(April 23, 2019 at 1:07 pm)tackattack Wrote: duly noted. God might not love you. There is no reason to use the N word outside of harming someone. Here in the south of America, God Bless you can be used as a cure or encouragement. Regardless, I'll accept the ban if it shuts everyone up. It's not implicitly banned to my knowledge but is in the best practices section for theist members.(bold mine)
As I said before, the word carries bad meaning outside friendly circles. One of my friends has the nickname (RL not internet), "Mad Nigga", he chose it because of a Portuguese Rapper that had the same moniker. He is not mad though, yet he is black. It carries no ill meaning, it's a 'hood thing.
I for one have no problem with this. I don't use the words here, since I am not friends with any of you, I can't be friends with people I never met IRL, it takes a little more than than text on a Chrome window, regardless of niceties et al.
At any rate, it is a private forum, and ultimately the decision of its owners. The problem here is that said owners should drop the pretenses that it's a democracy and objective. Nobody believes that.