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Oh no! I've been banned!
Mar. 31st, 2022 10:34 amI managed to get myself banned from /r/wow. Well, I had already quit the game, so... *shrugs*. That's the second forum I've ever managed to get banned from. I need to work harder on my cranky old lady reputation, obviously.
Note to anyone who posts on that subreddit: the mods don't like being argued with over whether or not something is hate speech. I don't like ridiculous language-policing. I do not believe that calling a concept "retarded" is hate speech.
I'm not sure I actually believe in "hate speech" as an objective concept. As actually used, it's a form of insult--and since any word can be used as an insult if delivered with the right tone and intent, all words are potentially "hate speech". I figured that out years ago and refuse to go down the road of crippling my native language because some people are stupid, hateful assholes. I refuse to self-censor out of fear that someone, somewhere might deliberately take offense. I refuse to jump on the Euphemism Treadmill.
In general, I don't write to intentionally offend people. If I deliberately offend you, you'll know it unless you are spectacularly oblivious. If you are the type of person to seek out sources of outrage and take offense where none was intended, I'm not here to please you.
Note to anyone who posts on that subreddit: the mods don't like being argued with over whether or not something is hate speech. I don't like ridiculous language-policing. I do not believe that calling a concept "retarded" is hate speech.
I'm not sure I actually believe in "hate speech" as an objective concept. As actually used, it's a form of insult--and since any word can be used as an insult if delivered with the right tone and intent, all words are potentially "hate speech". I figured that out years ago and refuse to go down the road of crippling my native language because some people are stupid, hateful assholes. I refuse to self-censor out of fear that someone, somewhere might deliberately take offense. I refuse to jump on the Euphemism Treadmill.
In general, I don't write to intentionally offend people. If I deliberately offend you, you'll know it unless you are spectacularly oblivious. If you are the type of person to seek out sources of outrage and take offense where none was intended, I'm not here to please you.
