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Albus Rumbledore·1/4/2019, 8:30:11 AM·0 votes·2,706 views

So my post about N word was deleted why exectly?

This was from Jikker:

The discussion of racial slurs in this manner is not really an appropriate topic for the Boards. Talking about things like "what are zero-tolerance words?" from a Player Behavior viewpoint is on average fine, but discussing the "irony" of the use of a racial slur by others and when it's okay to use the slur is just asking for trouble and thread derailment. To prevent problems from arising, we are opting to preemptively remove your thread. In the future, avoid any controversial or inappropriate topics for the Boards such as those that deal with race.

It is controversial, maybe, but inappropriate? Why? The word from mouths of one race is automatically racist(which is racist btw), from other race it is just dude level word, don't you tell me you don't see irony in this. I just wanted to talk about that with fellow players, maybe get some point of view from blacks as well. Asking for trouble? Like what level of fascism is this(oh here it is "Any content we find inappropriate will be dealt with accordingly", do you feel urges to make Italian Empire great once again?)? Did I offended some one? Was it hate speech(it isn't real btw)? Where did I hurt feelings of some one?

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ModThe Djinn1/4/2019, 1:50:47 PM3 votes

From the Universal Rules:

Do not post or engage in discussions of religion, ethnicity/race, sexual orientation, gender, politics, or real-world social issues.

Discussing the acceptability of a racial slur falls under ethnicity/race and real-world social issues. While we allow some leeway with regards to explaining why words are not okay in comments on the Player Behavior board, it is not an appropriate topic for a thread, nor an appropriate topic for other, non-Player Behavior boards.

The long and short of it is that some groups have chosen to "reclaim" certain slurs, and other groups have not. Because this reclamation is not universal and because it is not considered acceptable to use a reclaimed slur towards a member of that group without their buy-in, these are still considered zero-tolerance language when used around strangers in-game or on the boards.

Dynikus1/4/2019, 8:41:56 AM2 votes

Literally the very first sentence answered your question.

The discussion of racial slurs in this manner is not really an appropriate topic for the Boards.

ModJikker1/4/2019, 3:05:55 PM2 votes

Similar to what Djinn said, it's not an appropriate topic for the Boards as it discusses race and ethnicity and can become political/social discussion rather quickly which leads to derailment. In addition, the way you worded things could sound offensive to others (the use of irony in this case seemed to imply that the race in question was the meaning of the slur which is not appropriate at all) so I didn't want people to latch onto that and start racist type discussions. In general, the only time we really allow discussion of hate speech/racial slurs is on the Player Behavior sub-board when in relation to removals and why those terms are zero-tolerance by Riot. Any other discussion falls under the aforementioned category of inappropriate topics.

GreenKnight1/4/2019, 8:36:19 AM1 votes

from blacks

Okay then.