Board Thread:Moderation Desk/@comment-5722194-20150822022153/@comment-30698228-20150822045849

Allose wrote: Rhalitra, do not associate equality with ignoring behavior that stems from inequality. Whether it is blatant hate or some stupid joke, it's offensive. It's hate. There's not a single form an offense can take to make it less offensive.

That's why people need to stand up to racism, homophobia, transphobia, sexism, et cetera, whenever it comes up. I imagine you've heard the phrase, "Silence is consent," and it applies here. I don't expect everyone to have the confidence to push through that discomfort and stand up for themselves, but those who have the ability to do something about it need to do something about it, and amazingly enough that's what the admins were trying to do. This isn't something to just shrug and say, "Haters gonna hate," because yes, they will hate, and that hate needs to stop. It doesn't stop when you ignore it. Allose does make a point. You don't stop hate by ignoring it. You stop it by challenging it.