[quote="Mit"]it'd be really cool if someone cleaned up the LGBT thread because letting psid get away with no warning for that is definitely a bad idea![/quote] Psid was warned before and after this topic was posted. Another example of people who are not the staff claiming to know how the staff should do their jobs with minimal information. I left around the time he really got goin but I assure you I would've handled it beyond that initial warn had I been seeing l around.

So... Is it necessary to talk about Waluigi so he does not feel discriminated against?

[quote="No Name"]So... Is it necessary to talk about Waluigi so he does not feel discriminated against?[/quote] What even is your point? Are you saying you're in favor of banning lgbt content?

Waluigi should not feel attacked, here. This is a safe place.

[quote="Magnemania"]Waluigi should not feel attacked, here. This is a safe place.[/quote] :nope:

[quote="No Name"]So... Is it necessary to talk about Waluigi so he does not feel discriminated against?[/quote] [quote="Magnemania"]Waluigi should not feel attacked, here. This is a safe place.[/quote] so are you guys both twelve years old or are you just bad people

Comparing lgbt discrimination such as displayed in the lgbt thread to excluding a fictional character, I don't even know what you think it is you're doing.

Don't you get it? They're just joking around.

And that isn't appropriate when discussing harassment? Like, it's childish and shows that they don't take the matter seriously when people do kill themselves over the kind of harassment that has happened on MFGG, past and present.

This identity politics crap reminds me of why I don't miss MW, rofl

[quote="BullockDS"]This identity politics crap reminds me of why I don't miss MW, rofl[/quote] yeah it's so much better to be on a forum where you can demand that gay people stop being gay but you can't make jokes about fan games

[quote="BullockDS"]This identity politics crap reminds me of why I don't miss MW, rofl[/quote] And we certainly don't miss your bigoted, misguided views on life either. Good riddance. It's not fucking "politics". These are human beings you're fucking talking about. I hope karma kicks your ass, to be quite honest.

Please please please please please don't let this topic devolve into another shouting contest I'm all for clarifying in the rules that language relating to bashing someone for their sex or race or orientation is bad and should not be tolerated, especially when it's done to get a rise out of people Having said that, violently lashing out at said offensive people should also be frowned upon. Civil debates, sure, but when it gets down to a screaming match both sides are making the problem. The best option is to put yourself above those offensive people, realise that their mind probably isn't gonna be changed on a Mario forum of all places, and ignore them. Add them to your foes lists so you can't see their posts and move on.

Sorry but when your mods won't do anything until hours later and all a bigoted troll gets is a slap on the wrist, it's a bit much to ask the targeted to quiet down and watch their tone. I do not agree with this sentiment. Get your act together first and then we can talk about "let's all just get along" platitudes.

Could you at least try getting along instead of being so confrontational? I'm voicing an opinion, not speaking for the mods or anything like that. All you're doing now is alienating those who would be on your side, which includes me. Like, I agree that the whole event was a fiasco and should have been handled better. But I'm trying to at least be calm and rational about it rather than bite people's heads off just because they're not a hundred percent in lockstep with what I think.

I'm confrontational because I, and others, was gaybashed on a Mario forum of all places and everyone keeps telling me to quiet down and accept it. This is not okay. If you choose to alienate yourself from me, that's your decision and not my problem.

[quote="Zero Kirby"]Having said that, violently lashing out at said offensive people should also be frowned upon. Civil debates, sure, but when it gets down to a screaming match both sides are making the problem. The best option is to put yourself above those offensive people, realise that their mind probably isn't gonna be changed on a Mario forum of all places, and ignore them. Add them to your foes lists so you can't see their posts and move on.[/quote] in what universe does "stop being gay" prompt a civil debate no matter how little you care about lgbt rights, you at least need to acknowledge this: members of this site logged on for a day and were so repulsed seeing the staff allow flagrant homophobia that they don't ever want to come here or post their work here again. that's no way to run a functional website, especially a site about fucking mario fan games. i do agree though, this thread is no place for a debate about anything other than what the anti-discrimination rule should consist of. i'm going to report off-topic posts from this point onward.

[quote="Pedigree"]I'm confrontational because I, and others, was gaybashed on a Mario forum of all places and everyone keeps telling me to quiet down and accept it. This is not okay. If you choose to alienate yourself from me, that's your decision and not my problem.[/quote] I'm not one of the ones telling you to quiet down and accept it, I'm telling you to calm down and be civil about it. Being super angry in tone and confrontational only confirms and biases against you that people may already have and damages the strength of your point. Like I said, what happened was wrong, you have every right to be upset and in the moment of the topic, I get it. But making near every post of yours an attack on other people, whether they deserve it or not, and in a topic literally trying to fix the problem, does not gain you any empathy

Look, you can't tell me to be calm in a thread where someone seriously suggested that LGBT content be banned and that people keep illegitimizing my concerns by making jokes that Waluigi is being discriminated against while some other member claims this is all just identity politics on MW, especially not after I was harassed in an LGBT support thread (or what was supposed to be) for hours by a troll before moderators did a single thing to address it. Reminder that someone was banned for posting gifs faster than this blatant discrimination "for the lulz" was dealt with.

You keep saying I'm not being civil, when in reality the other side never was being civil in this thread in the first place.