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Shroomslip said:
I bet if I went into a thread and told Asante (or really anyone and he happened to read it) to stop being a n***** he'd ban me for it. Even though I wasn't calling him or anyone that word, because acting like something isn't the same as being something.

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nah, that word has a different connotation entirely.

some people, sure, use the word in common banter, but it's actually not like even saying, say, cunt, or bitch, or...whatever else.


if the word "nigger" was spammed everything in the forum, no black people would have come here, save the same few whom are "fine" with being called 'nigger' jokingly. which is fucked, if you think about it.

hell, can i come into a thread an say "ya'll are being a bunch of rednecks..."

or "you redneck motherfucker!"- something more one-on-one...

nah...because Prisoner #1 would ban me. cause Redneck is offensive to whites.

proof that these words have an effect when used, even in common banter, that causes people anger. i don't agree with it. i don't have any problem with the words being used, but it's really more than that context that is under purview here. this is a forum where some modicum of civility is construed to be the norm...i'm sure Asante wants to see that stick.

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akira_akuma said:
i like fairness. not equality.

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akira_akuma said:
i like fairness. not equality.

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that's why i said i wouldn't go into threads expounding about how people are rednecks for so-and-so reasons...cause you'd ban me. it's ok, i don't want to shirk your feelings, so you don't feel bad.

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akira_akuma said:
i like fairness. not equality.

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That is such a Canadian thing to say.

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that's why i said i wouldn't go into threads expounding about how people are rednecks for so-and-so reasons...cause you'd ban me. it's ok, i don't want to shirk your feelings, so you don't feel bad.

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so you really do support fairness. thats so nice to see in this age when people are
trying to say equality is not fair and equity is fair, they even post up pictures
like this and say that equity is better while someone else rebuts that breaking down
the systemic barriers is more fair



what I see is not fair because you have 3 deadbeats trying to watch a sporting event
for free while everyone else there had to pay for their tickets

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akira_akuma said:

this is a forum where some modicum of civility is construed to be the norm.

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that hasn't been the case for a while now.

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Crystal G said:
I'm hearing reports that these 4 were charged with two counts of a hate crime. One for his disability, and the other for his race.

Now if we could only get the same on board for those guys that raped that disabled guy with a coat hanger... funny how none of the same people seem to be outraged about that. I posted that in here earlier, and I got one poster defending it, saying, "Well, it wasn't a hate crime.... "

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PreparationH said:
it's just how things go viral.  One we have video of where anyone can watch it so of course it explodes the other doesn;t have that marketability or whatever

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