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What a freak

@ScreamingDingo Taking someone's words out of context is quite baffling too! What you do on the internet can and does have an effect on you in the real world. People have lost their jobs (not just for racist tweets, some of it is deemed justified by some like in the case of a child predator or law breaker of an intense nature), have had their relationships ruined (In LoTC's case look no further then Punisher for an example of what I mean) and more.

I am not justifying it, I am not saying it should happen. What I am saying is that it does happen and that when people engage in obnoxious behaviors like the ones some in this community continuously engage in, they're bound to have ill effects occur to them on their day to day lives. It doesn't have to be doxxing, threats or harassment. It can be a hell created by their own hands due to poor socialization skills and manipulative behaviors learned through LoTC itself.

It's really not insane to say that you can't hide behind the veil of anonymity either. Though, anonymity isn't part of this discussion but more or less the effect it has on the individual. You're still engaging with a person behind a monitor, being anonymous doesn't hide this fact or lesson the impact it has on your own mental health. Bullies are normally quite unhappy and bully others due to a lack of self-esteem and self-worth.

Now, if you poke a cat multiple times..  That cat can and will scratch or bite you. Bad things happen to bad people, be nice and kind to each other and it simply won't happen. I find this community gets more toxic by the year because the worst possible individuals end up in positions of authority, it's not that they're not able to fulfill the role but more that they're unable to even try and empathize or understand other points of view. It's more or less about what they and their clique of friends wants and not what is actually good for the greater community.

I am NOT calling anyone in particular out when I say this as I think this applies to the majority of staff to varying levels and degrees. However I will elaborate further.. Essentially, someone who's basically a bigot (literal definition and has varying degrees of severity) shouldn't be put in a position of authority (any position that gives any authority) over an entire community. If you aren't open minded and can't even try to understand another person's point of view then you're destined to run any position you're in into the ground.

Bad behaviors get punished, you reap what you sow. You know this, you know that bad behaviors on the internet lowers ones self esteem and you know that it creates negative personality traits. The first step to dealing with an issue, whether it be personal or not is to admit that there is a problem in the first place. Calling my posts trolling, name calling me a freak and dismissing my posts doesn't change anything and just further reinforces my claims.

There needs to be an honest conversation about what I've just highlighted but such a conversation hasn't really happened in over six years. The last time @Telanir tried to make staff (and the community) more tolerant and understanding he was ridiculed by both the staff and the community and pretty much failed to varying degrees.

I think if this continues, someone really should pull the plug on the server because I honestly do believe that some of the behaviors shown by some members of the community is genuinely quite dangerous. We've had predators, we've had people get doxxed and we've had people sent death threats. 

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