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.

Here are the guys at "Extra Credit" on harassment

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dt9GwmOWoqo

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.

You can't split the meaning of a word like that, because that's not the way that language works. Arguing that "I don't mean it that way" is absolutely meaningless- no one else can hear your thoughts, and putting up a disclaimer like that doesn't win you a free pass. Invoking a word will always call to mind every definition, positive and negative, of that word.

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?

I'd also like to bring up the topic of verbally bashing those with disabilities, especially autism (which, for whatever reason, gets a terrible rap on Eve, and to a lesser extent here).

My past job had me working as a school bus aide for disabled children. These are some of the nicest kids I've ever had the pleasure of getting to know, and it makes me furious when I see people saying things that generalize all disabled people as incapable of thought or emotion.

It's that moment where you want to reach your fist through the headset and bash their face inward.

It's hard to treat a word as "just a word" when it has a boatload of history weighing it down...

I find it sad that you are so weak then, where I grew uo if you needed someone to stand by you were kicked down. Too many people in this day in age have become weak little babies. Grow up, if you cant deal with a word then dont use the internet and dont leave the plastic bubble you must live in.

This goes for anyone and everyone.

Alright. THIS wasn't directed TO me, but I was witness to this, and I would call these "KIDS" out, but in all, it would just harm the victim more. But this is something I want to bring to you, the adult side of this community.

I got a friend into this game who is gay. Now, I'm not saying cartwheels, rainbows coming from his arse, but he does enjoy the company of men.

WELL, hes stayed with the game, and enjoyed it properly. Got him self, now, i think close to 12m SP. So, yes, invested some time into this, got him into " my corp" ( I use this term loosely now) and have had some great time.

All was fine till, after a while, he's noticed a large some of the community ( with in game) and with in the corp of some words going around. He doesnt like people screaming F.A.G. in an unfavorable term. As in, you get killed and hear "F'ing F.A.G.". Let me repeat, with in game, he hears people scream this and is getting offended by this. Even from this corp I spoke of earlier.

A town hall meeting has come up and I brought this up. The response "He should learn to HTFU and learn to get over it", to as far as "This is how I talk. If he doesn't like this, he should leave"
My response to this was immediately, "You are justifying being an a-hole. You don't want to change how you talk around this guy, but would much rather continue the way you talk, not in regard to how you might actually offend this guy"

Well, you can see how long he stayed with in the corp. I even left friends and family to even follow him on his journey in being blue. And guess what, this wasn't just there, even in other corps, but it did do something.

The previous corp, the group caught wind of why he left, and it had others spool up and raise their hands saying "this also offends me"

One of them was black. I then received a message outside of game saying "F'ng 'n' ( yes, the n-bomb) should learn to grow up, and HTFU because life is unfair, people ingeneral, in the real world are going to talk to him like that and he should just learn to adjust"

This continued back and forth down to it ending in being called a "n-bomb lover" ( please replace n-bomb for a more or less, 6 letter word starting with n, a few g's, and a 'R')

Well, the corp soon got them selves a holding cell for new players, to teach and mold new players. Cohoerted my friend to rejoin, under new management, and rather a good guy did talk him back in, including the black guy from before.

Long story short, someone in that first corp told me they are now planing on closing this previous corp because they let both of these two in, because of how they left this first corp ( which I seen them leave under the terms of "I'm tired of hearing my sexuality being constantly used in a negative text, and treatment of race ( including N-bombing) is not acceptable as an adult."

So, I come to you guys, he doesnt know the corp he is in, is going to nuke, and take out some rather good names from the corp as...as far as I can tell, because of being a child.

So I ask you, was anyone being in the wrong here? Should I make this corp public ( I won't but I gotta ask)

I'm just left baffled, that someone can confront another, asking them to quit and they can just "I don't want to change, it is YOU that has to change"

I felt I needed to share and start making this public.

TL;DR crowd

Calling that red dot that gunned you down a "gay" can offend people in your squad. And has, and has escalated to an almost ridiculous point that, I want this a little out there.

........d not struggling with who you are.

Why would i ? im awesome....

;)

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.

Remember...you can't cure "stupid". And ignorance? Well, that is just a deadlier strain of stupid.

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True, it makes us unafraid of pc libs and there hate speech doctrine that attempts to control how we think. We in my country are free and that independent cavalier mentality will be present anywhere you see my name and as such it carries the right to hurl dreadful insults at the red dot that CAN'T EVEN HEAR IT, as for the ladies it offended second hand, you have a mute button, block button, leave corp button, or my personal recomendation an uninstall dust button........

why is this thread still here?

the matter is over, resolved. go on with your character's life.

don't care lol... your still an awesome ass hole