As with many words, whether something is a slur or not comes down to the intent of the speaker/writer. Zionist, in our social context at least, is not a perjorative, being, rather, a description of a political position.
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By all means, of course, ask someone to calm down if they are getting overly obnoxious about something and you think that perhaps you can head off a confrontation with a few soft words.
But at the end of the day, there are procedures in place and staff to ensure their execution. Individual members do not need to perform the functions more properly performed by those who have volunteered to carry them out - they just need to bring any salient matters to the attention of said staff via the RTM feature.
As an open note to all contributors on the site, there is indeed a set of standards of behaviour that are expected of posters here. If you read something that you think transgresses those codes then the proper approach is to report the post via the authorised channels.
By all means, of course, ask someone to calm down if they are getting overly obnoxious about something and you think that perhaps you can head off a confrontation with a few soft words.
But at the end of the day, there are procedures in place and staff to ensure their execution. Individual members do not need to perform the functions more properly performed by those who have volunteered to carry them out - they just need to bring any salient matters to the attention of said staff via the RTM feature.
