This forum.

MofoKilla said:
the pc brigade will allways win fact, so many people are to scared to voice there true opinion for fear of being branded "racist" its pathetic tbh.
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Nothing to do with being politically correct, however many people find racism and/or hateful opinions to be unacceptable.
 
Aedus said:
If you can't see the subtle racism then you're blind and stupid.

DD is notorious for it, for example:
We had the "Man feeds kitten to snake" thread by someone, fine people debated about it and said their views on the subject that a man has fed a kitten to a snake, did it say "White man feeds kitten to snake"? No, because that would be silly because his skin colour doesn't make the thing that he did any better or worse. But then we take a typical DD thread "Black man hits 96 year old veteran" "Muslims do this" as if him being black /muslim makes the situations worse and is clearly him looking for other people to get riled up because it was someone who was black/muslim doing it, it's not just a man hitting a veteran for example, oh no, it's a black man! Because it's a black man it makes it 50 times worse. Really?

Every single 1 of his threads is the same, all of his posts insinuate that because they're a different colour what they've done is worse than if a white person did it and that anyone of that race would do the same given half the chance, the funniest part is mods let him do it, not caring if he does insult people on the forum, nono, as long as he doesn't say the 4 letter P word for Pakistanis or the 6 letter word for black people it's fine, right?
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His attitude isn't that the bad things that non-white people do are worse because they're non-white, his attitude is that they do it because they're non-white. So in the case of the guy punching the 96 year old man, DD puts it across in a way to infer that the guy punched the 96 year old man because he's black, and that's the way uncivilised non-white people act.

DD is a deluded fool who places way too much importance on skin colour. He's a member of at least one white supremacist forum but denies it publicly here. I've noticed a very strange trend with racist people, they want to be racist, say racist things and do all the things associated with racist people, but take great offence to being called racist, I find it really weird that he is racist but won't admit it.

I do think it's weird the way mods let him do what he does though, and in some circumstances even indirectly back him up as well. I've had DD refer to me as a mongrel because of the fact that I'm mixed race, and I've seen him insult a lot of other people and yet for some weird reason it's either tolerated or completely ignored.
 
Gackt said:
Nothing to do with being politically correct, however many people find racism and/or hateful opinions to be unacceptable.
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Often more than not, these "opinions" held by racist people are ridiculed anyway for being absolute nonsense. It seems people think they can talk utter nonsense and it's okay if they claim it's their "opinion" and therefore they are entitled to think it and say it. People don't seem to understand that claiming something is an opinion doesn't make it "right" in anyway, it's either right or wrong regardless of whether some one claims it to be opinion. I find that's the main reason arguments about racism and related subjects get so heated because you get a load of troglodytes making ridiculous claims that aren't remotely true, but aren't willing to accept anything else because it's "their opinion".

Freedom of opinion and freedom of speech doesn't absolve anyone of the responsibility of thinking for themselves and making sure what they say is actually true and not complete fabricated crap.
 
This forum was far more racist 5 years ago. There were at least 4 prolific posters who held pretty extreme views and were happy to share them. I don't think the majority opinion has shifted, it's just that we now only have one regular poster who shares similar opinions.
 
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All of this tbh, and every other post he spews nonsense about the 'indigenous peoples', and how anyone 'indigenous' who welcomes ethnics is a 'traitor'.

Still, I believe he should be allowed to air his views. It really gives me a nice feeling (I'm an immigrant myself) to read all the posts rebutting him. As long as he's never put in a position where he actually has direct influence on other people's welfare, and as long as he doesn't physically act on his racism.
 
I have noticed this recently too, i was going to create a thread about it at some point but i had a few more points to articulate which takes me a while to get round to :p

It used to be funny to laugh at the OP (of those threads) when it was like one or two at a time, but now it's practically half the threads in GD. While i understand that brutality and the economy are related... come on humanity! :(

It also doesn't help that we don't have This Instant and Moment to retreat to.

I thought the forum was taking a good turn with the Space, Astronomy and Electronics (hopefully ham too soon, feek ;)) threads but i skip the vast majority of threads on here since they're either completely uninteresting or incredibly frustrating.
 
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p4radox said:
This forum was far more racist 5 years ago. There were at least 4 prolific posters who held pretty extreme views and were happy to share them. I don't think the majority opinion has shifted, it's just that we now only have one regular poster who shares similar opinions.
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This, and imo the level of racism in the userbase never really changes. The only thing that sways is the moderation, and how much if it is deleted/allowed. And obviously a forum is shaped by it's moderation!.
As an aside, imo when the racism picks up the general quality of posts always seems to drop, eerily, around the same time.
 
I thought I was the only one thinking this :-/ Past 8 months I've read a few threads here and there then thought this place has gone down the drain
 
Most forums simply say 'no racism' in the rules which is fair enough

If there are people on here that are openly racist and not banned then surely something should be done about this otherwise more idiotic racist rubbish will Continue to be posted?
 
HypnoToad said:
Most forums simply say 'no racism' in the rules which is fair enough

If there are people on here that are openly racist and not banned then surely something should be done about this otherwise more idiotic racist rubbish will posted
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Would those 'other forums' that you speak of be the ones that created the Urban Dictionary entry for Spie? ;)
 
normally i wouldnt comment on this thread, but here goes.

its been like this from as far back as i can remember. members commenting on topics they have no knowledge of or replying in for sale threads that they have no interest in buying.

trolling for reactions.

i know i have been a member for over a year, but i have been reading posts on this forum for nearly 10 years now. furthermore i have been purchasing cpu's when overclockers were selling 333mhz cpu's.

ohh thats right, i do not have 250 posts, so i dont have access to the members market.
 
PermaBanned said:
Would those 'other forums' that you speak of be the ones that created the Urban Dictionary entry for Spie? ;)
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PermaBanned said:
Would those 'other forums' that you speak of be the ones that created the Urban Dictionary entry for Spie? ;)
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'A black person hit an old man, and a gang of black Muslim women beat up a white girl'

'OMG you Spie!'

??? But it really happened? And whats a Spie?
 
MeEsH BaKkA said:
Perhaps im getting older and more cynical but it seems this forum has drastically changed since as little as 5 years ago
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Actually, it was worse. You used to see this kind of stuff from some of the Dons. I think those concerned realised it would probably do too much harm to the company brand (some comments in particular from Spie started some chatter across the web), and restrained things here as well as themselves.
 
HypnoToad said:
Most forums simply say 'no racism' in the rules which is fair enough

If there are people on here that are openly racist and not banned then surely something should be done about this otherwise more idiotic racist rubbish will Continue to be posted?
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Please define racism before suggesting that there should be a blanket 'no racism' rule.

I know this seems like a stupid point however; upon recently being in a Primary school staff room, I saw a sign, which is required by law to be up (or so I was told), that defined what schools had to take racism as. The definition was roughly as follows:
'Racism is where any person involved in an incident, or who witnesses an incident where one person treats another in a way that they deem to be racially offensive."

This is what definition our SCHOOLS have to go on, and frankly it is ridiculous. The head at the time agreed with me. On this basis I could say that you calling me British is racist on the basis that I am particularly retarded and would rather you called me English/Scottish or whatever actual country it. This is admittedly an extreme example. But I must say it is particularly hard to draw the line on what is racist. Some people may find a joke I make about a Black person hilarious. Others may say it's racist. It's all down to personal interpretation, which is a huge issue. But just because one person says it is Racist, it does not necessarily mean that it is. It could just be that the person is an Idiot.

Now don't get me wrong, I have seen some blatantly racist comments recently, and if I'm thinking, at the time, I'll hit the report button, leave a brief comment, and I tend to see it dealt with a few hours later, if it wasn't deleted, I'd imagine the mod who saw it deemed it not racist in context or the such like, in which case, fair enough, I may well have been over-reacting, as others have different opinions.

Personally I think it's great that we have the right to speak out. Whilst I find the racist comments disgusting, at least it gives me a chance to try and understand the people's opinions, rather than being just as ill informed as them. Maybe they do actually have some valid points - unlikely but possible. To add to this argument I'd also like to mention that I recently heard on the news (last year or so), that they were considering censoring all books deemed racist, from going to print. So you'd see some incredible classics, and contextually educational pieces of classic fiction disappear. Uncle Tom's Cabin for example would vanish, this is the book that Abe Lincoln said to the Author "So you're the woman who started this war" - talking about the Civil War. It points out that sometimes (rarely), these views can help me gain an understanding of peoples arguments. If I understand their argument it is much better to provide a logical counter argument rather than just harassing them for their views. A good counter argument that might change their opinion is much better than a simple "stop being a racist."

PermaBanned said:
Would those 'other forums' that you speak of be the ones that created the Urban Dictionary entry for Spie? ;)
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Just read this, made me Lol.

kd
 
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