View Poll Results: Should we be able to use the word 'nigga' in Wibbles
Yes, allow it
51 Votes / 57.95%
No, ban it
37 Votes / 42.05%
Voters: 88. You may not vote on this poll
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Original Post
Should we be able to use the word 'nigga' in Wibbles?
<~suomynona> ele: you're totally right about racial slurs in that post, yes.
<~suomynona> ele: Not aware of those exceptions, and I don't feel like making them for wibbles in this case.
<~suomynona> make a poll in S&I if you feel strongly about it.
I've been instructed to post here instead of the Wibbles 'Rules' thread. You can read and catch up with what's going in there (or maybe you can't, suo's moving posts to different threads). I'll briefly explain.
Currently, we are not allowed to say something like 'wuts gud ma nigga' or 'hahaha yeah nigga!' in Wibbles.
The pesky global rules say that whenever somebody says the word 'nigga', they're being racist and their post needs to be deleted/infracted. Clearly this not always the case. People can use the word 'nigga' without it being a racist attack on someone. It's all about the intent of the person using it.
So I know I, and a lot of other people, would like to be able to use that word in it's non-racist context. We're not talking about being able to use it everywhere in Toribash (the higher-ups definitely wouldn't go for that), we're just talking about letting people use it in Wibbles.
So, if you're behind this idea, vote for it in the poll. If you're not, then pick the other option.
<~suomynona> ele: Not aware of those exceptions, and I don't feel like making them for wibbles in this case.
<~suomynona> make a poll in S&I if you feel strongly about it.
I've been instructed to post here instead of the Wibbles 'Rules' thread. You can read and catch up with what's going in there (or maybe you can't, suo's moving posts to different threads). I'll briefly explain.
Currently, we are not allowed to say something like 'wuts gud ma nigga' or 'hahaha yeah nigga!' in Wibbles.
The pesky global rules say that whenever somebody says the word 'nigga', they're being racist and their post needs to be deleted/infracted. Clearly this not always the case. People can use the word 'nigga' without it being a racist attack on someone. It's all about the intent of the person using it.
So I know I, and a lot of other people, would like to be able to use that word in it's non-racist context. We're not talking about being able to use it everywhere in Toribash (the higher-ups definitely wouldn't go for that), we're just talking about letting people use it in Wibbles.
So, if you're behind this idea, vote for it in the poll. If you're not, then pick the other option.
Last edited by Ele; Oct 3, 2016 at 10:08 AM.
Originally Posted by nikosefs
i said they will try to get away,not that they will succeed in it,
i mean some people will try to push the boundaries of the rule,yapping
how they were not racist when in fact they were.
Better they learn they were being racist in wibbles instead of in game or on any other threads.
People already push the boundaries of what conduct is acceptable nigga or no nigga.
How is giving nigga to users in wibbles going to change that is such a substantial way that we would need to take the word away?
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Originally Posted by Mercurit
"Hey faggot, this thread sucks lmao"
"Shut up you nigga"
^ Firstly was ironic, secondly can be taken as a racial slur
No one says "you nigga" in a friendly manner, using it that way makes it a slur.
Now if you said hey nigga this thread sucks that's not using it in a hurtful way.
Not that complicated.
Last edited by Pimp; Oct 3, 2016 at 01:57 PM.
Reason: <24 hour edit/bump
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I agree, but I don't think everyone else would agree and that's the issue isn't it.
Most people read 'look at this faggot' as being homophobic
But if I infract a guy for that, what I'm gonna get very often is him saying "so-and-so is my friend we're just having fun - people were able to say fag in this thread and this other thread so why not me?"
Keep in mind what the actual point of my post is - I'm not asking if you think 'look at this faggot' is homophobic but rather I'm wondering where you draw the line and how you'd decide what's allowed, what's not, what's just a regional dialect and if that should be allowed and so forth.
Most people read 'look at this faggot' as being homophobic
But if I infract a guy for that, what I'm gonna get very often is him saying "so-and-so is my friend we're just having fun - people were able to say fag in this thread and this other thread so why not me?"
Keep in mind what the actual point of my post is - I'm not asking if you think 'look at this faggot' is homophobic but rather I'm wondering where you draw the line and how you'd decide what's allowed, what's not, what's just a regional dialect and if that should be allowed and so forth.
Originally Posted by Fear
what you're asking for is a less absolute rule, to be replaced instead by a context-based rule where we punish based on intention right
Yep. Not even asking for it in every board, just Wibbles.
Originally Posted by Fear
i say: people are still gonna push it to the absolute limits of human ingenuity just to be assholes, but I guess we could at least try it
Originally Posted by Icky
This pretty much hits the nail on the head.
Mhm, no harm in trying it.
) Then give them some lean way, and teach them what's ok and not ok but If you tell them you can't say faggot here and they keep doing it, handle it.
