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« on: March 18, 2009, 07:06:00 am » |
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I don't think censoring is necessary but I can understand why a website like this would want it. But the word substitution system currently in place is flawed. I tried to call someone a (first three letters of the words) fantastically athletic guy and it called him a girl. That made me feel low because that makes it seem like i was using the word girl to insult him and that makes me seem sexist. It's the 21st century, remove girl from the list of substitutions.
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« Reply #1 on: March 18, 2009, 12:41:24 pm » |
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b!tch is replaced by girl i believe. example: girl
f@g is replaced my fruit. example: fruit
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« Reply #2 on: March 18, 2009, 02:27:00 pm » |
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yeah i realized i was wrong about the exact word replacement but either way it needs to be changed
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« Reply #3 on: March 18, 2009, 04:51:06 pm » |
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the word g@y is replaced with fruity XD
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« Reply #4 on: March 18, 2009, 04:57:44 pm » |
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how is it sexist to replace b!itch with girl? B1tch is a word only associated with females of the species. It has nothing to do with sexism. Replacing it with girl is simply making it an unoffensive word for a female.
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« Reply #5 on: March 18, 2009, 05:12:16 pm » |
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I too am going to have to disagree with the TC. Seriously though, lawyer is a **** homo
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« Reply #6 on: March 18, 2009, 05:50:52 pm » |
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calling someone a girl as an insult is sexist because it makes the assumption that being female is a negative or inferior thing. i disagree with you ohio because b!tch, when used as a slang term, is not associated with one race. there is no reason why b1tch couldn't be replaced with a different word.
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« Reply #7 on: March 18, 2009, 08:15:36 pm » |
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calling someone a girl as an insult is sexist because it makes the assumption that being female is a negative or inferior thing. i disagree with you ohio because b!tch, when used as a slang term, is not associated with one race. there is no reason why b1tch couldn't be replaced with a different word.
What does race have to do with it? And it sounds like your logic is off. Your complaint isn't with the filter, but with the person making the insult. The writer used the term "B1tch" as an insult. The filter just makes a more family friendly site to read without having to moderate every post. The use of a word for a female as an insult was the choice of the writer and has nothing to do with the filter. Your contention that "b1tch" is not referring to a particular sex when used as an insult is also incorrect. That is precisely why it is used as an insult. It is sexist. But your beef isn't with the censor. We aren't trying to use it to squash what is generally free speech on this site (not absolute, but generally), the censor is just there to help the mods not have to take action on so many posts and keep the site something that can be read without words that are commonly offensive. If a poster wants to be offensive, we aren't prohibiting that speech. Feel free to be offended by offensive thoughts in posting, including sexist remarks such as calling someone a "b1tch." But don't be offended by a filter that simply acts to clean up the language a little without disturbing the posters intent to be offensive.
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« Reply #8 on: March 18, 2009, 08:41:34 pm » |
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/lol pwnt, Go Admins
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« Reply #9 on: March 18, 2009, 09:07:13 pm » |
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i didn't mean to say race i meant gender. with that aside, b!tch is not an inherently sexist word to use. i have no problem when others and myself use profanities but sexism isn't something i want to see or be made to be a part of by a filter. i think most people would agree that saying b!tch is not sexist while calling someone a girl is undeniably sexist. and honestly, it's not even insulting to call someone a girl so you're claim that the insult would retain its intended offensiveness isn't really valid. i'm sure there are better words to replace b!tch with.
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« Reply #11 on: March 19, 2009, 07:19:02 am » |
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i didn't mean to say race i meant gender. with that aside, b!tch is not an inherently sexist word to use. i have no problem when others and myself use profanities but sexism isn't something i want to see or be made to be a part of by a filter. i think most people would agree that saying b!tch is not sexist while calling someone a girl is undeniably sexist. and honestly, it's not even insulting to call someone a girl so you're claim that the insult would retain its intended offensiveness isn't really valid. i'm sure there are better words to replace b!tch with.
Well, I guess we will have to disagree, but I am telling you right now you are completely wrong that it isn't sexist to call someone a b1tch. Most people would not agree with you on that point. A b1tch is a female breeding dog, and it was developed to be used in reference to humans as an insult by calling either a woman, a hormonal dog, or a man, a girl. Since what you are referring to is people using it towards men on this site, it is inherently sexist whether you admit it or not. And on your final argument you try to play both sides. First you claim that it is sexist and offensive to call someone a girl so we should change the filter, then you say it is not offensive to call someone a girl so our intent to keep the offensiveness and intent of the original post in tact as much as possible without using such unacceptable words is not effective. Which is it? Is girl not offensive or is it? Either way, we chose to use a word very similar in definition that has a similar impact as is intended by the user, but with a word that won't get you in trouble at work or at home. That is what we did and what we wanted to do. No more no less. If you don't like it, fine, but we are more about less moderation of speech here and more about allowing people to express themselves. The whole origin of this site was to rid ourselves of the tyrany of the gamefaqs moderators. We will not go the other direction because one person is offended.
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« Reply #13 on: March 19, 2009, 02:26:14 pm » |
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Backup plan, find a way around the censors.
GAY!
FAG!
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« Reply #14 on: March 19, 2009, 03:06:12 pm » |
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Backup plan, find a way around the censors.
GAY!
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shhhhhh  Don't let our secrets out. (we chose to use specific filters rather than part of word to avoid censoring regular words, which creates alot of loopholes.)
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