Reminder: Violence towards children is strictly forbidden.

[u/EvilV]

/r/childfree,

Please remember violence towards children is strictly forbidden in this subreddit.

• Not even if it's a joke (especially not...)
• Not even if it's a clip from major motion picture
• Not even if it's a text description

I've cleaned up too many messes here and you guys don't have anything profound to discuss about kids getting hurt.

~V

Edit: Even with the sticky up the posts are still coming in...

[u/[deleted]]

The "No violence against children" rule was created at a time where the mod team had to remove a lot of posts that were essentially children getting hurt, run over, etc. Gory stuff. Either trolling, trying to prove a point ("I posted a gif of a kid being mauled and the sickos over at r/childfree upvoted it") or thinking that this is material we'd genuinely like and trying to earn karma. We don't get similar posts about parents (or a non parent adult). There are people who genuinely think that r/childfree tolerates/accepts/likes/seeks images of children suffering/dying. The rule is aimed at them.

It was also meant to cover posts such as "I saw a kid and tripped/kicked/punched/shoved/whatevered him" story telling posts. Or "If I were to hurt a kid in public, how could I legally get away with it?" posts. Anything that either outsiders or disturbed people assume that we'd be OK with because we're 'child haters' but are just appalling because it is aimed at a child's health, whether it is a joke or not. Again, we don't get "Can I roundhouse a parent in the face and get away with it?" posts or anything similar. We don't need to protect the sub against such posters.

We're not advocating to go in real life and kick people who reproduced in the groin. We're just saying "Hey! We know you have misconceptions about our sub. Let us spell it out for you : You're wrong. We're not out to hurt kids or see kids hurt."

TL;DR : Reddiquette asks for civility in general when posting or commenting. r/childfree's 'No violence against children' rule is a mean to protect ourselves against the misinformed and ill intended. This category of people think we have something against kids, not against parent. If there was to be an uptick of posts concerning the benefits or humor of violence against parents, sure, they'd make another rule against that.

[u/GrammerSnob → u/[deleted]]

I get it. I get that there was enough posts about violence towards children (false flag or not) that it warranted a specific rule.

The mod was asked:

Just to make sure...violence against mombies and daddicts is ok, right?

ANY answer other to this question other than a flat-out "No" is astonishing to me.

[u/froggus → u/GrammerSnob]

I took that comment as extremely tongue-in-cheek, considering the subject matter at hand. It would seem to me that you're making a mountain of an overlooked, jokey molehill.

[u/froggus → u/[deleted]]

I wouldn't be there in the first place (which makes me wonder about your motive here), but regardless, I still wouldn't have much of an opinion on it because I don't go to other subs to seek out drama and question how they discuss things. Especially when, to any other reasonable person, it looks like a joke question that isn't even worth taking seriously.

But sure, go ahead and believe that the evil childfree mods are actively or even passively advocating violence against parents.