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What were the most blatantly offensive topics/posts you've seen on GAF?

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YoungHav

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Any thread involving black people or women, something is bound to be offensive. The faux outrage at male victimhood always cracks me up. I feel like people show a lil more restraint than in past years when it comes to race (just a lil lol) but there's some he-man woman haters here.
 
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blame space

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Vigilant Walrus said:
Never seen anything offensive on Neogaf. Perhaps only Solo's hate for Metal Gear Solid 4. God. Give it a rest, maaaaaaan.



How can anyone here be offended by anything on this forum?? That's the first rule of the internet. If random strangers by using words and IMG smackdowns can get the best of you, what chances do YOU honstly have out in the big wild world?

Other peoples opinions and sayings dont matter. It shouldn't phase you.

What's really going on when people get offended is that they think their shit and beliefs is more important than anybody else. Imagine how much this place would suck if everyone went around and were offended by anything. Everybody can be offended over anything.

I truly believe that people who try to deal with their stuff instead of policing and projecting everything onto others because they need a sense of validation are ironically more humble beings.

telling others what is right to say and think no matter how retarded it is (like denying the holocaust) is in itself dumb. if someone denies the holocaust, that act in itself is so blantly retarded that there is no need for someone else to come in and correct that person and go omfgbbqwtf. it speaks for itself. everyone will judge everyone anyway. you dont need to say shit, so dont.

if anything your just giving them attention. indirectly your letting them get a reaction out of you. so if your truly are offended, the best thing you can do is ignore it. if you even acknowledge it, you have already lost.
this is internet 101.
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vigilant walrus you are just the best
 
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Az987

all good things
Only time I've ever really been offended on here was from basically every single post SSJ1Goku made in the McAss Whoopin' thread.

SSJ1Goku said:
*sigh*
Where do I start? What really pisses me off is that the white media is what promotes this idea of the "strong, independant black woman." For a few years now black women have begun to think that it is too cute to disrespect black men, and that disrespect is one of the main factors in why so many black women are single.

In the other thread regarding "would you hit a woman" some of the guys were surprised by the answers that so many gave. What those white knights don't realize is that the promotion that is used on black women is starting to infect other races of women. Those women think that by getting in a man's face they are showing some kind of strength. What those women don't realize is that when you get in a man's face she has basically just ripped up her social contract that says a man does not hit a woman. Now as of right now there are still a great number of white knights in other communities so those females are somewhat safe for the time being. But what those other races of women don't see is how in the black community all of the white knights have completely flipped the script. In the black community we have a LOT of black men who are fed up with black women and are knocking females out left and right. This is what is never shown to other races of women when they tear up their social contract:

http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/81284176/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXRtAgjCC94

I don't know when black women are going to wake the fuck up. When a females tears up her social contract a man is no longer bond by his either. I don't understand what black women don't get about that.
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SSJ1Goku said:
I fully admit that the majority of black males subscribe to the street culture. I already said that. My problem is if the majority of black males aren't shit, then why the fuck are BW STILL HAVING BABIES WITH THOSE GUYS!!!!!! I don't like fat women, the majority of BW are fat, so I don't date the majority of BW.

But what sense does it make to be told that, "niggas ain't shit," see guys who clearly subscribe to an alterative culture all over the place, and yet still sleep with AND get pregnant by those guys, and then have to nerve to complain when he PROVES he was ALWAYS worthless when he leaves and the BW is stuck with the kid.

What was that motherfucker doing with his life BEFORE he got you pregnant?

I don't go looking to date fat BW.

I don't go looking to date BW with attitude.

I don't go looking to date BW with no father in her life.

I sure as hell don't go looking for BW with kids out of wedlock.

And lastly
What types of households produce the black males who are falling off?
Single parent homes with just mom. You HAVE to look at the way BW are raising the black children.
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jaxword

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moop2000 said:
Hmmm, I thought maybe the apology would've covered it but I guess not. Of course he did go on with the disbelief and played it off as being uneducated so...
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Mod probably didn't get to the apology part before banville time.

No point in dwelling on it.
 
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Platy

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Holy Pink Unicorn for some of those links ...

Also, the "cop said women should wear longer skirts" thread deserves a mention

Raist said:
Well I dunno, it's mostly people saying they wouldn't date a girl who used to be a dude. It's not like they say "transgender people should burn in hell" or something. So what's the non-offending answer then, saying that yes, you'd totally date such person?
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What ?

There are people being DISGUSTED by the idea of a person (and not even counting sex with said person) and some people calling trans people "man in women clothing" (the definition of crossdresser) ...and one joke about killing after figuring out =P
And that is only on the first 50 posts.. if you count 100 you have even people actualy saying that using the right pronoums is disgusting,

A post like that we had last year was THOUSAND times better than this.

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shadyspace said:
Perspective is one thing. I was under the impression that Femme was trans herself.
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If she is, she can be just ... heterosexual
So a woman to her is not appealing
 
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Joates

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My guess is that this thread is full of sarcastic comments / trolls being taken as real opinions.

The trolls are probably winning.
 
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Crumpet Trumpet

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lexi said:
Any thread that involved trans people, circa 2008.

Exhibit A
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What in the world @ some most of those replies
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Talon

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Driving threads
Parking threads

I get a kick out of any US vs. Europe threads, though. It seems to me what happens is:
1. Euro-GAF congregates.
2. US-GAF poster jokingly does AMERICA FUCK YEAH.
3. Euro-GAF poster takes it seriously and implies Americans are ignorant.
4. Hilarity ensues.
 
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Bel Marduk

Banned
I've never been offended by anything posted on gaf. People are going to think racist/homophobic/stupid/sexist/asinine things and all I can really do is laugh it off. I think much of society would benefit from taking the same approach.
 
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Kangi

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BertramCooper said:
I'd go with all of those posts comparing pedophilia to homosexuality as a legitimate orientation.

It was mainly Sennorin, if I remember correctly, but I think there were a few others backing him up.
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Yep. Recently came across these two posts as well when the Michael Jackson death thread was brought back up for the anniversary. Yeah, just... wow.
 
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Trent Strong

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I could see some Mormons getting offended on GAF. There have been some threads on here about the stupid idea that Obama is a Muslim, and tons of people responded saying "so what if he was a Muslim I wouldn't care", then later, in some thread about Romney being a Mormon possibly making him unelectable, a bunch of people responded along the lines of "good, we shouldn't have a Mormon president. Those people are crazy/idiots." A bunch of GAFers can't wait to self-righteously proclaim that they would have no problem with a Muslim president, but these same people have no problem saying a Mormon president would be terrible.
 
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marrec

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Trent Strong said:
I could see some Mormons getting offended on GAF. There have been some threads on here about the stupid idea that Obama is a Muslim, and tons of people responded saying "so what if he was a Muslim I wouldn't care", then later, in some thread about Romney being a Mormon possibly making him unelectable, a bunch of people responded along the lines of "good, we shouldn't have a Mormon president. Those people are crazy/idiots." A bunch of GAFers can't wait to self-righteously proclaim that they would have no problem with a Muslim president, but a Mormon president would be terrible.
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I think people can objectively look at individual religions and decided where they fall on the crazy spectrum for them.

I would personally rather have an Atheist president because I think religious thought is a sign of mental weakness, but I'm not going to rail against a Mormon or a Muslim president.
 
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CrushDance

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Trent Strong said:
I could see some Mormons getting offended on GAF. There have been some threads on here about the stupid idea that Obama is a Muslim, and tons of people responded saying "so what if he was a Muslim I wouldn't care", then later, in some thread about Romney being a Mormon possibly making him unelectable, a bunch of people responded along the lines of "good, we shouldn't have a Mormon president. Those people are crazy/idiots." A bunch of GAFers can't wait to self-righteously proclaim that they would have no problem with a Muslim president, but these same people have no problem saying a Mormon president would be terrible.
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Probably because many Muslims are actually quite nice people and only a small part of extremists are dangerous? Whereas Mormons have "were" preaching ridiculous things such as blacks being subhuman not to long ago. I almost dated a girl from a Mormon family once, till she point blank told me that she couldn't because her parents would disown her.

I've got nothing against Mormons and don't blindly equate being Mormon with being a racist/sexist psycho. The difference here though is that Obama, if he were a Muslim in secret; sadly enough, it would be okay since he isn't open with it or pushing it on anyone since he's "pretending to be Christian". Whereas a Mormon president would swing the other way.

Anyway! This has less to do with what a person believes and more to do with how they act, along with what they say. Romney has said some jaw dropping things. And similarly with Obama, I was unsure about him and his actions thus far hasn't made me think any better of him.

Actions>Words. Quite literally in the case of Religion and all ideologies.
 
DanteFox

DanteFox

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marrec said:
I think people can objectively look at individual religions and decided where they fall on the crazy spectrum for them.

I would personally rather have an Atheist president because I think religious thought is a sign of mental weakness, but I'm not going to rail against a Mormon or a Muslim president.
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wow.

lol.
 
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Talon

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Trent Strong said:
I could see some Mormons getting offended on GAF. There have been some threads on here about the stupid idea that Obama is a Muslim, and tons of people responded saying "so what if he was a Muslim I wouldn't care", then later, in some thread about Romney being a Mormon possibly making him unelectable, a bunch of people responded along the lines of "good, we shouldn't have a Mormon president. Those people are crazy/idiots." A bunch of GAFers can't wait to self-righteously proclaim that they would have no problem with a Muslim president, but these same people have no problem saying a Mormon president would be terrible.
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Well, depending on who you ask, these are different things.

To me, a candidate's religious opinions do not dictate my vote. Sure, I may look for moral alignment of some measure, but I'm more concerned with your experience, decision making, your presumptive Cabinet, etc.

What follows is wholly nonjudgmental and based on positions by Baptists, Church of Christ (Not UCoC, CoC - i.e. probably one of the most conservative Protestant denominations), Full Gospel, etc.

The beef they have with Romney is that he positions himself as a Christian. Now, Christianity's a fickle beast. By in large, protestants believe that salvation can be found independently through the word (the Bible), but it branches off from there. Some denominations believe that the singular act of baptism is hugely important, other's don't. But, by in large, a Baptist and a Church of Christ parishioner are Christians.

The core beliefs are: due to original sin, we are all sinners in spite of any good work me may profess to do; Jesus is the son of God who was sent to sacrifice himself for our sins and is the ONLY path to salvation; and the Old and New Testament (the Bible) are the complete (inspired) word of God that gives us guidance in our mortal lives.

Now, Mormonism professes that the early church fell away from God's teachings and that the Bible is incomplete due to pagan influences of Greek and Roman philosophy amongst other issues. They also profess that the Bible is incomplete or has errors and that Joseph Smith received the Book of Mormon which corrects these errors and is an add-on to (what other protestants would call) the complete word of God.

So, depending on who you ask, you get a wide range of answers to the question "Is Mormonism Christianity?"

It's a complicated beast. Obviously, Catholicism and Protestanism diverge broadly - mainly on issues of the Pope, the holy sacraments, etc. I'm a Protestant, and my girlfriend is a very conservative Catholic. It's interesting to see how the Catholic church does service and the structure, for lack of a better term, of the message.

At a certain point, they're almost wholly different religious experiences that share common lineage.
 
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marrec

Banned
DanteFox said:
Obviously. Not offended, though.
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I depends on how you treat those who are religious. I dont treat them any differently unless the issue of their religion comes up in conversation.

Talon- said:
Eh, I think it sounds a bit arrogant to call religion a sign of weakness. The implication is that you personally know better and are more learned than others.
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True, some people would call my bias a mental weakness as well, and they may be correct.
 
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Trent Strong

Banned
CrushDance said:
Probably because many Muslims are actually quite nice people and only a small part of extremists are dangerous? Whereas Mormons have "were" preaching ridiculous things such as blacks being subhuman not to long ago. I almost dated a girl from a Mormon family once, till she point blank told me that she couldn't because her parents would disown her.

I've got nothing against Mormons and don't blindly equate being Mormon with being a racist/sexist psycho. The difference here though is that Obama, if he were a Muslim in secret; sadly enough, it would be okay since he isn't open with it or pushing it on anyone since he's "pretending to be Christian". Whereas a Mormon president would swing the other way.

Anyway! This has less to do with what a person believes and more to do with how they act, along with what they say. Romney has said some jaw dropping things. And similarly with Obama, I was unsure about him and his actions thus far hasn't made me think any better of him.

Actions>Words. Quite literally in the case of Religion and all ideologies.
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Of course many Muslims are quite nice people, etc. But, of course, many Mormons are also quite nice people, and none of them are extremists (violent extremists I mean) or dangerous. And sure Mormons preached ridiculous things in the past about race, and they preach ridiculous things now, including their anti-gay marriage stuff. But Muslims don't preach ridiculous stuff? Some Muslims are killing homosexuals. They're stoning kids who wear emo clothing and listen to emo music. They're threatening to kill Lady Gaga if she performs in their country. They're stoning women for all kinds of things. Etc, etc. Of course there are countless moderate Muslims who do none of these things. But the most extreme Muslims are light-years worse than the most extreme Mormons.
 
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Trent Strong

Banned
marrec said:
I think people can objectively look at individual religions and decided where they fall on the crazy spectrum for them.

I would personally rather have an Atheist president because I think religious thought is a sign of mental weakness, but I'm not going to rail against a Mormon or a Muslim president.
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I pretty much agree with this. And, as an atheist, I'd also rather have an atheist president.


Talon- said:
Well, depending on who you ask, these are different things.

To me, a candidate's religious opinions do not dictate my vote. Sure, I may look for moral alignment of some measure, but I'm more concerned with your experience, decision making, your presumptive Cabinet, etc.

What follows is wholly nonjudgmental and based on positions by Baptists, Church of Christ (Not UCoC, CoC - i.e. probably one of the most conservative Protestant denominations), Full Gospel, etc.

The beef they have with Romney is that he positions himself as a Christian. Now, Christianity's a fickle beast. By in large, protestants believe that salvation can be found independently through the word (the Bible), but it branches off from there. Some denominations believe that the singular act of baptism is hugely important, other's don't. But, by in large, a Baptist and a Church of Christ parishioner are Christians.

The core beliefs are: due to original sin, we are all sinners in spite of any good work me may profess to do; Jesus is the son of God who was sent to sacrifice himself for our sins and is the ONLY path to salvation; and the Old and New Testament (the Bible) are the complete (inspired) word of God that gives us guidance in our mortal lives.

Now, Mormonism professes that the early church fell away from God's teachings and that the Bible is incomplete due to pagan influences of Greek and Roman philosophy amongst other issues. They also profess that the Bible is incomplete or has errors and that Joseph Smith received the Book of Mormon which corrects these errors and is an add-on to (what other protestants would call) the complete word of God.

So, depending on who you ask, you get a wide range of answers to the question "Is Mormonism Christianity?"

It's a complicated beast. Obviously, Catholicism and Protestanism diverge broadly - mainly on issues of the Pope, the holy sacraments, etc. I'm a Protestant, and my girlfriend is a very conservative Catholic. It's interesting to see how the Catholic church does service and the structure, for lack of a better term, of the message.

At a certain point, they're almost wholly different religious experiences that share common lineage.
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I know a lot of Christians don't consider Mormonism to be Christianity, and that these people wouldn't be comfortable with a Mormon president. But I think that the GAFers who have no problem a Muslim president, but a big problem with a Mormon president, were probably non-religious liberals who wanted to prove how tolerant and open minded they were by saying they had no problem with a Muslim president (because Islam is slightly under attack in America) but don't need to be tolerant of Mormonism because Mormonism is just seen as part of the oppressive, conservative Christina culture in America that liberals are fighting. The bizarre thing in this whole situation is that, as a whole, Islam is a million times more patriarchal, oppressive, conservative, etc. than Mormonism is and Mormons only make up a tiny percentage of the population of the world, whereas Muslims make up a huge percentage of the population of the world, so that liberals should be a lot more worried about Islam than they should be about Mormonism, at least on a world-wide scale.
 
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Valhelm

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Quite a few posts in the Sexism in Gaming thread (on both sides, I might add) were really deplorable. I didn't post, to avoid being entangled in the drama, but I was pretty shocked at the content of some replies.
 
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