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Post Post #1225 (ISO) » Wed Jul 01, 2020 8:14 am

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dictionaries don't record social connotations!
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Post Post #1226 (ISO) » Wed Jul 01, 2020 8:15 am

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In post 1224, Creature wrote:
In post 1221, brassherald wrote:Well, good thing the world and all conversations take place in the dictionary. I mean, that noose in Bubba Wallace's garage, nothing to do with the fact that he's black. It's not in the dictionary.

A true insight into how society works from Creature.
That's why you judge the context and not the word.
Eat shit, racist.
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Post Post #1227 (ISO) » Wed Jul 01, 2020 8:15 am

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In post 1224, Creature wrote:
In post 1221, brassherald wrote:Well, good thing the world and all conversations take place in the dictionary. I mean, that noose in Bubba Wallace's garage, nothing to do with the fact that he's black. It's not in the dictionary.

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That's why you judge the context and not the word.
When was the last time a white man had a noose used against them as a threat?
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Post Post #1228 (ISO) » Wed Jul 01, 2020 8:15 am

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In post 1214, Creature wrote:I'm not trying to need to use that word, but if I ever find it useable, I'd rather be judged by the context of the sentence/paragraph I used it than the word itself.
Still waiting for a single intelligent post from you so good luck with that.
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Post Post #1229 (ISO) » Wed Jul 01, 2020 8:15 am

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In post 1160, Creature wrote:
In post 1154, Aristophanes wrote:
In post 1097, Creature wrote:
In post 1090, Lady Lambdadelta wrote:Why are you still opposed again?
It is not the most practical and exceptions should be made for setups involving a setting that uses lynch for non-racial reasons.
So if a Buddhist dons a swastika avatar is that okay?

They have it up for non-Nazi reasons!
Aren't the Buddhist and nazi swastikas pretty different?
If you mean that they often carry varied ornamentation.

Would you wear a Buddhist swastika as an avi?
Like not asking religiously or anything. But if you had one and liked the style, in theory, would you wear it?
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Post Post #1230 (ISO) » Wed Jul 01, 2020 8:15 am

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Post Post #1231 (ISO) » Wed Jul 01, 2020 8:16 am

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In post 1227, brassherald wrote:
In post 1224, Creature wrote:
In post 1221, brassherald wrote:Well, good thing the world and all conversations take place in the dictionary. I mean, that noose in Bubba Wallace's garage, nothing to do with the fact that he's black. It's not in the dictionary.

A true insight into how society works from Creature.
That's why you judge the context and not the word.
When was the last time a white man had a noose used against them as a threat?
The thing you've described is pretty different from someone just saying "noose". The word alone can mean a lot of things, while what you've described should be pretty clear.
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Post Post #1232 (ISO) » Wed Jul 01, 2020 8:17 am

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Just spent literally 15 seconds educating myself on why we're talking about scum.

Not difficult to engage in good faith.
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Post Post #1233 (ISO) » Wed Jul 01, 2020 8:19 am

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i dont necessarily agree that people who obtusely refuse to accept they cant just will away social connotations to a word are racist.

that said, they can eat shit.
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Post Post #1234 (ISO) » Wed Jul 01, 2020 8:19 am

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I made a joke that this was going to be a thing a week or two back lol

to clarify, this won't be enforced right?
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Post Post #1235 (ISO) » Wed Jul 01, 2020 8:20 am

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In post 1234, Mikul wrote:I made a joke that this was going to be a thing a week or two back lol

to clarify, this won't be enforced right?
It will sadly.
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Post Post #1236 (ISO) » Wed Jul 01, 2020 8:20 am

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In post 1229, Aristophanes wrote:Would you wear a Buddhist swastika as an avi?
No, I'd rather not. Still, they're different enough to tell when it is okay to give the benefit of doubt.
Like not asking religiously or anything. But if you had one and liked the style, in theory, would you wear it?
Not sure what to answer. I saw some company logos that resembled a swastika, so idk exactly how judged it should be.

This question is really absurd, because the Buddhist swastika is only being brought up because of the Nazi swastika. If someone who never heard of Nazi always wore it, what would you think about them?
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Post Post #1237 (ISO) » Wed Jul 01, 2020 8:20 am

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Or at least I heard as such.
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Post Post #1238 (ISO) » Wed Jul 01, 2020 8:21 am

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i think i need to change my avatar after seeing a trend here
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Post Post #1239 (ISO) » Wed Jul 01, 2020 8:21 am

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In post 1169, Ythan wrote:Btw it's more of a Hindu thing and just got absorbed into Buddhism as kind of an afterthought like a lot of other Hindu-flavored content in Buddhism that isn't actually germane to Buddhism's own original content, because Buddhism developed in a Vedic Hindu milieu.
My apologies, I don't look into the symbol regularly. I should mention that this was not meant to target those religions which use that symbol.
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Post Post #1240 (ISO) » Wed Jul 01, 2020 8:21 am

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Creature what is the meaning of the swastika in a Buddhist context. Open book test even.
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Post Post #1241 (ISO) » Wed Jul 01, 2020 8:22 am

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In post 1233, Nahdia wrote:i dont necessarily agree that people who obtusely refuse to accept they cant just will away social connotations to a word are racist.

that said, they can eat shit.
The difference between the white moderate and the mask off racist in this sense is completely non existent, except that the white moderate gets people to make arguments like this for them and in theri defense.

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Post Post #1242 (ISO) » Wed Jul 01, 2020 8:22 am

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I’ve never seen Scum as a racial slur, but I understand why.

I tried doing some research on that after KMD’s post, and nothing racial really came up, but like I said before, I understand why it can be.
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Post Post #1243 (ISO) » Wed Jul 01, 2020 8:22 am

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In post 1240, Ythan wrote:Creature what is the meaning of the swastika in a Buddhist context. Open book test even.
Come on, that's not in the dictionary. He can't answer that one.
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Post Post #1244 (ISO) » Wed Jul 01, 2020 8:22 am

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In post 1235, TrueSoulEnergy wrote:
In post 1234, Mikul wrote:I made a joke that this was going to be a thing a week or two back lol

to clarify, this won't be enforced right?
It will sadly.
For players: we encourage players to use alternate words such as eliminate as well, but we will not be policing the use. Game moderators are welcome to set up their own rules on the subject.
I'm hoping this means what it says
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Post Post #1245 (ISO) » Wed Jul 01, 2020 8:22 am

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In post 1233, Nahdia wrote:dont necessarily agree that people who obtusely refuse to accept they cant just will away social connotations to a word are racist.

I would argue that many of them are at least racially insensitive, there is a difference between insensitive and overt racism

Racially insensitive is it's own problem because it still hurts minorities but because people think they aren't overtly racist, they don't need to change course.
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Post Post #1246 (ISO) » Wed Jul 01, 2020 8:23 am

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In post 1238, Hiraki wrote:i think i need to change my avatar after seeing a trend here
I think I might need to change mine to a spirit to indicate equality and what it symbolizes as.
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Post Post #1247 (ISO) » Wed Jul 01, 2020 8:23 am

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You see this number 1 (———
That’s all of us.
There’s no other number.
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Post Post #1248 (ISO) » Wed Jul 01, 2020 8:23 am

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In post 776, chamber wrote:
In post 763, TrueSoulEnergy wrote: Embrace the Truth.
In post 739, TrueSoulEnergy wrote:They said the “20” year old dated a “13” year old girl which was false.
But people fuckin believe that BS.

...

So he sends pictures of himself or something like that to his fans.
Well, one of his fans asks to kiss him and she was “13” and he did because he respects his fans and it’s nothing actually serious.
But people make it look more then it actually is.
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Post Post #1249 (ISO) » Wed Jul 01, 2020 8:23 am

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In post 1234, Mikul wrote:I made a joke that this was going to be a thing a week or two back lol

to clarify, this won't be enforced right?
To be fair, it’s been a thing talked about much longer.

I stopped using the word in my games in 2018 in favor of Execute.
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