Is it acceptable to use homophobic slurs in the context of friendly "banter"?

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First let's hear from the side against homophobic slurs being used:

Dude, take this post down. It probably sounded cool when you were drunk but it's not. Tyrant's a kick ass guy, but even if he weren't you still don't need to be posting shit like this.

You should be banned for this thread.

This made it worth it.

Thread: Tyrant201 is a faggot
Lame. - Back - Back
07-23-2017 08:57 AM
Thread: Tyrant201 is a faggot
You're disgusting - time4fun
07-23-2017 04:40 AM
Thread: Tyrant201 is a faggot
... ~Briarfox - BriarFox

This isn't about Tyrant. This is about a game that has a small population of people and a new owner- a game that needs new players to want to join, not scared off. And for better or for worse, this forum is associated with the game. Any new player we'd actually want to keep would see this thread and keep looking for a new game- who would want to be a part of a community with threads like these in 2017?

How many players have been chased out of here or just left out of disgust from things that a small hand full of people have said and done on this forum? The way Wrath and PB abuse the rep mechanics to get rid of people who post things they don't want to hear, the way people like you and Gelston do your darndest to create as toxic an environment as possible becuase you think it's funny.

This trollish little group is costing us players and the more tight-knit community we need to ensure the game survives. And what I'm saying here is that you're not worth it.

And throwing out the ban hammer would help get the point across that the long-term survival of this game is more important than some adult-sized chidren who never learned to cope with their own lives and so need to come here to get their jollies.

I don't abuse the rep system to punish people I disagree with, I don't create threads that target specific people by name (nor do I use epithets like the one you used), and I don't follow people around and harrass them in any thread I can find them in. For the most part, I keep my thoughts within posts in a particular subfolder of this forum. I disagree with people- I don't harass them.

What you did with this thread is- as has been pointed out- a new low. But it's also an extention of other behaviors that ony a small hand full of people on this forum engage in. Your attempt to normalize it is part of the problem.

And that's not the benchmark against which we want to determine normal, acceptablel behavior.

It'd be nice to get to a point where we can say "This isn't going to be a part of our community, and if you feel the need to do these things- then you're not welcome in our community".

Tisket is correct. You putting it in your sig is gross- especially given your personal history.

You're doing just as much damage as this thread title is doing. You're normalizing the use of a word no one should be normalizing.

You're just as bad as Gelston.

1st Amendment rights don't apply to relationships between people and private entities. Anyoneover the age of 12 knows that. You being a disgusting human being in an online form isn't Constitutionally protected you child.

But at least you can admit that what you did was hate speech.

Now a certain member of our community has defended his usage of the exact same word as such:

Yes, I know why I have, because I was probably bantering with another service member. And yes, I know why they, because they're deeply homophobic biggots who are using these as personal attacks.

What say you, moral arbiters of language?