Alright, mister "I humiliated myself falling for an April 1 prank about flying penguins in the biology forum then locked the thread to prevent further discussion of my hilarious gullibility".
Haw! No, it can't be.
1. Don't look through a soda straw.
2. Don't forget to examine your own behavior for 'willful provocateurism'.
3. Look harder. Knee-jerk reactionism is just hysteria and we get plenty of that already from the bored housewives.
Invert, either the rules apply in full or they don't. It can't be "All right! Gendanken's using racist arguments to challenge the orthodoxy! You go, girl!" and then "OMG. Baron Max is using racist arguments to challenge the orthodoxy. You don't go, girl."
How about just no bigoted arguments, since arguments based on prejudice contribute as much to discussion as monkeys slinging poo. As I've said: sure, not every monkey bothers to take the time to learn to throw poo effectively - some of them are just happy leaving it lying in a thread and lurching away - but why are we supposed to cheer on the ones that do? Are they helping? And what are they helping?
Best,
Geoff