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Originally Posted by Hadehariast
This was not in response to a deluge of fanciful and ridiculous threads. There were two threads launched in the last day about offensive nicknames which should be removed-- one with strong ties to the KKK, and one which is a racial epithet for a black man.
Depending on the colour of your skin, your experience with racism may vary. The descendants of a lynching victim or those who are still subject to racial violence likely don't feel as flippant as you do towards the 'Grand Wizard' nickname or the sort of racial epithet that they hear too often.
Removing two racially charged nicknames from a list of 1163-- yes, I counted-- is the textbook definition of "reasonable accommodation." These are your fellow citizens. These are your people-- they deserve to be treated with respect for their fundamental human dignity, rather than be dismissed with contempt as 'overly sensitive' and not worth having their position considered with any sort of concern or serious consideration.
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One of those threads was proven as someone trolling the community as the nickname in question does not appear in the default nickname file.
Problem is when someone comes on the boards and post something like that, they are opening the door for discussions like this as people will be on one side or the other. Simple solution as you said is to go into the nickname file and remove the ones you don't like....or just go check the box that disables all nicknames.
Not sure about everyone else, but I don't want to come to the boards and have to see threads of people fighting about something that really is not related to baseball.....let's just PLAY BALL!