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Originally Posted by pickled_heretic
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that's not how it works. the majority of people in the states are not black, but we still confine some words like '******' to certain arenas of discussion. it's not that most people find the word offensive, it's that any civilized society protects its minorities out of its collective sense of moral justice.
i can't claim a word for my own use. i am a slave to however the word is most commonly used. i can't make a guild with the word "coon" in it for the same reason. sure, i can mean a raccoon. who cares? i could mean whever i wanted, the word can be easily interpreted with racist connotation and thus is simply not appropriate for guild naming conventions. once again, we're not talking about free speech in public discourse, we're talking about a fucking troll guild on an emulated pvp server. i would not allow the name just to avoid controversies like this that could reach beyond the scope of the server (and already have).
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holocaust isn't shortened, it is what it is.
Coon is short for raccoon, mostly to be used as a racial slur.
holocaust is not a racial slur in any shape form or fashion. Slave trade would be more appropriate in comparison. Slave trading was also around before the Africans were traded.
fuck off.