Thanks for the replies dudes. Appreciate it.
I would not want to be the arbiter of deciding if someone is having a mental breakdown or not. I feel that could be just as detrimental if someone is of sound mind and expressing their opinion, to then be called out as having a "obvious break down". This is due to the fact that I do not suffer from these conditions so I do not feel comfortable putting my opinion in on things I do not have familiarity with.
I don't suffer from the either and I'm also not an expert, so I see what you mean. I guess there are some other cases (TK, maybe Bam, etc) where dudes are a going a little crazy but it's muddy as to what degree they are having a bad couple of weeks versus actually having some sort of mental health episode. Others are much, much more clear.
I guess more what I was looking for was, rather than admins/mods dealing with them themselves and having to be the judge, just an openness to this discussion where if a legitimate point was brought up, they might be open to take action with a lock/delete. Which is what GKR is getting to here:
Ultimately I think the most fair solution is to deal with them on a case-by-case basis and for the minute it seems like we have the capacity to do that.
If you see any threads in particular that you are concerned about @CossRooper I would encourage you (or anyone) to blow the whistle, even just to bring it to the attention of the mods/admins. From there it's down to their discretion, but they're reasonable people.
I think this is the right approach actually. i don't know why I didn't think of this before, i know the mods are reasonable so if this comes up again I will definitely report and/or try and start a discussion in private. I agree that case-by-case is completely doable.
It's actually not that common, maybe a thread or two a year, but when it does happen it's sort of ugly. And as you know, even posters with good intentions, posts of support, or posts wondering why it is a topic, still end up bumping the thread which keeps the person at the center of attention.