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Originally Posted by CaptainHaplo
Just to set the record straight for everyone - I have the utmost respect for the Mods here - and I think they are ALL good folks doing a bang up job for the most part. I simply think that they are wrong on this so I'll leave my sig out there as a "protest".
I will say this - I challenged them on it - and you see how they continue to take a very measured, controlled response. That says something good about them and the way they work.
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Well I think our treatment of ZeeWolf exemplifies the attitude moderators have to this stuff. Neal has always asked us to take a light touch and only get involved when things are really getting out of hand and going way too far. It took quite a bit of hate filled bile from ZeeWolf before he was given a time out.
What Tribesman said in this thread frankly is not hate speech, for many different reasons (more reasons than I have time to detail right now). He is also applying the main weapon used against people that hate, and that is ridicule. That is what "rip the piss" means... to laugh at them. As for him referring to Zee as possibly being homosexual deep down, I would say it is more than possible (the thought crossed my mind as well). He is absolutely correct when he says that it is very common for the most vocal anti-gay people to actually be gay themselves. They are using a psychological defence called projection, where they project their own internal stuff onto the world around them as they can't accept that which is inside.
Homophobia is fear based more than anything else from my experience.
So at this point I fail to see exactly where the issue lies.