How we deal with racism and hate speech on Wrong Planet

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Maybe Ferris would like to post a link to the autistic forum he started last year, or the year before.

Maybe people could collapse the whitespace in their posts, too.

Will the terms Cracker and Honky also be banned? Obviously racist.

I think Alex said it's fine when used in a different context so if you were to say cracker when you were talking about the food, that is okay.

No one is going to be stupid enough to think that is racist. Same as when you talk about fire crackers.

From my perspective the issue has never been acceptance of bigotry or acceptance of personal attacks. I also understand that moderators must use judgement and take into account if the member is new or is having a meltdown when they violate guidelines and thus the consequences to the violating member might merit no more then a discussion. The objection is has always been that me and others do see one member telling another member that they are a racist as a personal attack and an particularly bad one at that.

Right now WP is trying to recruit new mods. If as apparent on WP and elsewhere a large percentage of people do not see describing a person as racist as purely descriptive but as a personal attack it is likely that some promising candidates will feel that way also and will not want to be a moderator here.

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The way things are going I am not so sure anymore. I can envision somebody doing that to troll the libs then it becoming a conservative talking point.

or like honky tonk

I saw your post about leaving the thread, so maybe I'm already too late. Hopefully not.

Others have tackled this post very well, so I have something else to say. I remember when I first ran into the ideology that you now espouse, it was a massive culture shock, and I wonder if perhaps you are experiencing the same thing with the reaction you've got. On the other hand, maybe not, because your way is the new way and our way was there before. But you're still in that Hollywood bubble, which is about as concentrated as it gets for this ideology. So that's why I think you might be getting culture shock.

As others have said though, it's not that we don't get it, it's that we reject it. Utterly. I personally view it as a scourge that is doing great and increasing harm in the World.

Even in America, this ideology, while growing, still remains fringe. Homework for you: Look into just how reviled actors (and singers and sportsmen and such, stars of the entertainment industry) are becoming to the masses because of their constant sanctimonious moralizing at the masses from atop their high platforms. And look at why this is, and why we are all so distressed about what this will do to our community. And then there's their unbelievable hypocrisy and complete lack of self awareness, talking about global warming then jumping on a private jet or human rights then obeying instantly, without question, orders from Beijing. Pride symbols on social media but not on the twitter accounts for Middle Eastern countries. The list goes on and on and on...

It's not just Hollywood, it's everywhere. Twitter has picked up on it, reddit, youtube, Facebook, etc. It's spreading to other websites. It's spreading to work places. Look at the media and what people say when they cry censorship.

I am sure there are still web forums that haven't picked up on it yet but unless the website that hosts their forum decided to pick up on it, then the admins would be forced to have those guidelines on their forum as well or risk forum termination.

You don't need to go full woke. Especially for an insignificant place like this. The old ruleset was perfectly adequate.

I’ve seen people use Cracker on here and they didn’t mean the food item.

I wonder where the expression comes from of saying someone is "crackers".

Language is a strange thing. English, even weirder than most!

whip cracker if I'm not mistaken.

I assumed cracked in the head.

twiterverse priorities often has nothing to with real life.

Web forums tend to attract different demographics. If your website appeals to college students, influencers, coastal elites etc your users will likely accept the “progressive” definition. This site attracts a lot of older members. It because of that and because support and recognition for older autistics is so rare is why so many of us in that demographic prize this site so much. It is maybe why many of us agree with the traditional definition of racism and are not in the Fox news bubble and thus understand the “progressive” definition.

Cracker Barrel

polly wanna cracker.