Cobalt

That's good. I am glad that you have neat stuff going on. I guess I am just unsure why you chose to share your joy with me, specifically...?

I didn't though? I just posted a status update, wasn't even sure why this popped up in your profile tbh. It was supposed to be status update, not your account XD. Something went wrong when post I assume.

Ah! That would explain it. Odd little bug, there.

Nothing more comforting when you're ailing than a man in black with a goddamn beakface.

totes, he might stab you in the eye! THANK GOD HE CAME!

Maybe y'got some bad blood in your eye. Some doctors use leeches for that but nay! The future is in BEAK STABBINGS.

Been there :(. Glad to see you're alright. <3

Oh no! Glad you're ok.

Oh man, tea. Tea is very YES.

Thanks everyone. I am fine, it's just... yeah. You know how it is. You keep hearing the sound.

Fantastic.

Best movie.

OMG. CLUE. i have loved that move since i was 8 and can still quote it, line for line. I AM YOUR SINGING TELEGRAM -BANG-

I think that hateful speech should not be legislated against on the government level, because I am firmly on the side of free speech, in all its forms. But as part of that, I also think that social/religious communities have the right to create their own rules, so long as people have the right not to participate in those communities. On my RP, I will not tolerate hateful speech (or explicit content, or god-modding, or a variety of other things against my rules).

And yes, a thread would probably be easier, lol.

I agree with Cobalt - allowing people to post bigoted opinions unopposed so long as they're 'civil' about it (i.e. as long as they couch their hate in soft language) legitimises them, and that is dangerous. People who disagree with them are *going* to be angry, because they *are* being attacked, no matter how 'polite' the other side seems. [/incrediblylate]

Unless what you're adding to the conversation is racism. In which case I will come in and sh*t all over your Cheerios.

Stop spraying my opinions all over everywhere and lose the opportunity to "listen" to myself talk? NEVAR!

And all will be well in the world. By the by, you said you're an anthropologist; what's your field? I assumed socio-cultural based on your posts, but I'm curious.

Cultural anthropology was my area of study, though I had a religious studies minor as well. Got into activism as a result.

Must be! Mistaken identity aside, I must laud you for your fantastic posts. Glad someone's around to say the things I'm too lazy or inept to.

I think at some point I decided this is my function on the 'D. *laugh* Somebody posts a thread about gender or race or anything to do with culture at all and I come in and sh*t all over everybody's Cheerios.

Heheh. It's too bad this is the case, but judging by some of the posts some folks get away with on here, /someone's/ gotta do it. Keep on keeping on.

As someone merely reading the thread rather than contributing to it (because I don't want to be in a heated debate on a forum I rarely post on) I was very impressed with your arguments and thought you were quite tactful in relating them. I hope this thread locking does not discourage you from continuing to support people despite the wussiness of people like myself. >.>

I could see how the admins would want to stop the direction of the thread. No hard feelings here. Though I was actually trying to steer people away from talking about something that you didn't really say. -shrugs- Probably just helped stoke the fire some more. ;P

Exactly what Dryope said XD

The huge number of "likes" on my posts and comments backing me up in that thread have been really encouraging. This thread is actually making a really great impression on me, considering that when I was last around it was still kind of hard to talk about this stuff. It's been great learning how many people there are around here who are willing to have these conversations, especially considering that my goal has been to try and connect with people who have RP boards that won't...