# ❌ Friendly reminder: Politics, bigotry, & SAS

**URL:** <https://sellersasksellers.com/t/friendly-reminder-politics-bigotry-sas/1519>\
**Category:** About SellersAskSellers.com\
**Created:** [July 1, 2023, 11:34pm UTC](https://sellersasksellers.com/t/friendly-reminder-politics-bigotry-sas/1519 "2023-07-01T23:34:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![papy](https://sellersasksellers.com/user_avatar/sellersasksellers.com/papy/32/7639_2.png) [@papy](https://sellersasksellers.com/u/papy)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2023, 11:34pm UTC](https://sellersasksellers.com/t/friendly-reminder-politics-bigotry-sas/1519/1 "2023-07-01T23:34:44Z")

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Hello SAS–

As you might have noticed, we have recently experienced a significant increase in a small number of members violating [**SAS’s Community Expectations**](https://test.sellersasksellers.com/t/about-community-expectations/562?u=papy) regarding political commentary, politicized comments, political dog whistles, bigotry and prejudice around groups of people, and claiming that a topic is inherently “political” when that is not true.

Unfortunately, we (volunteer) staff have had to step up our responses in these situations, including privately PMing members, removing content from posts, deleting posts and topics, applying “time out” consequences, and posting public reminders.

A few reminders…

1. Members can (and most do!) express an opinion politely and professionally–including about laws, the government, state and federal agencies, etc–without getting _political_.
2. Members may not personally attack SAS staff or other members, in posts or in PMs, at all, ever. Full stop.
3. Flagging a post, topic, reply, or PM for a possible issue is not considered “attacking,” _unless_ flagging is being abused in cases where the flagger simply disagrees. We saw enough of that on the OSFE; we’re not doing it here.
4. Bigotry will not be tolerated, in any form.
5. And we hate to mention, but…just because _your opinion_ is that an SAS staff action is unfair, does not make it objectively so.
6. We are never going to “both sides” bigotry on SAS or make space for users who want to hijack this e-commerce forum.
7. Please, friends, be mindful of your words and tone when posting. We recognize that we are living in an excessively divided time and space, where loaded rhetoric has become a habit for many, which is why we offer many _many_ warnings and chances before taking drastic actions.
8. Focus on e-commerce issues and what we have in common as online retailers and businesses.

Thankfully, most issues have been minor, unintentional, and non-malicious, and most members have been understanding. We greatly appreciate everyone’s graciousness and cooperation. 🙏🤗

If you decide that you are not able to follow our [**SAS Community Expectations**](https://test.sellersasksellers.com/t/about-community-expectations/562?u=papy), you can send a PM to staff or an email to [help@sellersasksellers.com](mailto:help@sellersasksellers.com), to request that your account be deleted, as one (former) user did today as they were unfortunately facing consequences for posting prohibited content via PM.

Thank you all for making SAS a respectful, professional space for e-commerce businesses.

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