You came into this thread to say that:
- people bump this thread with the deliberate purpose of luring bans (an unsubstantiated and inflammatory accusation);
- this thread fosters "a forum that wants a particular mindset in its users";
- you are here to "enjoy laughs" yet will never state your actual opinion on the subject.
This is, indeed, a smug attitude, and not based on assumptions but specifically on what you wrote. I am not picking a fight; I am urging you to revisit your posting style in the future, because of how you came across. If you are interested in participating in discussion, please do so, but leave out the meta-commentary.
Ok lets get my stance clear. I actually read this thread all the way through. And the number of banned users is staggering. This is certainly substantiated.
Resetera definitely has a zero tolerance for sexism or other close minded behavior, often resulting in insta-bans, Again, one needs look no further than this thread to see literally, dozens of examples of this. So again, this forum very much does want to weed out certain behaviors and types. This is plainly obvious.
Me keeping "my opinions to myself" is because though I feel my ideas and opinions er on the side of progressive intersectional feminism, I feel that a gaming forum isn't the place to air them. Or at least not a place to confront people with my opinions.
The "here for laughs", I am referring to the sexist, or otherwise bigoted people who come in here, try to start a fight by disagreeing with everyone about their views on this particular topic and then getting banned.
I am
not disagreeing with anyone, you
ARE being very presumptuous about my intention, and
not respecting my right to keep my opinions to myself by threatening that not revisiting my "posting style" could result in something negative. And
you are name calling, as none of what I said was intended to be smug, or even remotely like it. your response is the type I would expect from my boyfriend misunderstanding my tone in a text. And assuming it is a negative when in fact, it is lighthearted and positive.
My commentary was a direct response to another user's observation of a pattern that is very much reflected in this thread, both the first and second version, both of which I have read in their entirety. My comment was not meant to be an accusation, so much as a "ha, it certainly seems this thread very much serves this purpose" whether intentional or not, that is regularly occurring here.
my observation is substantiated, easily, and in no way a criticism. That is what i was referring to "laughing at". if some fool wants to go off on a sexist rant, I say they deserve what they get.
I won't be bullied by you just because you are a mod. And I do not want to continue to argue over my meaning. please don't put words in my mouth, or assume my intent. I was intentionally vague to AVOID a fight, and that vagueness instead earned me one. That is unfortunate.
Please accept my apology for not being more clear in my meaning. and please allow this exchange to end here.
