[White Out 403]

Originally Posted by PepsiFree

The conversation is around the labels of racism. Yes, I think calling someone a piece of #### is probably over the top, but given that emotions run high in certain circumstances, it is what it is. We're all adults. Do they ban Crown and White Out for being rude in the heat of the moment and be done with it? Uh... I guess... or they could just let it simmer.

On the actual topic though, you weren't called racist, but have you actually reflected on what you said at all? You said "one poster is just allowed to come in and call other people racist pieces of #### because he doesn't like what they've said." Is that a fair comment to make? Do you really think it's just because he didn't like what he said? I've seen Crown dislike what a lot of people said, so it would make sense that his just calls anyone and everyone a racist piece of ####, right? Heaven help the people who make trade proposals he doesn't like!

Again, part of the statement was needless, and I know you are with a couple other people in thinking that "racist" is a bad word and should be reserved for only the most obvious of occasions. I know other posters believe calling someone racist should be grounds for a ban. But at a certain point, what are you actually defending when you brush off any claim of racism because it doesn't fit your notion of what racism looks like to you, a well-off white person, and go around criticising anyone who uses the word?

There are times to be a champion of decorum, politeness, and all that. When do you make the time to just stop and listen, instead of inerjecting, and ask "is this person, who has actually experienced racism unlike myself, seeing something I am missing." You can still disagree with the approach, but you dismissed Crown's position outright because of the approach. Is that any more fair than what he said about you?

I don't know if this on purpose, because you're a shrewd online agitator, but I take VERY little beef with someone calling me an #######. It's calling me a racist that is pissing me off. I don't care if he calls me an #######, if CP wants this place to be a foxnews comments section, so be it. But I won't stand for an internet troll to levy accusations of racism at me without an answer. #### him and his accusations of racism.