The R word

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Has there ever been a time in this forums history where the word racist/racism gets used so frequently, as it does now? It's cropping up in numerous SC and GD threads on a daily basis and even gets flung in elsewhere, often completely off-topic as some kind of point scorer.

Is it purely down to what's happened recently in the US and the BLM movement or are people truly becoming more openly racist again?
 
It's just become the default term to use when someone wants to shut a discussion down is all.
 
People are becoming more openly racist again, and these race baiting articles are massive click generators that contribute towards dividing people.
 
It's to do with the upcoming election in the US. Media and higher ups stirring things up to create mass panic. People that tap into it are generally gullible, easily led and uninformed.
 
It's just become the default term to use when someone wants to shut a discussion down is all.

Exactly that. It's the same group of people who do it every time when they don't have a counter to facts or figures provided or something is presented that defeats their point of view.
 
Has there ever been a time in this forums history where the word racist/racism gets used so frequently, as it does now? It's cropping up in numerous SC and GD threads on a daily basis and even gets flung in elsewhere, often completely off-topic as some kind of point scorer.

Is it purely down to what's happened recently in the US and the BLM movement or are people truly becoming more openly racist again?
It's typically the usual suspects isn't it.

Their superhero power is the ability to make people scratch their heads with a mixture of confusion and annoyance.

As well as racism. But when they are racist they call it called "anti-racism".

It's just white noise.
 
People that tap into it are generally gullible, easily led and uninformed.
Exactly that.
It's typically the usual suspects isn't it.

Their superhero power is the ability to make people scratch their heads with a mixture of confusion and annoyance.

As well as racism. But when they are racist they call it called "anti-racism".

It's just white noise.
Yes it is the same usual suspects that start and then contribute to multiple threads that start and then go deep down the racist route. By racist I dont mean the use of the N word I mean the denigration of races or groups.

Its rare that a thread will be started on the subject with anti racism as the main plot, but it seems daily and often more than one thread that gets started by those that think minorities need to be quiet or put in their place.

Lets take the BLM thread. That should have been a discussion thread for talking about either perceived racism or actual racism. Sadly it was filled with mostly negative posts from the usual suspects about how and why they are different to 'us'.

You are right it is white noise and its offensive.
 
Oh ffs, this is getting so boring. Why can’t the mods just put a block on this constant forum spamming?

I would quite like to hear from the mods. If people are being more openly racist now, then why is it being tolerated?

Depending on the severity it’s a lengthy ban or even perma-ban if you post anything racist on here so...
 
Exactly that.
Yes it is the same usual suspects that start and then contribute to multiple threads that start and then go deep down the racist route. By racist I dont mean the use of the N word I mean the denigration of races or groups.

Its rare that a thread will be started on the subject with anti racism as the main plot, but it seems daily and often more than one thread that gets started by those that think minorities need to be quiet or put in their place.

Lets take the BLM thread. That should have been a discussion thread for talking about either perceived racism or actual racism. Sadly it was filled with mostly negative posts from the usual suspects about how and why they are different to 'us'.

You are right it is white noise and its offensive.
What the woke-team do is deliberately conflate attacks against them/against "woke" itself, with attacks on minorities.

It's a strategy.

Essentially - "If you're not with us you're against minorities (you racist)".
 
Its a classic tactic by some types...... they shout 'RACIST' to try and shutdown discussion of topics they dont like. Its not just this forum it is endemic of social media generally.
 
I would quite like to hear from the mods. If people are being more openly racist now, then why is it being tolerated?

Depending on the severity it’s a lengthy ban or even perma-ban if you post anything racist on here so...

Isn't this what the Forum Content Discussion section is for?

The past response has always been to report posts you feel are racist/break the rules and let the mods deal with it.
 
I would quite like to hear from the mods. If people are being more openly racist now, then why is it being tolerated?

Depending on the severity it’s a lengthy ban or even perma-ban if you post anything racist on here so...

Plenty of content gets removed, but I do share your frustration with a lot of the recent posts but as no rules are actually broken the recent dross remains.
 
What the woke-team do is deliberately conflate attacks against them/against "woke" itself, with attacks on minorities.

It's a strategy.

Essentially - "If you're not with us you're against minorities (you racist)".
Thats not really what happens. If you claim that anti racist are 'woke' what does it say about non anti racists?
Isn't this what the Forum Content Discussion section is for?

The past response has always been to report posts you feel are racist/break the rules and let the mods deal with it.

People have completely diluted the meaning of the word.
Unfortunalty people are more subtle than that.

Lets take this thread what is it about? Is it about people complaining that they cant have threads that are all about denigrating races or is it just white noise?

The proms thread isnt really about a song not being sung. Its about the percieved effect BLM has had on it. It wouldnt surprise me to find the same people dont understand the golliwog uproar.

It seems to me there are a lot of anti anti racist which I dont really understand.
 
I'm thinking about setting a bingo card up. You know whenever a topic comes up that discusses race, immigration etc, the same few people are always all over it. Strange that.

There's a couple posted already in here!
 
I would quite like to hear from the mods. If people are being more openly racist now, then why is it being tolerated?

Depending on the severity it’s a lengthy ban or even perma-ban if you post anything racist on here so...

OK ill bite.

You do know the guy who invented these forums was a white supremacist? That's a fact not up for debate.

So with such a person at the helm it seemed to attract fellow minded people. They have always been there it's just people turned a blind eye to it. The mods are likley all white so they will never see anything from the other side or if they are coloured likley whitewashed with no real sense of their ethnicity.

It's pretty obvious with all the race baiting threads and the same people spewing racist rhetoric.

Then you have all the ignorant who say they are pulling the race card. It's easy to say that when you have lived in an ivory tower your whole life and never been subjected to racism on a near constant basis.

I even remember the last time I took the train to work. Table of 4 with 1 spare seat. I sat down and the woman across from me giving me dirty looks. She lasted all of 15 seconds before she got up and left.

I also always noticed growing up if I was meeting friends in town or going to work. Nobody would sit in the spare seat next to me. Trust me I'm very approachable and don't smell before someone makes that comment.

People flock to others that are like them.

I have also been in the presence of people shouting black ******* and all sorts in the middle of a public place.

It's amazing how white people do literally nothing but look and stare.

Im not saying everyone is like the above but there is a lot more out there than people think because of the bubble they live in.
 
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