I think I've been fairly clear with you, and I'm not interested in being drawn into a debate regarding obvious factors in life, just so that you can justify a frankly unintelligent comment. I do not much care for your opinions of different people, but I do care how you engage with other members on this forum. Conduct yourself accordingly please.
It is obvious, you just choose not to acknowledge it. When someone says, "Black people are just looking for ways to be offended" in a topic about a white person saying the N word on stage while singing to the lyrics, it's really offense, racist -- the person knows what they're doing. You should care about the opinions of others because they shape the landscape you are part of and that's NeoGAF. People say racist things? Well, people will call the place... that's a fact of life. Trying to hide it as a difference of opinion is frankly disturbing because it just shows just how much toxicity and racism in general is given leniency.
I don't think anyone here cares if someone has a contentious voice. I think we are all pretty accepting of opinions contrary to our own as long as they aren't coming from known trolls who are looking to stir up shit for lols. Disagreeing with someone isn't the same thing as not being willing to give them a platform.
You aren't accepting of difference of opinion. You guys clearly don't accept mine which is why I'm being -- what's that term? -- dogpiled (the one y'all seem to think happened all the time before NeoGAF got great). Like, even after I say that you'll say that's not true even though I get responded to by many people here about my stance (and it seems y'all have the exact opposite).
No. Not at all. Not even a little. What people want is to actually discuss video games, social issues, and current events. As in actually discuss and even argue, instead of finding new ways to agree with 6 or 7 people to participate without being banned. Regarding your last reply to me, I think people tolerate the tone more than they are cool with it. We'll know more in 6-12 months I suspect once this place develops a longer term reputation for being neutral politically in terms of moderation.
Video games don't exist in a vacuum. Your hobbies don't exist in a vacuum. It all intersects at different levels. People from all different walks of life partake in video games and your hobbies, their perspectives aren't invalidated because yours is the default. It's like when people say, "video games are getting too political" -- they've always been political on some level because culture helps dictate the politics and vice versa.
Like, y'all want these differences of opinions, arguments, debates, and "civil" discussions but you guys won't even admit you want to discuss things that have already been deemed offensive by the majority of people. It's really difficult to convince anyone you guys want an actual discussion, it's quite obvious that you just want the freedom to say whatever and guise it as a debate or whatever. Like, you guys are as entrenched as me and you call foul?
Also, I would love to know your thoughts on why men are allowed to say the words"bitch" "ho" "skank" or whatever else demeaning to women word they may say in their music. Or in retrospect, why men are allowed to say them when singing songs by women who say them about their own sex.
Not banned there, bud. Nice try.
I have eaten 3 bans (2 1 weeks and 1 1 month - notice no 3 dayers?)
1. For saying I didn't vote for Hillary Clinton and that I was a moderate on issues. Listing issues on both sides I support. I said I did not fully support the LGBT cause however. Ban 1. "Sexist and transphobia".
2. Defending cops in a topic where hundreds were just saying fuck the cops over and over and nothing else. I said stereotyping someone on their profession was the same as stereotyping someone on their race, sexual preference, etc. Stereotyping is stereotyping.
Ban 2. "Equating a job to racial stereotypes"
3. Saying a person who wouldn't hang out with their father in public because his father was wearing a "The Don" shirt was ridiculous. How I thought it was sad that someone could call their father a racist for wanting to wear that shirt and ostracize or talk bad about him when you live in that very father's house (he self admitted) seemed completely uncalled for. 19 people jumped on me to say Trump is racist. I said I had an open book on him but did not see a definitive case of him being racist and that labeling someone that term should not be jumped to. Ban 3 - 1 month- arguing disingenuously.
So, now, I just say my piece and leave the topics. I have learned how the ResetERA ban system works.
The ban system is crazy, but I like the video game side and the speed of the forum. So, I stay there and supplement it with NeoGAF and gamefaqs and even teamliquid from time to time. Ironically all places I never have bans from.
I don't believe men should be writing those lyrics and so do some women. Unfortunately, some artists don't care, and a lot of the base doesn't care. It's a slow change.
You went into a thread and said you didn't support LGBTQ? Like, you need some solid fucking reasoning to say that to people who take it seriously because LGBTQ rights are a BIG issue.
You equated a job to racial stereotyping. You can always take off the uniform. Like, it doesn't take much to see why you're wrong there.
You said you're not sure if Trump is racist. Like, you gotta be trolling at that point.
Your bans don't seem wrong.
Well, you just suppressed your beliefs. Plenty of people bite their tongues and stay low to hide from the ban. You're smart to not speak up on issues of racism, sexism, rights, etc because it seems your beliefs don't align with those who want to do better in the world.