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Originally Posted by SeeBass
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?
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Is this directed at me? You've quoted my post, but I honestly don't know how to respond to it. I'm not all that familiar with the postings of the two posters you have mentioned. I'm not American, nor religious, so I can't speak all that intelligently about any persecution or exclusion they might feel. I don't tend to read religious threads because they don't interest me, so I can't even give an opinion as a third party.
I sincerely hope you are not suggesting that because it happens to one group, we should all just deal with it or c'est la vie. I hope that you've quoted my post to highlight that other groups should be included in this discussion of, well, inclusion.
If it's true and you feel strongly about it, you should discuss it with the mods or start a thread to discuss it. It truly would be hypocritical of me if I suggested that Americans or religious people should just suck it up and deal with it, so I would say that taunting and name calling is occurring, it should stop.
It is a difficult discussion to have, how to be inclusive without ruining our ability to freely express our opinions. We want to make sure everyone can share their opinions, but to do that, a line needs to be drawn and my line might be far away from everyone else's.