As long as there's a "there's good and bad people on both sides" mentality this will not change. This site has never addressed these issues directly and people are allowed to sympathize with white supremacy, sexism, etc. as long as they don't break the basic rules and post it using non-offensive language. When one shows outrage, they are then penalized.
At the highest level the leadership of this site is making a deliberate decision to allow such behavior, much of it didn't really come to light until the last few years when this sort of language came out of the woodwork and made it into the mainstream. Times have changed, MR and their rules have not and as a result threads get derailed and cause all sorts of overhead for staff to deal with.
However, for many of us there are areas we can frequent where discussion is less likely to turn political and this site is still great for that. I just turned off PRSI a while back and it's been far more pleasant as a result, I just hate to see these types posts bleeding into basic Apple discussion as well. MR can choose not to allow it at all - in any form - and it would be less of an issue.
I believe Wildcowboy and Mike did a good job of addressing the initial concerns of the OP.
In regards to this post and several others in this thread, I believe that they have nothing to do with the actual subject matter of the OP, and are rehashing the same subject matter of a recent thread in this Site forum that was addressed at length albeit not at the apparent agreement of many of you who have turned the conversation to a different matter.
One is not moderated by simply showing outrage at a perceived egregious post. One is moderated when one's actions in showing outrage break the rules of the forum.
In my opinion, it is not my duty, yours, or any other regular member's duty to 'take on' perceived racism or any other ism or social issue that may make some members of the forum uncomfortable. Our duty, as I understand it to be, is to report posts that may break forum rules to the moderators. It is their duty to protect and address forum offenses. Our duty as members is to do our best to conduct ourselves in a manner that falls within the forum rules while as the same time having fun and helping people when we can.
I think a lot of the disagreement in this thread (with some members), is the perceived lack of acton by staff to address what some members believe to be racist posting and other perceived social injustices and misinformation. While there may be some members on the forum who regularly skirt the lines of forum rule civility, the process remains the same. If one sees a post that is possibly in violation, report it instead of engaging the offense, lest you (plural use) put yourself in harms way by crossing the line in defending something that is the staff's position to defend against by post edit, removal, or other member sanction.
If the staff does get a lot of reports on member x, y, or z, I believe the posting history of said member is taken into account and the context of the post(s) in question are looked upon further and further adjudicated by several staff before taking action against someone skirting the lines one too many times in a direct attempt to be offensive to others under the so called moderator radar.
You and several others continue to make offensive charges agains the staff with your accusations of turning a blind eye type of remarks, in regards to racism on the forum. I believe the staff has clearly responded to said concerns openly in this forum and yet, you and others continue to make allegations and insults about staff conduct.
In my opinion, if one felt strongly about such a matter and for whatever reason one was not in agreement with staff on various issues and actions of perceived character, it would be illogical for one to continue to use said forum.
There is nothing wrong with voicing a polite opinion to staff that encourages them to reevaluate policy and procedure. I believe that that is encouraged. It is quite another thing to purposefully derail a Site forum thread with subject matter that has already been addressed with the same insulting remarks and allegations levied at staff.
Just because we may disagree with staff action at times, that doesn't mean that the staff is turning a blind eye to any harmful action towards other individuals or the forum as a whole. It simply means that the staff does not agree with our viewpoint on a perceived questionable post. And when that happens, we as individuals need to ask ourselves if the difference in opinion is a matter of preference or a matter of personal conviction based on things that we have determined we as individuals will not openly be a part of etc.
In my opinion, the derailed subject matter has been presented (once again) by several here as a matter of strong conviction. And yet, many of the same people not only continue to make the same insults and allegations, they continue to use the forum on a daily basis that is allegedly run by the same staff that is and has turned a blind eye to egregious posting (in a variety of subject matter). That kind of action doesn't show conviction, in my opinion. That kind of action shows a disagreement of preferences, amongst other things.
Either one believes what he or she is posting on the forum, or one doesn't. I believe it is time to put some real meaning and action behind the words being levied by some here against the staff.
And when you call out trolls after the 5th single line BS response to a fact-supported comment, you get banned from PRSI