edits, yes. But not memberships or ideologies.
Steve