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Originally Posted by mercedesjin
Why wouldn't you ban someone for using "white trash"?
If that's really a double standard that you've seen, then maybe you - as a mod - can start to look at how you've reacted to those double standards. Maybe the next time you see someone use "white trash" you can ban them, because that's also a derogatory term.
Hell, you could even start with me if you wanted. (I actually feel really bad now for using that word just to make a point in a thread.)
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I think words have levels. "white trash" is not offensive to me in any way.
No one I have seen has used the term (before today) so I have never had to think about it.
Some words are more offensive than others. Maybe you want to call that a "double standard" but I have banned people for using profanity to insult someone, but not for words like "dumb". Different words have different levels.