Timeline for User with homophobic name
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| Feb 28, 2021 at 23:54 | comment | added | Some Guy | I am using the United States definition of free speech by the way, which doesn't protect child pornography, incitement of violence, death threats, false fire alerts, harassment, but does protect the KKK, anti-gay Westboro Baptist church, and neo-nazis. | |
| Feb 28, 2021 at 23:46 | comment | added | Some Guy | Of course, if MSE says they advocate for free speech, then your point stands, because many companies say they are supporters of free speech while still censoring hate speech, despite the fact that free speech protects hate speech. However, MSE has not made such a statement, therefore their censorship of hate speech is valid, although some people may disagree, and they should since companies are places where lots of people may gather and speak, and controlling that speech may have bad consequences. | |
| Feb 28, 2021 at 23:46 | comment | added | Some Guy | @Lord_Farin Hate speech is free speech and thus must never be illegalized by governments. That would lead to totalitarian states, a lack of liberty, an inability to look at all sides and correct popular wrong beliefs, and a constant desire to conform while keeping poisonous thoughts to yourself out of fear. However, this is just a math forum where people just come here to discuss math. Does it really matter whether people have a right to say they do not approve of gay people here or not, even as a joke? | |
| Jun 12, 2020 at 10:07 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Sep 15, 2013 at 2:40 | comment | added | The Chaz 2.0 | FWIW - I downvoted because this post (and all the discussion herein) is feeding the troll. | |
| Sep 14, 2013 at 18:31 | comment | added | leo | @GerryMyerson very | |
| Sep 14, 2013 at 11:26 | comment | added | Gerry Myerson | @leo, holomorphic? No, polarizing. | |
| Sep 13, 2013 at 15:05 | history | edited | Potato | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 13, 2013 at 12:42 | comment | added | Andrés E. Caicedo | The account has been deleted. | |
| Sep 13, 2013 at 3:28 | comment | added | leo | At first I've read: user with holomorphic name | |
| Sep 12, 2013 at 21:31 | comment | added | Lord_Farin | And that's all; I'll leave this thread behind now -- contented. I'm pleased to note that most of its stinging parts have been nuanced in comment discussions. | |
| Sep 12, 2013 at 21:28 | comment | added | Lord_Farin | @Potato I admit possibly excessive use of hyperbole in conveying my point (which may have harmed the success of doing so). I will not push hypocrisy allegations further, I have said what I wanted to. I also have no interest in a public place for people to show their progressive-/conservativeness that will undoubtedly (and sadly) degrade into mud-slinging, suspensions and whatnot. As for main, I trust that people know it is about mathematics. Any behavioural disruptions should be left at the discretion of moderators, if remotely feasible. | |
| Sep 12, 2013 at 18:59 | comment | added | Potato | @Lord_Farin This is getting a bit far away from the topic of the post, though. If you would like to discuss this further, how do you feel about opening a new thread about what sorts of speech regarding minorities should be prohibited on M.SE? | |
| Sep 12, 2013 at 18:57 | comment | added | Potato | @Lord_Farin I don't think anyone's throwing reason or moderation overboard. I tried to lay out very clearly the reasons why I thought action should be taken. You're free to defend such names if you want to. Further, I am emphatically not tolerant of ideas I deem to be extraordinarily toxic and without merit, like racism and homophobia. There is no hypocrisy here. I will concede, however, that this was probably better addressed privately. | |
| Sep 12, 2013 at 14:24 | comment | added | Cheerful Parsnip | @Lord_Farin: the LGBT community has been an oppressed group for some time. It's understandable that the topic brings up strong emotions. Still, yes, I agree that this would have been better handled less publicly. | |
| Sep 12, 2013 at 7:09 | comment | added | Lord_Farin | @Grumpy No, and I believe that was clear ("Tasteless, sure. Disruptive, certainly. It should be dealt with by mods."). I am arguing that there should not be meta questions dedicated to this, and so wholeheartedly support robjohn's original comment. What provoked my rage was the fact that (supposedly open-minded and tolerant) people are comfortable with throwing reason and moderation overboard as soon as sexual preference enters the field, and initiate a public attack against whoever might dare to voice the slightest (ironic?) bit of the opposing opinion. I wanted to expose this hypocrisy. | |
| Sep 12, 2013 at 0:15 | comment | added | Cheerful Parsnip | @Lord_Farin: I have trouble digesting your point. Are you arguing that users should be allowed to have incendiary and insulting names? | |
| Sep 9, 2013 at 2:39 | history | edited | Jonas Meyer |
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| Sep 8, 2013 at 23:59 | history | reopened |
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| Sep 8, 2013 at 21:36 | history | closed |
Jonas Meyer Lord_Farin Austin Mohr Stahl Inquest |
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| Sep 8, 2013 at 15:20 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Sep 8, 2013 at 15:17 | comment | added | Andrés E. Caicedo | @Lord_Farin (Typo. I should've said c'mon.) | |
| Sep 8, 2013 at 15:15 | comment | added | Lord_Farin | @AndresCaicedo I am admittedly soapboxing against hypocrisy. | |
| Sep 8, 2013 at 15:03 | comment | added | Andrés E. Caicedo | @Lord_Farin No, it is not, common! Plus, "volatile", "public hanging"? Really? That seems soapboxing, more than the other comments. (Anyway, I will not continue on this thread.) | |
| Sep 8, 2013 at 11:36 | comment | added | Lord_Farin | So here we have another instance of hypocritical moral-high-ground-soapboxing in the ever hostile propaganda war on sexual orientations (both sides guilty). Free speech anyone? Or does that only count when someone agrees with the majority's ideals on delicate subjects? Tasteless, sure. Disruptive, certainly. It should be dealt with by mods. But this volatile response (particularly in comments) is nothing but the public hanging of those with different opinion, and therefore morally behaving equivalent to the thing it opposes. Yugh, hypocrisy. | |
| Sep 8, 2013 at 10:48 | comment | added | Git Gud | I just ran into this. | |
| Sep 8, 2013 at 10:24 | comment | added | user1551 | This case makes me wonder, if my account number is 666 and some Christian files a complaint, will I get suspended for not changing the account name? | |
| Sep 8, 2013 at 9:54 | history | edited | Martin Sleziak |
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| Sep 8, 2013 at 9:22 | comment | added | Did | "No one is anti-gay anymore, it's the 21st century". The first part is demonstrably false (but the second part is true). | |
| Sep 8, 2013 at 9:07 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackMath/status/376632752978026496 | ||
| Sep 8, 2013 at 7:32 | comment | added | Potato | @GitGud Unfortunately, there are still lot of hateful people around. And while I agree that the user was probably being 'ironically' homophobic, that doesn't make it any better. Ironic hate speech is still hate speech. | |
| Sep 8, 2013 at 7:17 | comment | added | Git Gud | Blown way out of porpotion. This community is too old for trolling. No one is anti-gay anymore, it's the 21st century. | |
| Sep 8, 2013 at 5:58 | comment | added | Caleb Stanford | @Potato, I'm glad you made this public post rather than just notifying the mods in private, because I think this particular issue needed to be put to a vote for it to be clear how the general mathSE community feels. I appreciate it. (I actually almost made a similar post about this user earlier today but ended up just flagging instead.) | |
| Sep 8, 2013 at 5:56 | history | edited | Potato | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 8, 2013 at 2:47 | comment | added | Andrés E. Caicedo | (@Potato A bad one, at that, since it appears to be ridiculing and dismissing a very serious issue.) | |
| Sep 8, 2013 at 2:33 | comment | added | Potato | @LoieBenedicte It is a joke. He was making a joke. | |
| Sep 8, 2013 at 2:19 | comment | added | Loie Benedicte | Surely A.C. knows that happiness isn't as taboo as sexual orientation. Surely he/she knows that sexual orientation is something of a different animal than emotional state. Surely he/she does, right? | |
| Sep 8, 2013 at 2:03 | comment | added | Anthony Carapetis | as a happy person I am deeply offended. | |
| Sep 8, 2013 at 0:32 | history | edited | Potato | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 8, 2013 at 0:13 | comment | added | Loie Benedicte | Hip hip horray! | |
| Sep 7, 2013 at 23:52 | comment | added | user61527 | As an update, the user is now named anti-happiness, and has been suspended. | |
| Sep 7, 2013 at 23:47 | comment | added | Loie Benedicte | In my opinion there ought to be a filter for user names. I mean how hard would it be to get a library of profanity to filter a user's name during signup? | |
| Sep 7, 2013 at 23:36 | comment | added | Andrés E. Caicedo | @robjohn Though I do not think this was your intention, it seems dismissive to treat the problem at hand (Hate speech? Harassment and intimidation?) as "a problem with a particular user". This is something where the site community should be involved, | |
| Sep 7, 2013 at 23:35 | answer | added | anon | timeline score: 33 | |
| Sep 7, 2013 at 23:19 | comment | added | robjohn Mod | @T.Bongers: It is fine to take the question back to its original mathematical intent. This should be handled in general on meta, or in particular by the moderators or the community team. | |
| Sep 7, 2013 at 23:16 | comment | added | user61527 | @robjohn A follow-up question: I rolled back the original question and title after the OP changed them both to make them about the user's offensive name. I did this since I felt it was just going to fan the flames and distract from the mathematical content, and that the issue should be raised on meta, not in the original post. Is this the correct action to take, or should it just be flagged for attention and given time? | |
| Sep 7, 2013 at 23:03 | answer | added | Douglas S. Stones | timeline score: 27 | |
| Sep 7, 2013 at 23:02 | history | edited | Potato | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 7, 2013 at 22:58 | comment | added | Potato | @robjohn Thank you for that. | |
| Sep 7, 2013 at 22:57 | comment | added | Potato | @robjohn Sorry. I was not aware that was the proper course of action. I will remember that the next time I have such a complaint. | |
| Sep 7, 2013 at 22:56 | comment | added | robjohn Mod | A problem with a particular user would better be handled via a flag to the moderators or a message via the Help Center to the community team. Meta is better suited for general issues, not specific ones. I have already contacted anti-gay, but that is all I can say about that. | |
| Sep 7, 2013 at 22:51 | history | asked | Potato | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
