Charming Edgelord.

Quote from: Bucket;946295Oh no!  Somebody has an opinion about an ethnic group!

Couldn't have summed up the essence of racism better myself. Cheers

Quote from: Tristram Evans;946315Couldn't have summed up the essence of racism better myself. Cheers

Racism would be having a negative opinion about an ethnic group.  Just having an opinion about an ethnic group is common sense.  For instance English people like to drink tea, that is my opinion.  English people suck at rugby, that is racism.

Quote from: Bucket;946319Racism would be having a negative opinion about an ethnic group.  Just having an opinion about an ethnic group is common sense.  For instance English people like to drink tea, that is my opinion.  English people suck at rugby, that is racism.

Well, since the example being discussed doesn't involve any positive stereotypes, this is a bit of a strawman objection, but still, I disagree. A stereotype doesn't have to be negative to be a stereotype. The problem with ethnic stereotypes is the underlying attitude that treats people as part of a collective rather than individuals. And moreover, that stereotypes are ALWAYS wrong,no matter what. Factually, not all English people like to drink tea;the minute the statement is made, you've committed a falsehood. Negative stereotypes are certainly more hostile, but any type of stereotype is a form of intellectual dishonesty and advocation of collectivist thought.

"Being English" isn't a Race.
Stereotypes, whether positive or negative, do not by themselves indicate superiority/inferiority in relation to another group.

Someone could go on a tirade about how much they hate black people on welfare, in gangs, dealing drugs, etc...and if they didn't think black people did that because they were black and hated "trailer trash" whites who do the exact same thing, then they're not racist.

The word Bigotry exists for a reason.

How are we having this discussion in this thread?

Quote from: Bucket;946295Anyway I would nominate Spinachcat for the job.

What have I ever done to you?

Being a mod sucks. Just ask OHT.

I couldn't be a mod here because I will defend the right for people to express the WORST speech. To me, SJWs and Neo-Nutzis both have the right to made their idiot noises...in the appropriate forum...BUT that may not be the best thing for the continued success of theRPGsite.  

Maybe theRPGsite needs to drown out any political speech and even purge Pundency in the name of 24/7 games only chat?

Maybe RPGPundit needs to open a free speech political forum separate from theRPGsite where all us nutters can run amok?


BTW, my connection with RPG.net is that I'm still a member there (never a mod, rarely post anymore, but I keep a finger in the design forums), as I am on a number of forums. But this wretched hive of scum and villainy is my primary stomping ground.

Quote from: CRKrueger;946374The word Bigotry exists for a reason.

As a bludgeon against anyone who disagrees with the politics du jour?
 
Oh wait, you mean the word used to have a meaning.

Quote from: Warboss Squee;946375How are we having this discussion in this thread?

Maybe you should moderate it?

Trial by fire Squee!!

Quote from: Warboss Squee;946375How are we having this discussion in this thread?

I do what the alcohol tells me

Not it!

(I moderate a Facebook Group and my bullshit filter got clogged recently after I had to ban a nutter for advocating violence against another poster who he thought was a neo-Nazi because of how that poster used punctuation.)

Quote from: Spinachcat;946385As a bludgeon against anyone who disagrees with the politics du jour?
 
Oh wait, you mean the word used to have a meaning.

Yes, and how was it? Racism is the weakest accusation of our age? :rolleyes:

QuoteMaybe theRPGsite needs to drown out any political speech and even purge Pundency in the name of 24/7 games only chat?

That'd be a swell idea, but it hadn't happened for last 5 years people were talking about it, it won't happen now.

The problem is that gaming has become politicised by various elements of the whining classes.  It's hard to separate the gaming hobby from the adults who are ashamed of it and themselves and thus try to force gaming into their political ideologies.  It won't go away, the internet might just be too much free speech, or rather too much access to broad audiences.  I'm too much of a frothing idiot to be a moderator.  Maybe we should invite Cessna

Quote from: Tristram Evans;946411I do what the alcohol tells me

Hell, with that mindset you might be the most qualified for the opening.

Quote from: K Peterson;946446Hell, with that mindset you might be the most qualified for the opening.

heh my (new) low post count keeps me out of the running

Quote from: Spinachcat;946385Maybe theRPGsite needs to drown out any political speech and even purge Pundency in the name of 24/7 games only chat?

You can't get rid of Pundit's Forum, however OHT shutting down most of the threads as they descended into fire-breathing crazy was the job I appreciated the most. If I were to mod, which I think with some certainty is an incredibly unlikely event, it would be the one action I would want clearance on.

Outside of Pundit posts from Pundit, any other thread in that forum shouldn't live much more than 100 posts. This is an RPG forum dammit!

I'll try to be quicker to close threads on the Pundit Forum when they devolve, in the future.