Racial Slurs

[Mr. Flopnuts]

We're having some posts being reported for the use of racial slurs in this forum. While it is widely known that there is some racism that goes on in this forum, those users have found a way to dance around the issue enough that the majority of moderators of this website have deemed the behavior fine for now.

It's really not okay to me at all. I don't believe that people of color should be subjected to that shit over political affiliations. That said, I'm a firm believer in a majority consensus so it is what it is at this point.

That said, overtly racial slurs will result in bannings. It is a bullet point in the TOS of this website, and not much is out of bounds. One user has already been banned, and another one has been warned. If you insist on trying to dance around racist comments, please be prepared for a vacation if you use a term that is deemed racist by the moderators. Thanks in advance for your cooperation.

[vailpass]

Originally Posted by jspchief

So vailpass is on notice.

And now we get to read endless posts from people pretending the rules around here are just too abstract for them to fully comprehend. They think they are being clever and subtle about getting all butthurt.

Negro please. Why do you single me out?

[vailpass]

Originally Posted by SNR

The game is up, vailpass.

What game is that?

[vailpass]

Originally Posted by J Diddy

Could you please show me the rule that was made making it okay to use a racist tone, just as long as you don't actual use name calling to do it? I didn't get to vote on that one and I've been here just as long as you.

Could you please define "racist tone"?

[Donger]

Originally Posted by dirk digler

What words do you find offensive in regards to white people?

Cracker?
Honky?
white trash?

The first two.

[BucEyedPea]

Originally Posted by dirk digler

What words do you find offensive in regards to white people?

Cracker?
Honky?
white trash?

You're asking me personally? None of those offend me. I was just commenting on his reasoning for it.

Oh, and not all whites are white trash.

[Garcia Bronco]

Personal attacks are subjective and race is defined as geography and political borders as well as group membership.


So how far do you want to go?

Redneck is a racist term
Donks can be a racist term
Mexican can be racist term...

So what are we really talking about here? Limiting free speech.

You either support the ideals of free speech, or you do not. Supporting free speech means reading and hearing things you would rather not and exercising tolerance for ideas you would spend your life defeating. It's not easy. Most do not have the intestinal fortitude to actually support free speech even though they say otherwise.

So if you want to change the rules...fine. However I doubt any mod has the actual commitment to enforce the policy evenly over the message board using populace.

[vailpass]

Originally Posted by Garcia Bronco

Personal attacks are subjective and race is defined as geography and political borders as well as group membership.


So how far do you want to go?

Redneck is a racist term
Donks can be a racist term
Mexican can be racist term...

So what are we really talking about here? Limiting free speech.

You either support the ideals of free speech, or you do not. Supporting free speech means reading and hearing things you would rather not and exercising tolerance for ideas you would spend your life defeating. It's not easy. Most do not have the intestinal fortitude to actually support free speech even though they say otherwise.

It's a private BB. The mods are free to enforce as they choose so long as they have Kyle's approval.

Not that your points are any less valid because of that.

[Garcia Bronco]

Originally Posted by vailpass

It's a private BB. the mods are free to enforce as they choose so long as they have Kyle's approval.

I wasn't making a US Constitutional argument. I clearly qualified the "ideals" of free speech.

[vailpass]

Originally Posted by Garcia Bronco

I wasn't making a US Constitutional argument. I clearly qualified the "ideals" of free speech.

Got ya'. Thanks. It seems the group who claim tolerance as their highway to the future have decided to try and make it a one-way street.

[dirk digler]

Originally Posted by Donger

The first two.

why?

[BucEyedPea]

Originally Posted by Garcia Bronco

Personal attacks are subjective and race is defined as geography and political borders as well as group membership.

I thought race was biology. At least that's what I've read in anthro. People have moved around too much to determine by geography. But politics? Hmmmm.....I dunno about that one.

[Donger]

Originally Posted by dirk digler

why?

Because they are racial slurs.

[R8ers]

Originally Posted by Literature

No, I don't think I'm being hypertechnical about this. I'm against calling a woman a whore in principle, but the word is not socially condemned like derogatory racial slurs used against minorities. It's often used in a non-derogatory fashion. Redneck isn't derogatory at all. F****t is, which is why the filter bans it.

Redneck is pretty offensive to me actually

[Baby Lee]

Originally Posted by ROYC75

Nope, I am going to pester you until you finally act like a man and answer the questions. For several years I have pretty much tried to ignore your arrogance towards me. I have had enough, you can't handle somebody calling you out. I found this out several years ago. But you see ZACH, I let it go until now. You love to have your cake and eat it too.

You are find with getting your questions answered so that you can spin your arrogance & liberalism on it.

But the facts are, you do not have the balls to answer the questions honestly from anybody in return, instead you oil yourself up like a worm and wiggling yourself out of it.

You do a good job there Slick Willie. Come clean, No nuts !

From the pics I've seen, he likes to eat his cake and eat it too.

[dirk digler]

Originally Posted by Donger

Because they are racial slurs.

how so?