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.

[Mr. Flopnuts]

Originally Posted by mlyonsd

Like I said, JMO. But I bet this guy would agree with me.

"Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend".
MLK

My following post was TIC btw. Dirk sent me some rep saying you were a good dude, but I already knew it and didn't want you to mistake the post.

[mlyonsd]

Originally Posted by Mr. Flopnuts

My following post was TIC btw. Dirk sent me some rep saying you were a good dude, but I already knew it and didn't want you to mistake the post.

Naw, we're good. Like I said these were jmo's.

Being a Saltine I've rarely been in other shoes.

[J Diddy]

Originally Posted by patteeu

I'm not sure whether you actually believe your bullshit or not, but you aren't a noob here so you shouldn't be completely oblivious to the history of this site.

Here are a couple of moderators from days gone by using/discussing the slur that got this thread started:





And here is Endelt and his buddy Boozer talking about the degree of vagueness in the Chiefsplanet rule on slurs and the extent to which enforcement was focused on a limited subset and applied capriciously:

This really is funny how this bothers you so.

[ROYC75]

Originally Posted by Phobia

I will defer to anybody who may be 30 years older than me on that issue.

I know in the mid 60's, it was. Reason I don't understand why Ike used it, but hey,it was 10 years before, ahead of my time. I wasn't born until 57.

[ROYC75]

Originally Posted by BucEyedPea

Hispanic is not a race.

You missed the word that was filtered .....

[ROYC75]

Originally Posted by go bowe

that's me...

yep, it's been offensive since before wwII based on the way it was used by my dad in the 50's when i was a kid...

I was a wondering this last night. I knew you would have a better feel for this.

When I lived in So. Texas in the early 80's, you had to have BIG BALLS to use it.

[BucEyedPea]

Originally Posted by patteeu

The good news that I've learned from this thread is that "greaseball" covers both major bases.

[J Diddy]

Originally Posted by ROYC75

I know in the mid 60's, it was. Reason I don't understand why Ike used it, nut hey,it was 10 years before, ahead of my time. I wasn't born until 57.

Wait you're only 55?

[BucEyedPea]

Originally Posted by ROYC75

You missed the word that was filtered .....

No I surmised what the word was. That doesn't change what I was referring to in that post.

[ROYC75]

Originally Posted by J Diddy

Wait you're only 55?

Hey now ...... I may feel like I am ready for the grave, but not ready to surrender the fight..

[ROYC75]

Originally Posted by BucEyedPea

No I surmised what the word was. That doesn't change what I was referring to in that post.

OK, shoot me, it was a metaphor to speak, I basically threw all the Hispanics, Latinos, etc together to make it a catch all.

[Bob Dole]

Originally Posted by Donger

Why are you limiting that to just colored people? Are slurs against non-colored people (e.g., White) acceptable?

What do you think, Casper?

[BucEyedPea]

Originally Posted by ROYC75

OK, shoot me, it was a metaphor to speak, I basically threw all the Hispanics, Latinos, etc together to make it a catch all.

That's not what I was referring to either. Many Hispanics are white. Some are mixed race. The word simply means a relationship to Spain or the Iberian peninsula. So it means a historic and cultural relationship to Spain or Hispania. It has nothing to do with race.

[ROYC75]

Originally Posted by BucEyedPea

That's not what I was referring to either. Many Hispanics are white. Some are mixed race. The word simply means a relationship to Spain or the Iberian peninsula. So it means a historic and cultural relationship to Spain or Hispania. It has nothing to do with race.

The U.S. Office of Management and Budget currently defines "Hispanic or Latino" as "a person of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race". The 2010 Census asked if the person was "Spanish/Hispanic/Latino". The United States Census uses the ethnonym Hispanic or Latino to refer to "a person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin regardless of race."

[BucEyedPea]

Originally Posted by ROYC75

The U.S. Office of Management and Budget currently defines "Hispanic or Latino" as "a person of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race". The 2010 Census asked if the person was "Spanish/Hispanic/Latino". The United States Census uses the ethnonym Hispanic or Latino to refer to "a person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin regardless of race."

I don't know what your point is here. But that agrees with what I said, just using different words and evidence.