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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Oh I do notice it trust me but it appears it's kind of flying over your head. I'm bringing attention to why the site disallows certain threads like ones that show pictures of scantily clad females in order to make this site friendly to new members, etc but it's perfectly fine to call out posters for being racists and bigots. We all know what I said has merit. I don't have any issue with people regardless of their race or skin color but I do disagree with religions and cultures that aren't tolerant of other beliefs or cultures. I don't blame the people because nobody can choose what they are born into but I do blame the cultures and religions for a lot of the senseless violence across this planet. I'm allowed to have that opinion and I shouldn't be called a bigot or racist for stating my opinion.
We here a lot from visitors how hostile this place can be and this thread exemplifies that. It seems some people can't disagree without insulting others as that Shantz guy did. Yes I did insult him back but I was extremely upset by him characterizing me as a racist & bigot and I wanted to get the moderators attention as I don't feel this should be acceptable behavior. I don't know about the moderators but I certainly have succeeded in bringing some of my biggest fans out of the woodwork.
I've heard talk from mods like Jiri that they strive to be better than other sites and it has come a long way in the last year as the usual suspects have toned down their acts and things have been for the most part more civil but calling people racist is such an insult that it's my belief this shouldn't be acceptable as it simply isn't constructive. The mods can give me an infraction or put me in the sin bin for countering an insult to my character and that's fine but if it results in the other guy getting an infraction as well it's been well worth it for me as it will make this a better place and something we should strive for.
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Calling someone an idiot doesn't make this a better place. Just so we are clear on that.
I think this discussion actually is quite interesting - and clearly a sensitive one. So we've allowed it to continue and are taking a more relaxed position than normal in modding it - to allow it to continue.
But know that your post wasn't something we looked at and said "Yup in this case EE was right to insult a poster".
So don't take a lack of infraction as validation.
We can lock the thread, dish out infractions - or allow the discussion to continue which actually has some valuable pieces to it.