Why would you ban that person? Seems kind of crazy to me.
Why you post this here? Why anyone here would bother?
given that you haven't provided the full story, i'm inclined to side with the people leavingthere's no reason to ban anybody for having stupid opinions, but if the server really had been advertised as a "safe space" for these weak, weak people who so desperately need attention, or want to cling to the notion that they're special, or whatever the fuck is going on in their developing prepubescent minds, then it's not shock that they'd leave once the illusion that they're trying to maintain is shatteredhaving a designated debate room where free speech absolutism is a cornerstone in what's been advertised as a safe space for LGBT+ people is a very poor mixture, and you really can't have bothit also sounds like some people left not because of the decision not to ban that person, but because you personally made it a much bigger thing than it needed to be by going on and on about it, to a point where you had people saying "okay fine, can we just drop it now" at the very beginning of the logs (clearly showing this went on for a much longer time than was shown)no one wants to be part of a channel that's led by some raving druggie, despite the fact that you will never accept that that's what you arei certainly think it's cool that you won't ban someone for having incendiary opinions, but perhaps if you made the intentions of the server clearer, you wouldn't be having this mass exodus of people who thought this was a drama-less serverthis is also why nobody here is going to join, ever, because you're the one running it, and you've consistently proven that you don't know the first thing about how to run something like this
having a designated debate room where free speech absolutism is a cornerstone in what's been advertised as a safe space for LGBT+ people is a very poor mixture, and you really can't have both
I take issue with this. At no point did I advertise my server as a safe space. People assumed it was a "safe space" because it was an LGBT/trans server that had strict rules against slurs, harassment, etc.
And you absoluitely can have LGBT people in a designated debate/free speech room. We aren't lesser minded just because of being LGBT lol. The sensitive ones don't speak for all of us.
i actually think i might possibly be non-binary myself, because i've never really felt "at home" with my maleness in any real sense, but i've suppressed a lot of my own gender exploration just because i don't want the association
Quote from: SecondClass on April 22, 2020, 08:51:49 AMI take issue with this. At no point did I advertise my server as a safe space. People assumed it was a "safe space" because it was an LGBT/trans server that had strict rules against slurs, harassment, etc.i would have to be stupid to take your word for it 100%, so i'm naturally going to assume that you're leaving out details because you're sick of looking badQuoteAnd you absoluitely can have LGBT people in a designated debate/free speech room. We aren't lesser minded just because of being LGBT lol. The sensitive ones don't speak for all of us.wanting a drama-free safe space makes you lesser minded, and it's weird that you think that
wanting a drama-free safe space doesn't make you lesser minded, and it's weird that you think otherwiseedit:don't you love when you accidentally leave out an important word like DOESN'T
I don't think it makes you lesser minded at all. I thought you thought that.
there's no reason to ban anybody for having stupid opinions, but if the server really had been advertised as a "safe space" for these weak, weak people who so desperately need attention, or want to cling to the notion that they're special, or whatever the fuck is going on in their developing prepubescent minds, then it's not shock that they'd leave once the illusion that they're trying to maintain is shattered
Quote from: Verbatim on April 22, 2020, 08:29:50 AMthere's no reason to ban anybody for having stupid opinions, but if the server really had been advertised as a "safe space" for these weak, weak people who so desperately need attention, or want to cling to the notion that they're special, or whatever the fuck is going on in their developing prepubescent minds, then it's not shock that they'd leave once the illusion that they're trying to maintain is shatteredWell, that's how it is advertised I guess it's about TV shows. If I to believe to the description "Television connects us all" it's an open, wide... umm discord server. I don't think there is a one defined community in there, so things like that is bound to happen quite often until some sort of community will take a shape.
Quote from: MarKhan on April 22, 2020, 09:07:35 AMQuote from: Verbatim on April 22, 2020, 08:29:50 AMthere's no reason to ban anybody for having stupid opinions, but if the server really had been advertised as a "safe space" for these weak, weak people who so desperately need attention, or want to cling to the notion that they're special, or whatever the fuck is going on in their developing prepubescent minds, then it's not shock that they'd leave once the illusion that they're trying to maintain is shatteredWell, that's how it is advertised I guess it's about TV shows. If I to believe to the description "Television connects us all" it's an open, wide... umm discord server. I don't think there is a one defined community in there, so things like that is bound to happen quite often until some sort of community will take a shape.you're right, the description is so vague that you can project anything you wantwhat it should probably say instead is "a modest server with a focus on freedom of expression" because that's clearly the most important ideal to secondclassempathy is a good thing to emphasize, but not if it's going to foster that stereotypical snowflake mentality where no one's allowed to have conversations about gender in a way that makes you uncomfortable
how would you respond if someone entered the #volcano debate section and said "it's my personal belief that white people are superior to all other races"the topic never comes up anywhere else; only in this designated channel that affords them absolute free speech, expressed in the most vanilla way possiblewould you tolerate this? just curious as to how far this goes for you
If it was delivered in a clinical way, and the person had actual evidence to back it up, then it would be allowed. I've said that even people arguing for phrenology can go into volcano. It's marked as a NSFW channel for a reason.
Quote from: SecondClass on April 22, 2020, 09:21:32 AMIf it was delivered in a clinical way, and the person had actual evidence to back it up, then it would be allowed. I've said that even people arguing for phrenology can go into volcano. It's marked as a NSFW channel for a reason.is this a popular section of the server, or does it rarely get posted in
Quote from: Verbatim on April 22, 2020, 09:25:57 AMQuote from: SecondClass on April 22, 2020, 09:21:32 AMIf it was delivered in a clinical way, and the person had actual evidence to back it up, then it would be allowed. I've said that even people arguing for phrenology can go into volcano. It's marked as a NSFW channel for a reason.is this a popular section of the server, or does it rarely get posted inIt's the third channel down. It's in the main chats. This is how my server is laid out:Spoiler