Re: Commentary on racism vs ethnocentrism/culturalcentrism.
My two cents on this topic as a forum owner/operator and a member of forums with strict rules.
These things (bad language, racist comments, non-PC terms etc. etc.) are largely self-regulating.
If a member is posting and using these terms and they are going overboard or outside the realm of humor the other members of the forum will make note and treat the person accordingly. People that go over the top and use certain "offensive" terms at a level that is higher than the accepted level among forum regulars will usually pipe down and stop.
I've only be registered here for maybe a year but it seems like there are more and more rules, regulations, bannable offenses and things you can't say, do or participate in. I think that is unfortunate.
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