Petition to delete the politics section

[Stealphie]

Switch and 3DS have nothing to do with Politics so I fail to see why you brought them up. This is primarily a Videogame forum and we were talking about the Politics section.

He said that because both of these sections aren't exactly, um, use them yourself and you'll understand.

 

[AmandaRose]

He said that because both of these sections aren't exactly, um, use them yourself and you'll understand.

Never once have I been subjected to transphobic abuse in either of those forums. The world news section is rife with it in fact every time I post there I am subjected to it. So those two forums have nothing to do with my argument.

 

[Deleted member 373223]

He said that because both of these sections aren't exactly, um, use them yourself and you'll understand.

Either way, they already matter much more in a gaming forum than a politics section.

 

[Stealphie]

Never once have I been subjected to transphobic abuse in either of those forums. The world news section is rife with it in fact every time I post there I am subjected to it. So those two forums have nothing to do with my argument.

Either way, they already matter much more in a gaming forum than a politics section.

True.

 

[JuanMena]

Never once have I been subjected to transphobic abuse in either of those forums. The world news section is rife with it in fact every time I post there I am subjected to it. So those two forums have nothing to do with my argument.

Really?
You are trans?

 

[CallmeBerto]

Just build a wall and make them pay for it.

 

[AmandaRose]

Really?
You are trans?

A clue might be every single profile picture I have used has the trans flag in it

 

[Stealphie]

Really?
You are trans?

You use the politics section semi-frequently
*draws gun*
Get. Out.

 

[JuanMena]

A clue might be every single profile picture I have used has the trans flag in it

Oh cool!
I've always seen you as a girl.
Sorry if this is kinda stupid, but in your pictures you look more like a woman to me.

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You use the politics section semi-frequently
*draws gun*
Get. Out.

LOL I do not?

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How about if we ban Stealphie instead of the Politics Section?

 

[Stealphie]

Oh cool!
I've always seen you as a girl.
Sorry if this is kinda stupid, but in your pictures you look more like a woman to me.

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LOL I do not?

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How about if we ban Stealphie instead of the Politics Section?

You made some threads there. that's a cirme punisable by law, you'll go to ultra hell.

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Oh cool!
How about if we ban Stealphie instead of the Politics Section?

People that hate me, rise up!

 

[JuanMena]

You made some threads there. that's a cirme punisable by law, you'll go to ultra hell.

I don't recall it. Can you show them to me?

 

[AmandaRose]

Oh cool!
I've always seen you as a girl.
Sorry if this is kinda stupid, but in your pictures you look more like a woman to me.

Because I am a woman

 

[Stealphie]

I don't recall it. Can you show them to me?

https://prnt.sc/te8y5a
https://prnt.sc/te8yle

 

[JuanMena]

https://prnt.sc/te8y5a
https://prnt.sc/te8yle

Oh right!
Yeah, that's me.

Like you've could just pressed Windows + Prnt?

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By the way, did you know that China has yet another Bubonic Plague virus spreading all over their country?

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Petition to move this thread to the Politics section because it's turning too politic.
I'ts even got Times New Roman.

 

[Stealphie]

By the way, did you know that China has yet another Bubonic Plague virus spreading all over their country?

Did you know that this isn't the politics section?

 

[JuanMena]

Did you know that this isn't the politics section?

Yes.

 

[FAST6191]

The point was what is offensive (or indeed abusive) varies massively between people, as can what they can handle when it comes to questioning and comments. This can also get fine grain as you like as well -- if we are to focus on this transexual lark for some reason (we have had any number of other pain points for people over the years ranging from various religions though mostly the hundred thousand US takes on Christianity and Islam of various flavours including inter flavour fun and games, the nature of autism, sex before marriage, discussion of condoms was an amusing one once, the abortion threads were fun, we have somehow managed to dodge the circumcision discussion in its fullest but it has cropped up...) then would be allowed to have the sports debate, age debate upon when "diagnosis" (which itself is something of a contentious term) and resulting use of hormones or surgery, troubles with false diagnostics, the ever fun push for surgery at least some medics go in for or is it all to be verboten (or, worse, only unmitigated praise and support to be shown)?

Would banning things and rendering it a place where nobody might ever be offended a) improve things and b) possibly help expose people to other schools of thought (sunlight, wonderful disinfectant and all that?
Over the years I have seen several go from ew fags, ew arabs, ew ... to realising that the people they have spent the last however many years hacking consoles/games with, making cheats, playing games with, debating about the merits of old and upcoming games, playing games with after their mate (possibly a mutual one on the forums) lost a game of beat the bus/argument with physics. Is "ew t********" going to be different there? Do I want to prevent that from happening here? Shame to prevent that if you ask me.

Either way, they already matter much more in a gaming forum than a politics section.

Is this a gaming forum or a forum with gaming as one of the main focuses? We have had political, ethical and philosophical type discussions for as long as I have been here and as best I can tell pretty much since the start as well.

 

[Pacheko17]

People that hate me, rise up!

Did the cyclone hit you guys hard in RS? Here in SC it was fuuuuckt.

 

[Stealphie]

Did the cyclone hit you guys hard in RS? Here in SC it was fuuuuckt.

It didn't.

 

[JuanMena]

I guess this is turning out a little bit too serious.
I agree with FAST6191

Is not like banning the entire Politics Section is going to help in any way, because people will always be offended / offend anybody in any way they can.

Imagine GBATemp without a Politics Forum... discussing Politics.
Kinda Ironic, isn't?

Though, I would've loved to see the abortion discussion.