Middle Ground exists so difficult concerns can be voiced and tested fairly. That requires room for uncomfortable opinions—and firm protection against humiliation, intimidation and attacks on other participants.
Every future contribution will enter a private moderation queue first. Automated screening will flag possible abuse immediately; contextual decisions will receive human review before anything appears publicly.
Automated checks look for abusive language, threats, slurs, harassment and attempts to evade the rules.
A human reviewer distinguishes a personal attack from quotation, evidence, humour, reclaimed language or forceful criticism of an idea.
Safe contributions may be published. Borderline contributions can be returned for rewriting. Abuse remains private.