It feels unnecessary, bordering on white-knighting to me.
The job of the moderation staff is to encourage positive discussion and community contributions while discouraging things that make the community less pleasant, less welcoming, and otherwise less
good than it could be.
We don't want GAF to be a community where it's okay to talk shit about people...
as long as they're women, or
as long as they're fat, or
as long as they don't speak English, or
as long as they're mentally ill, period. We don't want GAF to be a community where it's okay to try to push the boundaries of how rude and offensive the things you call people are. Just in general, this is not a place where it's okay to be rude and abusive to other people.
It's really not that hard to treat other people right. I really, honestly don't think we're asking too much of people.