So this is GS's policy regarding discriminatory language;
- No personal attacks or use of discriminatory language
Including but not limited to hateful personal attacks against other members, sexism, racism, homophobic slurs or similar statements. Ad hominem and other distracting attacks do not add anything to the conversation.
Okay, fair enough, but what is 'racism' as far as the Mods are concerned?
The reason I ask is because there have been a few members in the OT threads who have promoted views and beliefs, largely based on anecdotal and even unsubstantiated information, that meet the textbook definition of racism in accordance with Webster and Oxford.
One of the definitions by Webster state that racism is;
the belief that some races of people are better than others; http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/racism
Oxford articulates roughly the same meaning;
The belief that all members of each race possess characteristics, abilities, or qualities specific to that race, especially so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race or races: https://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/racism
Now I've flagged a few comments that were made by members whose statements, I believe, meet the standards of racism as defined by Webster and Oxford. That is, certain members have made comments promoting the belief that Blacks, in general, are inferior because of their traits; violence, lack of morals/ethics, criminality etc. So far, none of the statements have been deleted.
Do these comments not meet the requirements of what you all would consider "racist"? If not, then what would?
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