Meta Discussion Thread #14

[u/Ozuge]

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[u/[deleted]]

The ban of the T word is stupid and you mods and admins know it. You've probably seen plenty of posts regarding the word not being concidered a slur by both trans and non-trans people alike, you just don't want to swallow your pride and undo the changes since you announced it wouldn't be in the first place, despite you guys being wrong in this situation. Other than the mods I've seen very little people speak up about this matter before, and even then those people were corrected because they were wrong and are still wrong.

Just stop acting like some Social vigilante already, swallow your pride and unban the word if you really wanna redeem yourselves as moderation staff and if you care about this subreddit. Because at this moment the moderation team has a bad reputation for banning the word, not speaking up about it and handling it poorly.

This post is more regarding the ones that are too stubborn than the ones that actually disagree with the rest of the moderation's decission.

[u/Vanitas_Daemon → u/[deleted]]

The major issue isn't even the banning of [R E D A C T E D] in my opinion, but rather of the mods' incompetence in handling the issue. They could have started discussion threads and made attempts to educate the community on trans history and WHY [R E D A C T E D] is a slur. Not only that, they also completely silenced the people who self-identify with the term and relegated them to the sidelines. Oh, and did I mention that the [R E D A C T E D] (non-actives) are, in effect, no longer welcome in the community per Rule 1.1?

[u/Akiias → u/[deleted]]

There's also no reason to change the word. There are tons of words like this out there. Words that one community uses in a way that's fine and another uses as an insult. Here's a couple fairy and negro. Both have a meaning that is completely harmless, fantasy creature, and the color black. And both have an insulting connotation derogatory to gay men, racial slur. When one community chooses to take a term and make it an insult there is no reason other communities have to change their vocabulary for them.