On Feb 20, 2017 there was a question by someone asking about Judaism's "evil" treatment of women. Someone had even given a long, quality answer.
But now the question is gone - what happened to it?
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I think that a certain question (alleging that the Talmud says that non-Jews are animals, allegedly written by a Muslim) is repeated posted to various stacks and then deleted. This deletion policy makes it hard to figure out what is going on with such posts.– ChaimFeb 28, 2017 at 15:27
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That question1 was deleted by the community as being "rude or abusive". As the quasi-official description says:
The rude or abusive flag (formerly known as offensive) is meant to be used only in extreme cases, like hate speech, abuse against people, or abuse of the community or system.
For what it's worth, I agree with the community that this qualified.
For nonrude, nonabusive questions about women, see women.
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2I wouldn't call that question an "extreme" case in the league of "hate speech" or " abuse against people." Use of the word "hate" does not "hate speech" make. And there are other things to do with a poor question than delete it. Downvoting is one example.– SAHFeb 21, 2017 at 19:54
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1What does it mean that "the community" deleted that question? I think this is a bit weaselly. Surely it was certain members, not the whole community. I, for one, did not delete it.– SAHFeb 21, 2017 at 19:55
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2@SAH, I meant that the normal methods that the software allows for the members of a Stack Exchange site to flag a question as "rude or abusive" (and thus delete it) were followed. Not that every single member deleted it.– msh210 ModFeb 21, 2017 at 20:01
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1Thanks. That is, somebody (maybe a moderator) flagged the question and then a moderator deleted it?– SAHFeb 21, 2017 at 20:04
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Not necessarily, @SAH. Any answer that accumulates enough offensive or spam flags will be automatically deleted.– MTLFeb 21, 2017 at 21:36
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1I certainly don't think that question fell into that flag category. It was certainly a bit ignorant, but it's a common claim, and it's good that these questions can be addressed seriously - as it was.– DAEFeb 22, 2017 at 6:18
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@DAE, there's nothing wrong with an appropriate question on the same topic. That question, the way it was asked, fell into that flag category, in my own opinion and that of whoever flagged it.– msh210 ModFeb 22, 2017 at 11:50
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I think that question was valuable in that it's a good example of דע מה להשיב, ומענה רך משיב חמה....– DAEFeb 22, 2017 at 12:46
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@SAH I posted it here; please copy it and flag when you're done so I can delete it. Feb 22, 2017 at 20:59
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1@SAH I briefly viewed the question, but don't recall its contents. I, therefore, have to infer its severity. Your answer is a great analysis. Within the bigger picture, BTW, the discriminatory claim against women is similar to the arguments that Judaism discriminates against Gentiles. I hear this argument often when Gentiles read the words of Aleinu. It's an "old" argument. People who make this claim as well as the one who posed the original question in the tone that it was, have already made up their minds & prob. aren't really interested in your answer, unfortunately. Happy Adar.– DanFFeb 24, 2017 at 19:23
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@DanF Thanks very much for your kind words! I'd be interested in seeing an apologetics here for the two lines in "Aleinu," because I don't either understand why they're not--perhaps a bit--unjust. ... I think these answers are worth writing because people both inside and outside of religious Judaism may be justifiably very troubled, and even kept from observance (or from love of Jews), by such things if they don't understand them.– SAHFeb 26, 2017 at 16:02
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@SAH Agreed. However, as stated, sometimes, hatred is quite apparent, as it prob. was in that deleted question. That's when, I think, answering the question is unwarranted. It doesn't accomplish anything.– DanFFeb 27, 2017 at 1:09
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2@SAH Thank you for your diligence in following through to provide a good home for your answer. Your post is now linked on the sidebar of SE sites across the network, as part of the HNQ list, and is getting hundreds of views.– Isaac Moses ModFeb 28, 2017 at 20:41
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