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Does "our society" refer to players of nerd.nu, Reddit, USA or just the human society? I see the people living in 2013 are living in a modern society where homosexuals are common, and different kinds of people can stand up for their rights. People don't use the fuc-word back then but it's very common to say it now, even there is a hit song "Forget You". Why it is ok for people to use the fuc-word, "broke back mountain", retarded, redhead, black, etc, but when I use that particular word, "people will assume you meant it in a negative way."? That pro tip is what I am taking now. Great thanks for the input. // Thanks for the link. I now learn a new term "slur". Although I don't quite agree, I understand why I get that warning. // Of course mocking anyone for anything is not good. But in my case, and I guess some similar cases in the Ban Appeals section, the "ban first, appeal later" practice is going to piss off more people than people who actually felt bad when they see a word that actually has no negative meaning appeared on chat.

First of all, I am not trying to bring up fights and I am not a racist. I have close friends (males and females) whom are homosexuals. If you think this post offends you, I feel bad and you should feel bad too... I got a warning around 2 weeks ago because I used the word "gay" in clan chat. I was jumping on a bed with two other male players, (waiting for night so we can sleep to set re-spawn point), we had fun, and I said "this is so gay". Mod said "you aren't supposed to use gay in a derogatory manner", and "that's your only warning". At the moment I didn't know what "derogatory" means, I assumed mod has a point, so I apologized. But later I looked up the dictionary and there is no way I used "gay" in a "derogatory" manner. I could have avoid using that word but I absolutely don't think that's derogatory, or offensive, or has a negative meaning in any way. When I got that warning, another player immediately asked "what if you use the word 'retarded'?" Now I also want to add, what if I use the words "black", "girly", "manly", "Asian", "Christians", etc? My friends won't even feel anything when I use that word. I don't know whether that mod is homosexual or not. But I think I got the warning just because I used that word. Fortunately it's a warning instead of a ban, else I'd be very pissed... I think I'd be even more pissed if I am actually homosexual. I am not sure if I can join the community meeting next week. So I post this here. Thanks for your time reading this.