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RE: PSA: Hate Speech
May 2, 2019 at 7:03 am
(May 1, 2019 at 9:34 pm)Shell B Wrote: (May 1, 2019 at 8:02 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: I figured as much.
It has to be that way, but the rules are based on feedback from the populace. I think we went wrong when we just started catering to the loudest voices. You can't seem to "fix" something around here without it pissing off another group. Then, you try to make them happy, and that gets all fucked. 
Simple solution - just do whatever I want. In time, people will come to realize the wisdom and fairness of catering to my slightest whim. 
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RE: PSA: Hate Speech
May 2, 2019 at 7:21 am
(May 1, 2019 at 9:34 pm)Shell B Wrote: (May 1, 2019 at 8:02 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: I figured as much.
It has to be that way, but the rules are based on feedback from the populace. I think we went wrong when we just started catering to the loudest voices. You can't seem to "fix" something around here without it pissing off another group. Then, you try to make them happy, and that gets all fucked. Well spotted.
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RE: PSA: Hate Speech
May 2, 2019 at 8:17 am
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(May 2, 2019 at 7:03 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: (May 1, 2019 at 9:34 pm)Shell B Wrote: It has to be that way, but the rules are based on feedback from the populace. I think we went wrong when we just started catering to the loudest voices. You can't seem to "fix" something around here without it pissing off another group. Then, you try to make them happy, and that gets all fucked.
Simple solution - just do whatever I want. In time, people will come to realize the wisdom and fairness of catering to my slightest whim.
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RE: PSA: Hate Speech
May 2, 2019 at 11:03 am
(May 2, 2019 at 8:17 am)Jörmungandr Wrote: (May 2, 2019 at 7:03 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Simple solution - just do whatever I want. In time, people will come to realize the wisdom and fairness of catering to my slightest whim.
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RE: PSA: Hate Speech
May 2, 2019 at 4:28 pm
(This post was last modified: May 2, 2019 at 4:28 pm by LastPoet.)
With some effort, we can keep this longer than the DNA is proof of god thread.
At least, we've been discussing real world things....
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RE: PSA: Hate Speech
May 2, 2019 at 5:14 pm
A Chris Rock video would be appropriate. It would also get the poster banned.
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RE: PSA: Hate Speech
May 2, 2019 at 5:39 pm
Trolls be trollin’.
Nay_Sayer: “Nothing is impossible if you dream big enough, or in this case, nothing is impossible if you use a barrel of KY Jelly and a miniature horse.”
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RE: PSA: Hate Speech
May 2, 2019 at 5:50 pm
(May 2, 2019 at 5:39 pm)LadyForCamus Wrote: Trolls be trollin’.
I'm not the one who painted management into a corner. I'm just the one that pointed out the bullet hole in the foot.
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RE: PSA: Hate Speech
May 2, 2019 at 6:42 pm
(May 2, 2019 at 5:14 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: A Chris Rock video would be appropriate. It would also get the poster banned.
No, it wouldn't necessarily. I already told you that context would come into play. It always does. If you did it just to skirt the rule, which I suspect would be your reason for it, yes, you'll get in trouble for trolling or flaming. If you did it because it was in context and the n-word was not used as a racial slur in the video, we probably wouldn't do anything. It would be discussed, and we would determine whether we thought you were taking the piss or not.
Why don't you just let it play out and see if the hellfire you think is going to result really occurs?
Let's start taking bets.
I predict that this rule, like myriad others, will not cause nearly as many problems as the wolf criers predict. In fact, I think this one will result in zero ambiguity or difficulty enforcing. Why? Because these slurs are rarely, if ever, used on the forum already. I bet I'll never find any of them in your posting history, which makes me think you'll be okay.
For the record, regular users who start trolling are much more of a problem than any rule we've ever made. Someone who's comfortable here gets a hair across their ass and decides they want to "fight the law," even though we're hardly "the man." It's utterly irritating.
*Cue the one-line flame retort*
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RE: PSA: Hate Speech
May 2, 2019 at 6:48 pm
I haven't done any flame retort, you lot just claim I have because you don't have anything else.
But I can't even post the name of the video I am suggesting. Strangulation of the forum sets in.
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