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  1. RTKno1

    RTKno1 Well-Known Member

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    The person described below is 100% fictional. Any connection between him and anyone else is completely coincidental. This was posted in the CTF section since I am from CTF and I feel this is an appeal more to my community than to Brawl in general. However, if you feel this should be moved to the section "off topic", please do so. This was not meant to create debate, but rather ask for a little bit of understanding. Thank You.

    My name is Muhammad. I am a muslim. I am gay. My sister wears the hijab. My mother died to cancer 4 months ago. My uncle contracted Ebola while working to help those affected in Africa. My other uncle has HIV/AIDS. My aunt delivered a baby with a birth defect due to the Zika virus. My younger brother has autism. I am depressed and suicidal. My daily life consists of racism, bullying, Islamaphobia, anti-gay slurs, and other insulting comments. My life is a mess, and so am I.

    The person I described above is someone whom I've tried to place almost every negative aspect anyone could feel in daily life, as well as issues that most people ignorantly and so commonly insult or use as a joke. Some of them are issues I've faced, some my friends have faced, some I've just heard about, yet they are all important problems that I've seen being used in an insulting or offensive way. We take for granted that we do not experience these problems, that we are perfectly fine and are living the peaceful and easy life. We throw around these insults of "that gave me cancer" or "you're so gay" or "Allahu Akbar!" (said in a mocking tone or without a legitimate reason) so often without thinking who it may affect and harm. The amount of things we insult: cancer, HIV/AIDS, Islamic extremism, terrorism, suicide, depression, racism, LGBT issues, and so much more, is just completely insane. There is no sense of judgement before saying anything anymore. It is an issue that has always been here, but it has begun to grow immensely.

    I realize we are a group of kids, of children and young adults, and that not everyone is on the same maturity level. However I feel that the forums community at least has some sense of understanding to take this message and try to follow it. While I haven't seen this being done so often on the forums, it is there, and is definitely visible in game or on the skype chats and TS talks. There is a problem that can be fixed, something that we as a society need to fix in general, and while I know it's near impossible to change everyone, I would like to start somewhere. The blind insults need to stop. The ignorant comments need to end. The community that I knew was better than this. It was more supportive than what it is now. I know I can't change everyone, but any type of change would be nice. Even if only one or two people benefit from this, thats enough to spark a change. I really think, the most important problem to the community, is the community itself. And change can only come from within. I know that we are human, and humans are able to be considerate and thoughtful of others, humans have emotions to feel compassion for others, and so I'm asking for you to show some of that compassion when you talk to your fellow CTFers. I want to see that we don't have to be ignorant or arrogant when we talk, and that we can be careful about what we say and who they can affect. I'm not asking for political correctness, I'm asking for us to regard the aforementioned issues as real problems, and not something to mess around with. Thanks for reading this wall of text, and for your time.

    RTKno1

    If this post offended anyone, I am sorry. I did not intend for this to be offensive in any way. While I try to not insult anyone at all, I can't say im perfect, but I will say I am trying to make myself a better person, and I'm advocating for everyone else to do the same.
     
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  2. CommunistBelgian

    CommunistBelgian Well-Known Member

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    Rtk I'm here to support you in times of need, don't be afraid to contact me <3
     
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  3. GetShadowRealmed

    GetShadowRealmed What do I put here

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    Preach it. As for the first paragraph, PM me if you want to talk.
     
  4. Deppuccino

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    Okey Dokey, long text wall, lots of comments to be made.
    1- "My sister wears the hijab." dafuq is a hijab (yes ik I'm a dumb person who doesn't care about other cultures).
    2- "My name is Muhammad." I swear that every single muslim stereotype is either called Osama, Muhammad or Saddam. Have you ever tried any names like Abdallah or Youssef?
    3- Thank you for putting paragraphs. If it wasn't for paragraphs, I wouldn't have read it.
    4- "I've tried to place almost every negative aspect anyone could feel in daily life" You did horrible, then. Where's "I have Wi-Fi that's worse than Donald Trump's ability to not insult everyone", or "The TV remote is too far away"?
    5- "You're so gay" Don't worry, I've seen worse. People at my school think a person is gay when that person's hands are yellow (or was that to know if they farted?).
    6- Speaking of farted, where's "Being called out and laughed at everytime you fart"?
    7- "Islamic extremism, Terrorism" They're pretty much both Terrorism. I mean Islamic Extremism is pretty much always done through terrorism, but terrorism can be done by other countries (info given to me through SuperPower 2 video-game), so terrorism isn't exactly Islamic extremism alone.
    8- The whole 3rd paragraph is a inspirational speech.
    9- "Humans have emotions to feel compassion for others" Yeah, somewhere deep down there's a tiny bit of emotion. But other than that, you're funny.


    And ofc, nearly none of the above are serious and should not be taken seriously. I recognize the seriousness of this thread and respect it. These issues are very important to discuss and have all rights to be taken seriously. What forum contributor RTKno1 has said here are indeed serious problems in society and the BrawlCTF community. I do indeed care for these issues and I do indeed hope that someday in the lifetime of us, our sons or our grandsons, that these issues can and will be fixed, for the improvement of the global society and the Internet society. Thank you for your comprehension.
     
  5. iMuffles

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    yes i am sure he will be delighted to share details of this fictional person with you.
     
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  6. GetShadowRealmed

    GetShadowRealmed What do I put here

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    Yus, I could go on forever about fictional people. xD
     
  7. iMuffles

    iMuffles Well-Known Member

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    DAMAGECONTROLDAMAGECONTROLDAMAGECONTROLDAMAGECONTROLDAMAGECONTROLDAMAGECONTROLDAMAGECONTROL
     
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  8. Daveeeeeeeee

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    I think it's a kind of scarf thing that goes over the head but I'm not sure.

    I completely agree with all of this.
     
  9. ACE_BLUE2

    ACE_BLUE2 Sup'

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    Yeah, it's a veil that covers the head/chest, worn particularly by muslim women past the age of puberty. Also, nice thread rtk =D
     
  10. CastleBravo1954

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    I don't know why, but some people from school thinks its ok to do these kinds of things. Its ok, just ignore them.
     
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  11. Sir_Inge

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    My official opinion:
    Yeah, it's rude to insult people, but it HAPPENS. People in my family have died from cancer but I still laugh when I hear "That gave me cancer"
    I find most jokes about diabetes pretty funny even though I'm diabetic myself.
    I'm Jewish, but I don't let "Jew" jokes bother me. The world is FULL of idiots and racist 10 year old kids in a pixel block game. At some point, everyone gets insulted. There's jokes about every demographic, disease, culture, and pretty much anything that a person aide ties with. Stereotypes fir them too. You have to laugh or ignore them. It's insane not to say anything discriminatory in ones life. And it's also insane to get offended by every one of them. At a certain point, it crosses the line, but until then, grow up. I mean, at a certain point, we can't even differentiate between people or state the facts without everyone freaking out. We can't afford to be this nice.
     
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  12. JoseMigueCarrera

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    This might sound bad but is so true, if there weren't homosexuals, homophobes would not exist.
    If it weren't different races, racism would not exist.
    If it weren't mans, feminism would not exist.

    What I want to say with that is that there will always be a madafaka who dislikes other people, culture or likes.
     
  13. GreenNature

    GreenNature Nature is Creative

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    Preach KollVenk
     
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