I have no problem with the new rule........'We do not allow posts that include racial slurs, pejoratives, or religiously bigoted statements.

[Lisa558]

One ex mod liked to use the slur "princess" against a female Jewish poster.

Most people realize that Jewish American Princess is a term used by antisemite to further the canard that Jews are privileged.

Yes, and as I recall, when someone (not I) pointed out to the ex-mod that her use of “Princess” in addressing a Jew was an antisemitic slur, she doubled down and did it again.

 

[BS Filter]

I wad posting on another forum and one of the three Council members called me "Mr. Fascist". They have a rule that you refer to a poster by their username only. I pointed that out, but it was ignored. That's the kind of crap that's frustrating.

 

[OKTexas]

Does the site automatically block those words?

Try typing a few and see what happens.

 

[OKTexas]

If I type out the n-word, which I have no desire to do, we know it will get auto-edited to just a few asterisks.

But, a filter bypass on that word will get you a ding.

But to your point: if someone assumes that I’m a white dude, and tries to abuse me with a racist term like “cracker” or “honky,” no asterisks and no consequences.

Happily, I don’t give a crap about anyone who is that racist.

Remember, it's about context, if it happens, report it.

 

[justoffal]

Yet .....we must understand hatred is a basic human emotion. It can be negative or positive.

Though some would like to categorize all hatred as evil that is simply not the case aka I hate Hitler, I hate communists, I hate evil, I hate crime, I hate rapists etc.etc.

Under the disastrous term of biden....a great push began to demonize 'hatred' as a concept that should not be allowed ... yet those who wanted to classify hatred as evil engaged in it constantly...i.e. the famous liberal actor who used vulgar language to vent his hatred of Trump

Public figures are easy targets as they have difficulty suing for defamation..............While it's more difficult for public figures to win defamation lawsuits, they can still sue. The key difference is that public figures must prove "actual malice" – the defendant made the statement knowing it was false or with reckless disregard for the truth – according to FindLaw. Private figures only need to prove negligence.

Hatred of evil is a good thing

 

[Orangecat]

Try typing a few and see what happens.

I did, and it automatically censored them. Can’t let people see words that might upset them, even though we all know exactly what the censored words are when we see the *****s.

 

[Ropey]

Yes, and as I recall, when someone (not I) pointed out to the ex-mod that her use of “Princess” in addressing a Jew was an antisemitic slur, she doubled down and did it again.

Good riddance to bad rubbish.

 

[Dogmaphobe]

Good riddance to bad rubbish.

It is one thing to be an antisemite and defender of pedophiles.

It is something else to make both policy.

 

[Ropey]

It is one thing to be an antisemite and defender of pedophiles.

It is something else to make both policy.

I was done with upstairs when they let the guy with the nazi symbol 'splain his way into gaining staff acceptance.

I can't even point out that a person who obsesses over children and sex is a child obsessive.

These places are a thing of the past.

Or the future.

 

[Captain Caveman]

Fup off.

Feck off.

those still work (Father Ted)

 

[Lisa558]

I was done with upstairs when they let the guy with the nazi symbol 'splain his way into gaining staff acceptance.

I can't even point out that a person who obsesses over children and sex is a child obsessive.

These places are a thing of the past.

Or the future.

I told a mod about the existence of the swastika poster, and she said that wasn’t necessarily an antisemitic symbol. Now I understand what happened.

 

[Correll]

Those with common sense would know that context determines what is considered a racial slur.

Those that need examples of words/phrases that could be considered a slur, depending on context, take a look here:

The Racial Slur Database

Racial slurs for the whole family, impress your friends with your vast knowledge of hate!

www.rsdb.org

Mmm, White boy is not on there. ****** is. Redeck is too, though they define it as referring to "white racist" when in reality it is used just against any white.

 

[Ropey]

Those with common sense would know that context determines what is considered a racial slur.

Those that need examples of words/phrases that could be considered a slur, depending on context, take a look here:

The Racial Slur Database

Racial slurs for the whole family, impress your friends with your vast knowledge of hate!

www.rsdb.org

Is this considered a racial slur?

 

[Ropey]

I told a mod about the existence of the swastika poster, and she said that wasn’t necessarily an antisemitic symbol. Now I understand what happened.

And she is not the arbiter of it being one... or not being one. She is simply a non-paid woman who is 10% more agreeable than men and uses that faux forum power to enact her own rules.

Why?

So she can be talked into doing the dirty and have membership hearing that it's the clean.

imho

That's gaslighting while being under the covers.

 

[Foxfyre]

And she is not the arbiter of it being one... or not being one. She is simply a non-paid woman who is 10% more agreeable than men and uses that faux forum power to enact her own rules.

Why?

So she can be talked into doing the dirty and have membership hearing that it's the clean.

imho

That's gaslighting while being under the covers.

Right or wrong, those who have personal run ins with others tend to treat, speak of/to them differently than we do with members we think more highly of.

I am guilty of that myself. I am seriously in like with some members here that I occasionally disagree with. I tend to frame my disagreements with those members differently than I do with those I perceive as pure trolls.

I suppose that is nature. Doesn't make it right I guess, but it is human nature.

But in the interest of fairness, it should be just as illegal to use racial slurs/perjoratives against white people as it is against black/brown/Jewish people. I don't envy the mods in judging where to draw those lines though.

It would be easier to just order ALL personal insults to be used only in the Flame Zone, but then I couldn't recommend remedial reading comprehension courses to all those who need that.

 

[Ropey]

Right or wrong, those who have personal run ins with others tend to treat, speak of/to them differently than we do with members we think more highly of.

I am guilty of that myself. I am seriously in like with some members here that I occasionally disagree with. I tend to frame my disagreements with those members differently than I do with those I perceive as pure trolls.

I suppose that is nature. Doesn't make it right I guess, but it is human nature.

But in the interest of fairness, it should be just as illegal to use racial slurs/perjoratives against white people as it is against black/brown/Jewish people.

Right or wrong? iow?

Make a stand or not.

I don't envy the mods in judging where to draw those lines though.

I should hope not. Envy? That's the Marxist issue. Envy politics.

And then some turn their heads away. In the USA. In Washington DC. This couple? What was their one commonality in this murderous event? She was a Christian and a Jew? A third-generation American? Humans? CIS?

AyeCantSeeYou

This is what happens when one strokes the necks of evil.

 

[Ropey]

This is what happens when one strokes the necks of evil.

iow

It gains power.

 

[Monk-Eye]

" Discretionary Versus Immutable Qualities "

* Private Tears Safe Guarding Dogma For Creed *

Yet .....we must understand hatred is a basic human emotion. It can be negative or positive.
Though some would like to categorize all hatred as evil that is simply not the case aka I hate Hitler, I hate communists, I hate evil, I hate crime, I hate rapists etc.etc.
Under the disastrous term of biden....a great push began to demonize 'hatred' as a concept that should not be allowed ... yet those who wanted to classify hatred as evil engaged in it constantly...i.e. the famous liberal actor who used vulgar language to vent his hatred of Trump
Public figures are easy targets as they have difficulty suing for defamation..............While it's more difficult for public figures to win defamation lawsuits, they can still sue. The key difference is that public figures must prove "actual malice" – the defendant made the statement knowing it was false or with reckless disregard for the truth – according to FindLaw. Private figures only need to prove negligence

There is a difference between an immutable quality such as race or sex , and a mutable or discretionary quality based on edicts of tenets of creed .

As there is not a difference between the edicts and tenets of creed and religion , it is emphatically antithetical to promote that creed or religion be beyond discretion and be granted absolution from criticism .

. Imagine Trying To Pass Tests Without Discriminating Between Correct Versus Incorrect Answers .

 

[multivita-man]

Yet .....we must understand hatred is a basic human emotion.

Hatred isn't an emotion; anger is an emotion. Hatred is a conscious decision to maintain a state of antipathy and enmity toward someone. It's destructive, not only for the subject of the hate but also the one who's doing the hating, even if it's not apparent. If one's gonna hate, hate selectively, I say.

It's probably human to have some level of situational hatred, such as when a neighboring tribe kills off your family members in a raid over territory. Obviously there's anger, but because there's a loss and a perceived threat to the tribe's own existence, feelings of hatred are summoned in order to defend what we claim as ours.

Too often, though, we think we have to compete with each other when we really don't. There's enough of whatever's out there to go around for everyone, if it's distributed fairly and evenly, which is why I think that l'aissez faire capitalism is doomed to fail over the long term. It's hyper-competitive and leads to extreme inequality and market distortions, and ultimately, unrest.

 

[the other mike]

Please include the seashell configuration option.