AshazTGA
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Post by AshazTGA on Jul 23, 2020 19:50:17 GMT
Before I'm forum sanctioned, I just wanna get this sorted
Can we ban r/arabfunny jokes? These include putting arab text in your signature, making memes with arab writing and guns next to them, symbolising terrorism. I find them offensive, I don't like them, and if a young Muslim kid came on and saw them, they'd be calling us offensive. A lot of Muslims allow the jokes like Zaid, Lionnco, but I personally don't because I find them offensive. I take my religion seriously.
Sorry if this was blunt but I just feel like we should ban them.
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Post by fionn on Jul 23, 2020 19:52:11 GMT
i was genuinely about to report this for shitposting before reading it, are you serious?? like are you ACTUALLY being serious
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Post by AshazTGA on Jul 23, 2020 19:54:49 GMT
i was genuinely about to report this for shitposting before reading it, are you serious?? like are you ACTUALLY being serious Yes, I am actually serious. Maybe text should be allowed in signatures but making memes like this (Nick posted this) shouldn't be allowed:
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Post by Feueristic on Jul 23, 2020 19:56:10 GMT
Will stay neutral until further arguments are made. Don't we already not approve of these kinds of actual hating behaviors? A lot of Muslims allow the jokes like Zaid, Lionnco, but I personally don't because I find them offensive. I take my religion seriously. You've already said it yourself - the world does not revolve around anyone. If you think what the text was fully intended to offend, show obvious bigotry or hatred towards a specific something for that group just being what they are, report it. As far as I can tell, sadly it seems that you are the only one taking your religion seriously. Maybe, just maybe, too serious.
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Post by fionn on Jul 23, 2020 19:57:20 GMT
i was genuinely about to report this for shitposting before reading it, are you serious?? like are you ACTUALLY being serious Yes, I am actually serious. Maybe text should be allowed in signatures but making memes like this (Nick posted this) shouldn't be allowed: that literally translates to happy holiday dude you take this too seriously..... anything really offensive is handled per the zero tolerance policy but this is allowed
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Post by Darth on Jul 23, 2020 19:58:24 GMT
I find them offensive, I don't like them And that right there is the problem - you are only thinking about yourself. We can't disallow something because some people find it offensive. You say these jokes go against your religion; That's really a shit reason to ban something. Same sex marriage goes against a lot of people's religions but that's legal in the US and we don't ban anything related to it on the server. This whole suggestion is baseless and honestly not useful at all.
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Post by AshazTGA on Jul 23, 2020 19:58:47 GMT
A lot of Muslims allow the jokes like Zaid, Lionnco, but I personally don't because I find them offensive. I take my religion seriously. You've already said it yourself - the world does not revolve around anyone. If you think what the text was fully intended to offend, show obvious bigotry or hatred towards a specific something for that group just being what they are, report it. As far as I can tell, sadly it seems that you are the only one taking your religion seriously. Maybe, just maybe, too serious. I do take my religion seriously, it's my belief. However, I don't tolerate offensive jokes like that. If I made a Nazi joke towards a Jew, that wouldn't be allowed, yet people make meme videos shouting 'Allahu Akbar' with planes exploding in Minecraft. I'm not saying TF itself only does that, a lot of the world does online but I'm saying we shouldn't allow it. It's using a religion for the purpose of humour
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Post by AshazTGA on Jul 23, 2020 20:00:13 GMT
I find them offensive, I don't like them And that right there is the problem - you are only thinking about yourself. We can't disallow something because some people find it offensive. You say these jokes go against your religion; That's really a shit reason to ban something. Same sex marriage goes against a lot of people's religions but that's legal in the US and we don't ban anything related to it on the server. This whole suggestion is baseless and honestly not useful at all. I also mentioned some young Muslim could join, if he saw them he'd be offended easily. I've been made fun of in real life with these kind of jokes, singled out because of that and so have a lot of other Muslim kids. I'm not standing up for me, I'm standing up for them too because they could find TF at any time.
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Post by AshazTGA on Jul 23, 2020 20:01:08 GMT
Yes, I am actually serious. Maybe text should be allowed in signatures but making memes like this (Nick posted this) shouldn't be allowed: that literally translates to happy holiday dude you take this too seriously..... anything really offensive is handled per the zero tolerance policy but this is allowed Any other kid could take this seriously too? It shows a man, pointing a gun at arabic text. If someone saw that, they would immediately think it's a terrorist.
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Post by Luke on Jul 23, 2020 20:02:23 GMT
i dont like this suggestion, i find it offensive because it spreads the idea of hate. Can we get it banned?
object, this is totalfreedom and as long as it isnt offensive its fine.
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Post by fionn on Jul 23, 2020 20:03:48 GMT
You've already said it yourself - the world does not revolve around anyone. If you think what the text was fully intended to offend, show obvious bigotry or hatred towards a specific something for that group just being what they are, report it. As far as I can tell, sadly it seems that you are the only one taking your religion seriously. Maybe, just maybe, too serious. I do take my religion seriously, it's my belief. However, I don't tolerate offensive jokes like that. If I made a Nazi joke towards a Jew, that wouldn't be allowed, yet people make meme videos shouting 'Allahu Akbar' with planes exploding in Minecraft. I'm not saying TF itself only does that, a lot of the world does online but I'm saying we shouldn't allow it. It's using a religion for the purpose of humour By this logic, we have to ban the usage of 'Jesus christ' or 'For god's sake' as these use the lords name in vein, and can be offensive to christians?
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Post by zeseryu on Jul 23, 2020 20:04:26 GMT
if you find them offensive, report them to me and I'll ask the person to remove them.
reminder that we have a zero tolerance policy for this kinda stuff
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Post by Feueristic on Jul 23, 2020 20:05:48 GMT
Any other kid could take this seriously too? I also mentioned some young Muslim could join, if he saw them he'd be offended easily. I do take my religion seriously, it's my belief. However, I don't tolerate offensive jokes like that. If you genuinely believe that those jokes are offensive and should not be tolerated, you can either tell that individual directly "hey that's not cool" or report the individual's actions/speech to admins. So far you aren't explaining much how these jokes are offensive other than "they are written in a specific language". A lot of people type Chinese and use google translate to Chinese characters to state their joke. I am Chinese (Well, a Hong Konger) but I don't find them offensive - unless they are obvious hate speech which is a defined term.
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Post by Darth on Jul 23, 2020 20:05:50 GMT
You've already said it yourself - the world does not revolve around anyone. If you think what the text was fully intended to offend, show obvious bigotry or hatred towards a specific something for that group just being what they are, report it. As far as I can tell, sadly it seems that you are the only one taking your religion seriously. Maybe, just maybe, too serious. I do take my religion seriously, it's my belief. However, I don't tolerate offensive jokes like that. If I made a Nazi joke towards a Jew, that wouldn't be allowed, yet people make meme videos shouting 'Allahu Akbar' with planes exploding in Minecraft. I'm not saying TF itself only does that, a lot of the world does online but I'm saying we shouldn't allow it. It's using a religion for the purpose of humour You are not the only person in the world. Your religion is not the only one in the world. What's sacred to one religion might be sinful to another. If someone is calling you slurs on the server (or its channels) then report it and they will be dealt with. You will see and hear things that you don't like, and you have to accept that that is something you will experience. There's no way around it. Best thing to do is ignore it and move on with your day.
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Post by AshazTGA on Jul 23, 2020 20:06:50 GMT
if you find them offensive, report them to me and I'll ask the person to remove them. reminder that we have a zero tolerance policy for this kinda stuff I'm fine with that. This can be closed.
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