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Posted - 2013.09.26 05:40:00 -
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Void Echo wrote:honestly im surprised people still use those words as sexual insults... when I call a red or teammate a f-g, Im thinking hes an ******* that needs to get his ass kicked because hes being a ******* idiot in game and its getting in the way of me helping the team get a victory... im not thinking that hes a homosexual... I could care less about that if you can pull the trigger of your gun to kill the enemy.
I rarely ever think of sexuality when it comes to games, this lifestyle is still new and is going through growing pains, basically going through the stereotypes and sensitive issues.
true gamers don't care what the **** you are; male, female, gay, straight, lesbian, black, white. as long as you can help them to gain victory, youl have the respect you want.
its those little kids that care about what you are.. my advice, either stay away form the kids or kill them in battle and gloat about it.
good luck.
This proves the point. Constant use of the word (and others) has desensitized us to the word's true meaning. It's just like driving to and from work. You do it so often that your brain goes into "auto-pilot" and before you know it, you have reached your destination without much detail of how.
The "n" word is just ignorant when used, as it was born from a decrepid era yet is used as a socially accepted greeting. Baffles me really and I am part Black. The "f" word, when used to display anger or frustration towards someone is equally appauling. How would you like it if you were no longer called by your name and it was replaced instead based on a flaw of yours. "You aren't Greg anymore. I think we'll call you 'Captain McStubby' because you are missing one of your apendeges."
To people it offends, stand the hell up and say something because if you don't, 1. you are in no position to complain and 2. you are just as guilty by letting it continue should it offend someone else. Seriously.
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Lea Silencio
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Posted - 2013.09.26 05:50:00 -
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INFINITE DIVERSITY IDIC wrote:Rynoceros wrote:Call 'em out.
They have no problem voicing their opinion to one of us, why not everyone?
They should be just as proud of who they are in their bigotry. Let me be the first to say that I use the word gay in game when I die in a way I view as soft,, weak, or with feminine traits, I will not apologize for this as it has no direct derogatory insinuation toward someone who is gay, nor do gays own the rights to the word gay. As a matter of fact most of this post is gay...... There is some validity where personal attacks are concerned but this is within a corp surely they can simply seperate from one another, I mean does this need to be a public debate? I mean name calling? That's where we are?
When it offends someone, yes. What you intend when you say it is on YOU, but that doesn't mean it doesn't bother someone else. It takes, what, one second to say "apologies" and a tiny bit of self control to ensure it doesn't happen again? You CAN'T be THAT lazy, THAT unapologetic or THAT much of jerk, could you? Hell, it may teach you a little lesson in self-control. It has for me. I don't want to have fun talking and playing the way I do at someone else's expense. Why possibly ruin it for them when I have the power NOT to? |