Can a typeface be racist?

[luiz]

C'mon, Luiz, you can over-simplify more than that. We believe in you!

I'm sure you do considering you're yet to point to one of my "many contradictions" and are only posting silly one-liners in defense of your playground buddy.

I got to say you could do a better job defending him. Why don't you expand on how I'm a filthy wog from third world ********? What's your take there? Do your best.

 

[luiz]

Again, you're getting worked up over form, not intent. Why?

Making an accusation is not about form. The form of the accusation does not matter at all.

I wonder if you understand communication at all.

 

[ParkCungHee]

Making an accusation is not about form. The form of the accusation does not matter at all.

Right, so what does it matter my choice of words, you should be judge me based on my intentions for the accusation.

 

[warpus]

I wonder if this disagreement has anything to do with the fact that most Brazilians are capable of reading other peoples' minds, while those from the U.S. generally can not.

 

[ParkCungHee]

Actually, we get that power once we enter puberty.

 

[aelf]

I wonder if this disagreement has anything to do with the fact that most Brazilians are capable of reading other peoples' minds, while those from the U.S. generally can not.

No wonder they can see fascism miles before anyone else could it see it coming, when everyone else only saw tape being tossed

 

[rugbyLEAGUEfan]

It's one thing to have a poster heavily outnumbered in a debate due to sheer weight of opinion, but when what is essentially a slanging match is fueled by people on the sideline essentially slinging mud at one guy and there seems to be at least some element of sides being chosen on personalities alone, well it's just not cool.

 

[Save_Ferris]

It's one thing to have a poster heavily outnumbered in a debate due to sheer weight of opinion, but when what is essentially a slanging match is fueled by people on the sideline essentially slinging mud at one guy and there seems to be at least some element of sides being chosen on personalities alone, well it's just not cool.

Yeah, I've never seen a quote war in a thread about typefaces.

 

[aelf]

It's one thing to have a poster heavily outnumbered in a debate due to sheer weight of opinion, but when what is essentially a slanging match is fueled by people on the sideline essentially slinging mud at one guy and there seems to be at least some element of sides being chosen on personalities alone, well it's just not cool.

As long as no one is intending to sling mud at that one guy, what's the problem?

 

[rugbyLEAGUEfan]

As long as no one is intending to sling mud at that one guy, what's the problem?

Well played

 

[Farm Boy]

Eh. That line has gotten more than old from both sides. Come up with something new?

 

[luiz]

Right, so what does it matter my choice of words, you should be judge me based on my intentions for the accusation.

Yep, you intended to make a pretty serious accusation, that could get you in trouble with Justice over here (and probably over there), and that's what you made.

I wonder if this disagreement has anything to do with the fact that most Brazilians are capable of reading other peoples' minds, while those from the U.S. generally can not.

Et tu?

The kid who is so smart that he managed to misspell his username has not offered a single argument of why I am wrong, nor have any of his playground buddied slinging mud on the sidelines.

I am not arguing anything controversial, I am not proposing any mind reading. All I am saying is that we should judge what people say over their intended meaning, not according to our own biases. I gave a clear, real life example of a foreigner who used a racist word without offending anyone because everyone understood he was referring to a different meaning. Why should we judge him on the form he employed, if his intentions were completely harmless?

Communication is about interpreting the meaning behind messages, and I am saying we should concentrate on that. Is that unreasonable? Is this somehow about "reading minds"?

It's one thing to have a poster heavily outnumbered in a debate due to sheer weight of opinion, but when what is essentially a slanging match is fueled by people on the sideline essentially slinging mud at one guy and there seems to be at least some element of sides being chosen on personalities alone, well it's just not cool.

Indeed
And I very much doubt that my opinion on the matter is outnumbered, to those that bothered reading what I'm saying. It's a matter of one pathological case insulting me to see if I lose my temper, and a couple of buddies of his just slinging mud while refusing to enter the debate. This is hardly the first time this happens, and it isn't about me.

No wonder they can see fascism miles before anyone else could it see it coming, when everyone else only saw tape being tossed

Hey look, another playground buddy wants my attention!



That's what, your fourth pointless mudsling in this thread?

 

[aelf]

Hey look, another playground buddy wants my attention!



That's what, your fourth pointless mudsling in this thread?

Playground buddies tease each other, no? Surely you should be able to read my intentions, buddy.

 

[Quackers]

It's one thing to have a poster heavily outnumbered in a debate due to sheer weight of opinion, but when what is essentially a slanging match is fueled by people on the sideline essentially slinging mud at one guy and there seems to be at least some element of sides being chosen on personalities alone, well it's just not cool.

Indeed.
This is by far the ugliest thread i've seen on these forums. I've seen threads locked and removed for good, for far less. Since the split there has been far less moderation...

 

[Crezth]

Communication is about interpreting the meaning behind messages, and I am saying we should concentrate on that. Is that unreasonable? Is this somehow about "reading minds"?

And yet you still haven't been able to figure out that the intention behind PCH's original insult was to prove a point, not hurt you. Alas.

 

[luiz]

Playground buddies tease each other, no? Surely you should be able to read my intentions, buddy.

You're not my buddy. You're PCH and Traitorfish's buddy. Go "tease" them.

Indeed.
This is by far the ugliest thread i've seen on these forums. I've seen threads locked and removed for good, for far less. Since the split there has been far less moderation...

Agreed. And while I obvious carry part of the blame I think any reasonable person would agree I wasn't unreasonable in my reactions.

And yet you still haven't been able to figure out that the intention behind PCH's original insult was to prove a point, not hurt you. Alas.

O really?
His intention was to make an insult and make me lose my temper because of the words used, but I proved rather nicely my point by demonstrating that his earlier insult with "polite" words was just as bad as his second insult with "nasty/racist" words, because they both aimed at the same thing: insulting and provocating.

 

[illram]

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