Old time name calling! Somewhat controversial!

Avon said:
Yes, that is how Woke works. Stifle conversation with concealed threats and alleged perceived hurt.
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The owner/moderator of Senior Forums had a political forum, but removed it quite some time ago because there was so much bickering and people exchanging insults there, and he was getting a slew of messages about it.

So, it has nothing to do with a woke policy, but a way to keep Senior Forums as friendly as possible.
 
Murrmurr said:
Honestly, I think it's only based on how many complaints the moderator gets.
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Yep I know Murr, on my first forum the underground clique network was clearly hatching a plot for the weekend. Monday morning a pm from the Mod telling me I was banned, she was confused as I had not posted anything at all wrong, adding a number of people had complained, so I must have. The way they work, alas.
So the next day I signed in as my wife and stayed there.
 
Murrmurr said:
The owner/moderator of Senior Forums had a political forum, but removed it quite some time ago because there was so much bickering and people exchanging insults there, and he was getting a slew of messages about it.

So, it has nothing to do with a woke policy, but a way to keep Senior Forums as friendly as possible.
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I know I have been on this forum for years, back in the days when really good posters were getting banned for putting on pictures of animals, one being a friend of our next King and Queen and Bratti posted really interesting stuff.
However, I agree about politics and rows, the reason I and all the rest left the last forum , and remaining eight posters too it.
 
Getting back to the thread topic (and coming to it late), I think it's good that slurs are curtailed these days. It's a sign of a society maturing, getting wiser. We wouldn't need to legislate these things if people kept control of themselves.

My example would be from my youth. Back then, racial slurs were common language, and you didn't even have to earn it to get it. It's excruciatingly embarrassing when I think back to it now. Shameful even. That things have changed is for the better.
 
Old time. new time... whatever!
Name calling… well there is no excuse for doing it.
Whatever one does among friends may not be as acceptable as you think. Many people are afraid to speak up because they feel they may be mocked and ridiculed even further.
Calling people names is plain and simple, boorish, oafish and unacceptable behaviour and the people who do it…bullies.
 
Even if name calling is meant in jest, even in theoretically in a loving way, it may feel negative to the recipient. After many times of a jovial term, my mother chastised the person. The woman had no idea that it was negative.
 
I have been the target of nastiness and because others have been insensitive to my weight issue. When I was a teen I was called terrible names because the abusers sought to malign me after the abuse.

My father was from the depression era and called different nationalities various names. It was done jokingly. He was not malicious.

People are going to say what they want and I mean no one is immune to this.
 
oldaunt said:
Agreed. Its what adults do. But then you have the nasty one crying to the moderator. Sad thing....
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The other part of being an adult is to try to not hurt people's feelings with posts, though sometimes (particularly when things ride a political edge), I admit my elbows can get pretty sharp.

When I find myself getting sucked into heated conversations that are going nowhere fast, I usually unwatch the thread to remove any temptation to continue fueling the fire. Insisting on having the last word - or the last insulting emoticon - is a fool's errand.

Should tangles become insulting and/or so frequent that I feel targeted, l put people on "ignore" for a while (nobody there right now) to chill myself down.

Matrix generously hosts this forum for our enjoyment - I have no desire to poison it for myself or others.
 
A phrase that was brought to my attention here on the SF a while back is applicable to this thread. "It is mandatory that we grow old, but it is optional whether we grow up." So much of this problem can be alleviated by common sense, and respect.
 

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