I can't believe people are actually standing up for this guy when it's clear what he's doing is wrong. I'm still at it because he shouldn't be able to get away with it, at least under my watch.
I meant to be lighthearted with my first post, but then he shit on it. He shouldn't get away with it, and reportimg did nothing for me.
Did you guys lose your morals? :(
I'm sorry, I don't mean to stand up for him. He was definitely very rude in the initial response. That said, he was being a normal kind of jerk, not a homophobic one. I feel that I owe you an explanation on why things turned out this way (could be wrong though), especially since you are getting hated on now, which I didn't expect.
First of all, your initial comment already doesn't sit well with quite a few people, because gaming forums aren't like tumblr or whatever platform the social justice warriors reside. I'd say many of us are quite sick of the whole shebang, with games being turned into feminism or LGBT issues. It was a lighthearted comment to you, but I didn't see why you would make that comment, or even why you felt that way. It reminded me of those cases whereby perfectly harmless events are turned into huge LGBT debates for no reason at all (as far as I can see), and it's annoying. However, you are entitled to your opinion and there's nothing wrong with it.
I admit, what he said was rude, and your first response was totally justified. However, your second reply called him out as a homophobe, and that was just not true, especially after he just said:
I find homosexuals laugh at the Ezreal and Taric jokes, Why should your stance be taken serious?
He basically said that he agrees with the homosexuals that disagree with you. Why are you calling him a homophobe? This kind of unnecessary escalation to make everything a LGBT issue is the thing that I really dislike.
I don't support what he said, but neither do I support what you said. Not because you were rude or anything (you seem like a nice guy actually), but because your words represent everything I feel is wrong with social justice campaigning.
I'm sorry things turned out this way, but hopefully you can just ignore this and let it die down. No one hates homosexuals here (I am quite sure), but they also love Ezreal/Taric and you won't convince them to give it up by saying it offends you.