10-25-2020, 06:00 PM
I'd like to remind people that we don't have a "shut up" rule. We have a "Respect everyone" rule. Telling someone to "shut up" is the more disrespectful way of telling someone to chill out or calm down. It's not that it just works. It's literally part of how we have interpreted the rules. I've never known a situation in life where telling someone to shut up wasn't ever rude or disrespectful unless it's done playfully, of which we don't punish for.