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Originally Posted by Eastern Girl
I don't know what's left to say. I'm not sure I have much left in me to say truthfully. I feel very strongly about this topic and my opinion has not swayed. I maintain that this board can be a very unwelcoming place for the religious and americans. I think the way I have been treated (by some, not all) in this thread and others serves as an example of how unwelcoming this site can be for the religious and americans.
I posted my thoughts, after being asked for them, and I took a beating for it. I've been called whiny, loud, self righteous, childish, hypocritical, too sensitive/PC, and was part of the squeaky wheel club. And why? Because I asked people to think before they speak. Some took what I thought was a simple request, and turned it on its ear talking about extreme "what if" scenarios. It hurts to see an argument that I thought was made sincerely and thoughtfully belittled and rejected as imagined anti religious and Canadian inferiority complex.
It's especially unfair, in my opinion, because all we did was ask for some consideration and respect. I didn't ask for a complete crackdown on anything remotely directed at the religious or americans. I am honestly shocked at the reaction. I didn't think this would be such a controversial situation. I am a very laid back person, but some of what I have read in this thread truly breaks my heart. I have a religious American friend and I weep thinking about what she is going to have to face in her lifetime.
I thought we had a decent discussion going on at times, but it's been derailed with discussion and focus on my avatar. So in the interest of moving forward, I will take down my avatar. I am doing this so we can move on with the discussion and we can hopefully come to some understanding of what can be done to better the site. I am also hoping that others will follow suit and reconsider their avatars.
Since this post seems to be creeping into martyrdom territory, I will wrap this up by saying that I really do feel strongly about this topic. I've experience discrimination on a near daily basis, so it is difficult to not respond to some posts with anything but anger. If my anger got the better of me as a result, I apologize. If you think I've been childish, please don't let that paint our whole argument as simple angry ramblings that are without merit.
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Would PMking or Hoz been thanked just as much if they had these feelings in regards to some of the posts you read on Godless apostate or US mass shooting or US politics? I read some of the posts and I must commend some of the US posters on here. They are full of generalizations and ignorant comments directed at massive populations. I believe we have lost some American posters on here from such comments. I know I wouldn't feel very included or welcome either if I was on a US site reading constant Canadian bashing.
If some women posters have had negative feelings to some comments and pictures that is more than fair. If CP used those parameters to delete a thread then fine. Action was taken and the reasons defended.
My question is why do we not use the same measurement for the constant attack on the religious and americans?
CP shouldn't be cherry picking issues and ignoring others. If CP and other posters are going to walk the talk then it looks just silly not to include everyone that may be offended.
I of course expect the follow up posts about how sexism is different from anti Americanism or anti religious comments. Yes they are different but if you were at work and said many of the same statements in front of a person of faith or an American and they told HR. Would you think that you were in the right still?
If we have set a bar at why a thread is deleted then that bar should be set for everybodies desire to feel inclusive?