Helmholtz Watson said:
Clearing the Eye said:
Helmholtz Watson said:
Creatural said:
And it's not freaking out, it's not becoming offended, it's being triggered.
Your arguing over semantics now.
Creatural said:
Also, it's not inconceivable, again you have part of this article as documentation of that fact and plenty of places you could be looking for that information. You could also actually read what we've said and realize that it's not inconceivable with that body of information provided to you as well.
Seeing as not everybody is going to read this, it is inconceivable.
Clearing the Eye said:
Helmholtz Watson said:
No, I think it is a place where you and I can express ourselves freely. I have the right to say that I "raped" the last match and you have the right to tell me off and mute me for using the term rape in such a manner.
I think some people consider anything they dislike to actually be objectively bad and therefore demand its removal, as if doing so is logical and true. They come at things from the perspective wherein their opinion is correct or "the most correct," rather than seeing issues of conflicting opinions as matters of taste and bias, where nothing is more or less correct and where what an individual
feels carries no weight.
We all do it from time to time. Some more than others.
...um ok? Just making an observation I take it?
Yea, sorry, lol. Was kind of adding to what you were talking about.
Carry on!
lol, ok I will. FYI, you made some good points though
Why thank you.
I argue against the use of certain words from time to time. Like the other day, someone used ****** to describe a party they disliked. As if being a "******" was something worthy of insult. I commented and more or less told them not to use the word in such a manor in future, should they want people to care what you have to say, reminding him how offensive the phrase can be to others. I actively tried to "prove" they were wrong in using the word.
A few people agreed with me and a few bashed me, calling me overly sensitive. Long story short, I think we all let our bias override our logic sometimes. While calling someone out and/or ignoring them is perhaps the best option, it can be hard not to forget just what opinions are and how little personal taste weighs when it comes to any form of true right and wrong, and to argue from a position you personally consider to be the high ground.
It's all well and good for some people here to demand others discontinue the use of rape to describe a crushing victory. To a certain degree I can empathize--after all, what harm is there in someone not using a word that upsets some people? But at the end of the day, I must remember: we're all equal and no one has to stop doing something they want because another doesn't want to hear it. Why should person A change their language to suit person B? Or C, D, E, F and G?
If we argue against things we dislike, purely because we dislike them, we don't have a leg to stand on. After all, no one is more or less important than anyone else in a free country.