(December 12, 2018 at 12:43 pm)Shell B Wrote:Apparently my special talent is getting into arguments when I don't even have strong opinions on an issue. Sigh.(December 12, 2018 at 12:39 pm)DodosAreDead Wrote: Ok, first of all, whether stupid is considered a slur or not is a completely different matter, which I don't want to get into.
But - saying "Christianity is (insert slur)" as opposed to "Christians are (insert slur)" seems to have the same hostile, aggressive vibe to me. And if that's what you guys are trying to prevent with this rule, then allowing "Christianity is (insert slur)" defeats the purpose, IMHO.
I think Christianity is stupid, and I'm not hostile or aggressive to Christians. I think if people are going to be offended over their ideas being attacked, they've come to the wrong place. By "place," I mean Planet Earth.
Fine, I retract the 'hostile or aggressive' thingy. I couldn't care less whether you call christianity, christians, or my mom stupid. I'm talking about defining the rule Tibs talked about in the first post in this thread. My point is that if you're not gonna allow slurs towards groups of people in thread titles, don't allow slurs towards ideas either, because it defeats the purpose. That's it. Exeunt dodo.
The word bed actually looks like a bed.