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.

[Garcia Bronco]

Originally Posted by VAChief

I'm just saying it is silly to equate the same depth of feeling to Cracker as the n word. I don't know if any white male with his own set of balls who could give a rat's ass about that word or its usage. We have never been the oppressed in this country in the same way that the blacks and that word's association with that oppression.

Every group in one way or another has been oppressed at some point in history, including "white" people, but one must have a complete understanding of history to know. For example, even going back as far as we can in recorded history there have been economies built on slavery. What were talkng about in this vein is equality and regardless of the past, moving forward, we can't single out some behaviors of the same stimulus and not others in the name of equality when it's clearly not equal.

[dirk digler]

Originally Posted by patteeu

The tea party movement is based on common sense.

Tea Bagger

[Swanman]

Alonzo Bodden doing some great comedy about both black and white sterotypes.

[dirk digler]

Originally Posted by Donger

Wait, so BEP likes teabagging?

She loves ATM as well

[BucEyedPea]

It caught Donger's attention because he thinks with his dong.

[Phobia]

And now we see why Mods ignore most of the crap in D.C. We pick the top 1% of obtuse people and put them in a room designed for political fighting and we're supposed to referee that stuff? Nah. Not my cup of tea.

[BucEyedPea]

Originally Posted by Phobia

Not my cup of tea.

Do you use a bag? Or do you brew it loose?

[dirk digler]

Originally Posted by Phobia

And now we see why Mods ignore most of the crap in D.C. We pick the top 1% of obtuse people and put them in a room designed for political fighting and we're supposed to referee that stuff? Nah. Not my cup of tea.

Tea bagger

[mlyonsd]

Originally Posted by Phobia

And now we see why Mods ignore most of the crap in D.C. We pick the top 1% of obtuse people and put them in a room designed for political fighting and we're supposed to referee that stuff? Nah. Not my cup of tea.

I might have suggested just using the ban hammer when necessary as opposed to an editorial thread that would do nothing but fan the flames.

[dirk digler]

Originally Posted by mlyonsd

I might have suggested just using the ban hammer when necessary as opposed to an editorial thread that would do nothing but fan the flames.

Where is the fun in that?

[Garcia Bronco]

The ban hammer must be applied evenly and the same way every time, otherwise you're no different than a tyrant imposing your will on everyone else.

[VAChief]

Originally Posted by Garcia Bronco

Every group in one way or another has been oppressed at some point in history, including "white" people, but one must have a complete understanding of history to know. For example, even going back as far as we can in recorded history there have been economies built on slavery. What were talkng about in this vein is equality and regardless of the past, moving forward, we can't single out some behaviors of the same stimulus and not others in the name of equality when it's clearly not equal.

Of course that is true, I've seen Spartacus too!

Racism and slavery is bad no matter who perpetrates it. My main point was that using the n word carries with it the fairly recent attachment of human degradation in a way that cracker doesn't. Is cracker offensive? Maybe to some, I don't know anyone, but I am willing to stipulate there are some genuinely who are offended. Historically, though we know why the n word is offensive to blacks when whites use it. We are still just a generation away from some pretty horrific abuses.

If someone's vocabulary is so stunted from the lack of access to the n word, then being a racist is the least of their problems.

[Garcia Bronco]

Originally Posted by VAChief

Of course that is true, I've seen Spartacus too!

Racism and slavery is bad no matter who perpetrates it. My main point was that using the n word carries with it the fairly recent attachment of human degradation in a way that cracker doesn't. Is cracker offensive? Maybe to some, I don't know anyone, but I am willing to stipulate there are some genuinely who are offended. Historically, though we know why the n word is offensive to blacks when whites use it. We are still just a generation away from some pretty horrific abuses.

If someone's vocabulary is so stunted from the lack of access to the n word, then being a racist is the least of their problems.

Perhaps. But if we're talking equality, then we can't use any of them and as a community we have to address each use if we address even one. Otherwise we are no different than those who we lament.

[patteeu]

Originally Posted by VAChief

Of course that is true, I've seen Spartacus too!

Racism and slavery is bad no matter who perpetrates it. My main point was that using the n word carries with it the fairly recent attachment of human degradation in a way that cracker doesn't. Is cracker offensive? Maybe to some, I don't know anyone, but I am willing to stipulate there are some genuinely who are offended. Historically, though we know why the n word is offensive to blacks when whites use it. We are still just a generation away from some pretty horrific abuses.

If someone's vocabulary is so stunted from the lack of access to the n word, then being a racist is the least of their problems.

But the lack of access to the word cracker leads to an unacceptable stunting of vocabulary?

[Swanman]