What turned the community so sensitive?

[Element of Smash]

I'm sorry but the this is kind of a ridiculous false equivalency. The word ****** is in a different world than **** and gay because it was a word created for and used as a part of a systematic process to oppress a particular group for over a century. Obviously the terms gay and **** hold no such significance. Their corresponding equivalence would probably be ****** or *****, although ***** has become a lot more common place and acceptable to the point of which it hardly holds any offense significance beyond feminists who are looking to get upset..

The beauty in this is that everything you tried to compare to was also censored.

I think that speaks volumes.

 

[smashbroskilla]

One issue is that generally the people saying these terms are unacceptable aren't the ones who are even offended by it, and they arbitrarily pick out which words are unacceptable and really do facilitate the concept that these victims are more special than others.

There's a lot of terms we throw around that might trigger or offend people. "Murder" "Cancer" "Toxic" "******" and even "Stupid" and "Ginger" have had arguments made for why they shouldn't be said.

It's great you want to be more inclusive, but in the end people need to be objective. Banning words in their entirety, regardless of their use is silly. Me telling you that you got ***** by m2k shouldn't be any less acceptable than telling you that you got murdered by him.

You can project the idea that I'm ignorant due to not being apart of a commonly ridiculed group (which you don't know, please don't project) but in the end, objectivity is the ideal. Not this "your rights end where my feelings begin" bull****.

If you're uncomfortable with a phrase, ask people to avoid them. But demanding it and rallying people against anyone who refuses to censor themselves is not the answer.

a-****ing-men. you win the internets for today sir

 

[rawrimamonster]

I feel like if I were to be active again, I would have to walk on pins and needles to avoid offending someone.

This is kind of a hotbutton topic for me so I'll give another disclaimer for some people before I make a post, look away if you cant take "MEAN WURDZ!"

Depends on where and who you play with. Most people wont care, because they've grown past words being something that they even give a **** about. But, for the few that are sensitive ( LGBT in the community, SJW's, or people who bring arguments/agendas/sensitivity from tumblr) You'll probably really have to watch what you say for the sake of being ostricized and outed from the community so they dont have to feel hurt by words.

Oh! Oh! and god forbid you call them out on that because they'll never shut up about it either, and they will just mirror it back at you like it does something with a "YEA HOW DOES IT FEEL" attitude.

In all honesty, I dont personally have a problem avoiding those words myself, It's not a big issue for me because I simply don't give a crap either way. The thing that DOES bug me is people with no mental maturity to face constructive criticism (Above mentioned SJW's and facebook princess daddy's girls) who cant stand it when they're called out on their hypersensitive bullcrap. The world and what people say does NOT revolve around your feelings, you NEED to grow THICKER SKIN and realize the world is a harsh and mean place JUST AS MUCH as people should slowly change their ways. You cant simply walk up to someone on the street saying insensitive stuff and demand they stop, then get punched in the eye, then go whine about it on the internet all the time. Sometimes you gotta be the BETTER PERSON and just walk away.

I am by no means saying that you should be made fun of or singled out for your sexual preference or gender, nor am I suggesting problems do not exist, but by god stop whining like everything in the world is out to get you. Think with common sense, not your emotions and stop with the gigantic victim complex.

in b4 thought policing.

tl;dr version:

People brought outside influences and ways of thinking into the community. People of those mindsets came into positions to influence change in the community and that's whats happening. Be politically correct or be outed.

 

[Wazygoose]

I guess I just don't see what the big deal is electing to self-censor when you know that it could make other people uncomfortable, especially when there are a lot of synonyms which mean the same thing but are unoffensive. I mean, of course you can say whatever you want with people you know, but if you're in a room with total strangers it's not insane to err on the side of courtesy until you get a feel for the crowd. I'm legitimately asking, are people actually mad that their rights are being trampled unfairly, or do people just want to do what they want without worrying about coming off as a douchebag? Like what's the problem?

 

[synesthe-sia]

It's really the Tumblr generation. It's both positive and negative, in my opinion. **** is an awful thing, but saying the word shouldn't always be an offensive thing. It's understandable if a victim would get mad overhearing someone winning at Smash and saying "I ***** you!" But there are a few people I know of that just get offended either way when someone says "****" and that's a bit ridiculous to me. Not that it's necessarily dinner table conversation or anything like that. But if it's somehow brought up in a non-offensive manner, then why get mad? *** has never been a cool word to use. Too many nice gay men/women (in this very community) have had to suffer through that word for too long. Though I still sometimes use it despite not being completely straight myself. But anyway, times sort of changed for the better, OP (s/o 2 Daniel Tosh for making hardcore liberals mad). No one really wants to hear a bunch of sweaty guys yelling about **** and homosexuals at tournaments anyway.

 

[Chronodiver Lokii]

we live in a very individualistic society (thats not necessarily a bad thing; its just a very VERY western concept)
whereas many traditional cultures wouldnt be having this conversation because theyre closer to collective cultures

it's interesting to read.