I challenge you to find a community of human beings anywhere that doesn't have some racists in it. In fact, most of the people here in this discussion are racist. Niko and I are probably the only two fanatical anti-racists here. Everybody else is looking to persecute somebody because of their appearance. And that to me is the ultimate in racism.
But what can you do? Racists are everywhere. If you killed everybody who could be shown to be a little bit racist, it would be a very sparsely populated planet.
Anybody here who is actually not racist, probably has racists in their family, or racist friends. If we didn't have the capacity to tolerate a certain amount of racism in others, we'd all be very lonely.
The reason for this is, when you come right down to it, racism is an opinion. Everybody's got an opinion. And being well adjusted to society means you have a tolerance for the fact that most opinions are going to be different from yours.
Thus, as a Second Life club owner, I'm not in the habit of watching chat and judging people on the basis of their opinions. If somebody comes into my club and says they hate black people, I don't see that as an excuse to beat them up and throw them out. I see that as an excuse to open a discussion and maybe lay a little enlightenment on them. But if they create a disruption or start attacking people, they will definitely get bounced out.
But if people are just hanging out expressing opinions that I don't agree with, I'll either offer my opinion for contrast or let it slide, because contrary to what most ass-hole Social Justice Warriors think, it is not my job to control what goes on in other peoples' heads.
Sure, Sunweavers has a couple of people who's opinions I tend to be offended by on a regular basis. But I don't hate or sensor them for that, because just like in real life, you have to get along with the people you live with, even if it occasionally becomes a strain.
But on the whole it is an extrodinarily nice community with very strict rules against hate speech and offensive imagery. Heck, once somebody put up a huge cross that could be seen all over the sim, and the owners had it taken down because I found it offensive. I see no basis at all in a charge that the owners don't act on complaints. I don't even think I could invite The Furry Raiders to tea in that sim, unless they left their armbands home.
So, I'm sorry. I don't know who you are or why you're saying this stuff about a place you want to continue calling home, but it sounds like a load of sour grapes to me.
Yeah, most of us there are old, a lot of us are veterans, a lot of us are semi-famous Furry artists. We're generally friendly, welcoming, happy to be of assistance. It's not perfect by a long shot, but if your a Furry looking for a home, I don't think you can do better in SL.
I challenge you to find a community of human beings anywhere that doesn't have some racists in it. In fact, most of the people here in this discussion are racist. Niko and I are probably the only two fanatical anti-racists here. Everybody else is looking to persecute somebody because of their appearance. And that to me is the ultimate in racism.
But what can you do? Racists are everywhere. If you killed everybody who could be shown to be a little bit racist, it would be a very sparsely populated planet.
Anybody here who is actually not racist, probably has racists in their family, or racist friends. If we didn't have the capacity to tolerate a certain amount of racism in others, we'd all be very lonely.
The reason for this is, when you come right down to it, racism is an opinion. Everybody's got an opinion. And being well adjusted to society means you have a tolerance for the fact that most opinions are going to be different from yours.
Thus, as a Second Life club owner, I'm not in the habit of watching chat and judging people on the basis of their opinions. If somebody comes into my club and says they hate black people, I don't see that as an excuse to beat them up and throw them out. I see that as an excuse to open a discussion and maybe lay a little enlightenment on them. But if they create a disruption or start attacking people, they will definitely get bounced out.
But if people are just hanging out expressing opinions that I don't agree with, I'll either offer my opinion for contrast or let it slide, because contrary to what most ass-hole Social Justice Warriors think, it is not my job to control what goes on in other peoples' heads.
Sure, Sunweavers has a couple of people who's opinions I tend to be offended by on a regular basis. But I don't hate or sensor them for that, because just like in real life, you have to get along with the people you live with, even if it occasionally becomes a strain.
But on the whole it is an extrodinarily nice community with very strict rules against hate speech and offensive imagery. Heck, once somebody put up a huge cross that could be seen all over the sim, and the owners had it taken down because I found it offensive. I see no basis at all in a charge that the owners don't act on complaints. I don't even think I could invite The Furry Raiders to tea in that sim, unless they left their armbands home.
So, I'm sorry. I don't know who you are or why you're saying this stuff about a place you want to continue calling home, but it sounds like a load of sour grapes to me.
Yeah, most of us there are old, a lot of us are veterans, a lot of us are semi-famous Furry artists. We're generally friendly, welcoming, happy to be of assistance. It's not perfect by a long shot, but if your a Furry looking for a home, I don't think you can do better in SL.