Yoshimako
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Posted - 2008.08.28 10:36:00 -
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Edited by: Yoshimako on 28/08/2008 10:38:03
 Originally by: Davina Braben
Edited by: Davina Braben on 27/08/2008 20:31:09
Some people thing it's A-Ok to use racial slurs in addition to the standard lexicon of vaguelly homophobic language.
Would you all be as quick to condemn the author of that article if they were complaning about the way some alliances throw "Jew" and "******" around?
I kind of doubt it.
Seriously. Black person complaining about racial harassment in EVE. Would you be saying they should just suck it down and people are using that language in an ironic fashion?
I'm not saying I agree with the author (although belonging to no minority that's ever been oppressed I'm not sure I'd be qualified to agree or disagree) but I do think it's a peculiar double standard.
I use alot of racial slurs tbh, i also use the "thats so gay" etc. I'm not racist, and I'm certainly not homophobic. Yes these words are offensive still but i think it is steadily changing.
For instance, black people started using the word ****** themselves to take the power of it away from people that were really using it maliciously, that was an awesome idea!
Let's not beat around the bush okay, what black people used to have to go through (and still do in some places) is horrific. I mean utterly disgusting. There is no excuse for it at all. None. Ever.
The world now is fortunately quite a bit more tolerant now, it isn't perfect by any means, but it's getting there, it isn't going to happen over night either.
But with the rise in popularity of black culture (and as funny as it is all the wannabe white boys running around pretending to be black) the use of the word n*gger and other such slurs have been totaly taken out of context.
Yes, technically they are still horrible words, but think about it. If it carries on like this then in 20-50 years then such words will be pretty much meaningless.
Thats my way of looking at things like that anyway. No i'm not exactly going to walk in to a room full of black people and start spouting words like that but thats only beacuse i don't want to offend people. Afterall not everyone is of the same mind, and ofcourse the people that have had to suffer such slurs really being directed towards them, are not going to like them in most cases.
As for on the internet, you need to 'man-up' some people as we all know, are just out to hit buttons. Deal with it, ignore them, whatever. But remember the more you whine, the worse they will be.
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