Subj : Re: BBS community improvements
To   : Denn
From : Ravne
Date : Fri May 24 2024 12:03:17

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  By: Denn to Ravne on Fri May 24 2024 12:21 pm

 >  De>> That's true, but some of these guy's just get frustrated. But you're
 >  De>> right they should ignore the negative.
 >> comprehension. It's entirely another to have to ignore bigotry. I have no
 >> tolerance for intolerance. It's the year 2024, but we have a certain person
 >> throwing around slur words like it's 1985.
 De> Having no tolerance for intolerance is still intolerance.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance

 De> Negativity is mostly by a few, there are many people promoting posativity
 De> here to, those here that are willing to help the new ones enjoy the hobby.
 De> Thats why I say just ignore the negativity.

As a (presumably) straight white man, I think you underestimate the effects bigotry has on minorities.

 >> people to make it feel hostile. The days of you older straight white men
 >> being the majority are ending, we need to appeal to those that are becoming
 De> No one should be in a majority, you want to take one majority and replace
 De> it with another, in fact we should all be reaching for middle ground. I
 De> like Robs approach, when we ask noob questions he points us to the wiki
 De> page to encourage us to look for and find the answers to our problems.

I did a poor job of phrasing my thoughts here. In this point, I'm talking about the world in general, not specifically BBSing. I also misspoke saying that some other demographic would take over as the majority. My meaning is more along the lines of old straight white men becoming less & less dominant of a majority.
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