>>7708after the most recent thread lock I observed on kissu I was thinking along those exact same lines.
I think the key is communicating the communities values up front to set expectations correctly. If you put up "We're all about fun here so if you take offense, keep it to yourself or you'll be banned or your thread will be locked."
The usual idiots will still pop up but the bystanders like me will more easily understand why the mod action was taken.