ekaterina wrote: ↑Wed Aug 16, 2023 6:24 pm
You are assuming they are separate concepts to begin with, and I didn't mention furries at all, you did.
It's one thing to be attracted to a person
despite or
regardless of that person wearing cat ears. To be attracted to a person
because of her wearing cat ears is to be attracted to animal traits, that's zoophilia, otherwise known as bestiality, which is what I was referring to.
So you're saying that a person that likes a fake anime woman with cat ears is the same as a real human that wants to shag sheep ? Because that's what you're saying, and i'm sure that most people who want to fuck catgirls (which again, aren't all people who play felinids) want to fuck cats.
ekaterina wrote: ↑Wed Aug 16, 2023 6:24 pm
That's nowhere near equivalent, it's a false analogy. Race is not a thought, it's a physical characteristic that people didn't choose. You can't argue that someone is a racist because of the person's race by definition, like you can with the above.
Race is a dumb word, as we use it in english we basically mean "skin color, and where they "come from"", i use it, because that's the word people use, but i use it as i would ethnicity, ethnicity also implies cultural bagage, someone who's white in america won't end up with the same cultural bagage as someone who's black. Inherent characteristics impact your life, and that shapes who you are.
While being white isn't something you choose, it's something you'll see in others. Tribalism will push you towards liking people who are like you more easily than others. White people are more likely to be white supremacists, because it's a set of ideas that favors them, just like black people are more likely to be black supremacists. That's just how things are. Inherent characteristics shape the person you are. If you are gay you're less likely to be homophobic, even if it still happens.
ekaterina wrote: ↑Wed Aug 16, 2023 6:24 pm
... how is it wild?
It's not wearing cat ears that means you're into bestiality, it's being into people doing so. It's a form of bestiality.
You're equating the two in how you write.
ekaterina wrote: ↑Wed Aug 16, 2023 6:24 pm
How so?
Is playing a man inherently fetishistic ? Does playing a dwarf character make you a dwarf fucker ? You're the one making the assertion here, not me.
ekaterina wrote: ↑Wed Aug 16, 2023 6:24 pm
Doing something ironically is still doing it. I think we established that precedent in almost every single rule 8 ban. People think doing something sexual is funny, they do it, claim "it was just a prank, bro" but get banned anyway.
Having sex is inherently sexual. Pretending to have sex is inherently sexual. Because you're mimicking sex.
Uwuspeech isn't, playing a catgirl isn't. How would it be ?
ekaterina wrote: ↑Wed Aug 16, 2023 6:24 pm
It's reciprocal. You seem like a friendly individual and a good admin, but I have found some of your forum posts to contain bizarre radical leftist ideas.
Thanks, that'll make a very good signature, i didn't have anything to put there.
This overall thread feels very silly to me.
Even with my limited experience within the admin team i think i can easily say timberpoes is one of the better admins ? I didn't see them at any point being too harsh, they're one of the most forgiving admins in general, i'm probably biased because i end up agreeing with them most of the time, but in terms of policy they just have the takes that seem the most reasonable. Declaring that you regret voting for them over being unable to use an imaginary slur without IC repercusions is silly.
No one is stopping you from inventing new slurs for lizards. "Ligger" is just awful, it's unimaginative and a relica of a time where bigotry was more accepted on TG, stepping away IC from proxy racism towards more fantastist speciesism akin to the elves vs dwarves thing is a sane path to go towards.
Also allowing people to fight back when they meet IC specism is pretty based IMO, and the "don't fight back" close is just to prevent people spamming "ligger" in order to self antag.
I'm not going to argue further, because i doubt i'll have any real impact on you, this is the internet after all. Hope we can joke together in a few years about how silly you were.