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Vekter wrote:
You also told me that I had far too high expectations when I suggested that people on /tg/ not be racist.
Vekter wrote:I'm not going off of a specific ruling, just what I've been told by other admins. This is still something we should probably have a definitive ruling on, whether or not untargeted harassment is included.
Nervere on 11/14/2018 wrote:We have no interest in censoring the right to expression of others.
Other servers that have rules that restrict IC bigotry may better suit your interest, but this will never happen on /tg/.
Hulkamania on 08/21/2019 wrote:I'll borrow from Merriam Webster's second definition of harass:
"To create an unpleasant or hostile situation for especially by uninvited and unwelcome verbal or physical conduct "
/tg/ has always been about free speech, allowing people to say whatever stupid slur their heart desires, and no one is really bent out of shape about that. The issue arises when slurs become targeted, specifically used with intent to hurt anothers feelings in a very personal way. If you are not part of a minority group yourself, it can be genuinely difficult to understand what it's like to be treated differently than other people just for existing as someone of another skin color, gender identity, or sexuality. We have never and will never allow people to harass others freely on the server. Insults are fine, strong language is fine, but when you go beyond surface level trash talking and venture into very personal territory with the intent of singling out specific people, that's when it becomes an issue.
If you spammed the N word in chat repeatedly, that's one thing. If you discovered one of our players was black, then specifically referred to them as the N word from that point onwards, that's another issue entirely. This thread has been made in response to one specific instance regarding another player that is not entirely resolved as of the time of typing. This is not about some strange trend people are noticing, this appears on a surface level to be people afraid of losing their ability to be genuinely hurtful to other human beings just because you don't have to see them face to face.
We are not policing language, we are not making changes to police language, we are not adding policy that enforces the policing of language. We are policing the community and those who are in it who only have an interest in making other peoples experiences lesser. This is a 2d spaceman game, we're here to have fun and make people go horizontal, not remind each other that the world is a shitty place to live in and our fellow humans have the capacity to make it worse.
If you yourself are being personally harassed, message me or another head admin on the forums or discord so we can talk about resolving it. Sometimes we aren't aware that something is going on, but as soon as we are we will act on it to the best of our ability.
Stay safe out there spessmen.
BeeSting12 wrote:Therefore, banning someone for making a captains announcement not aimed at a specific person is outside the scope of the policy. Please educate yourself on the rules before you use nonexistent ones to ban people.
peoplearestrange wrote:Given the name of the hallway and the fact people were talking about this in OOC. Would this not be considered IC in OOC? and therefore muting OOC after a few people bring it up not a reasonable response to stop IC in OOC as would be any other situation?
Also another question to ask, Is muting OOC in someway infringing upon the rules or what we expect of admins?
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