As if racists only exist in tf2 community.

are you retarded

this is not true, it's not up to someone to assume what someone else would like to be called and the best way to fight racism is to not be fucking racist

Who cares?! That's entirely not the point. It doesn't matter if we're the least racist community on the planet its still a fucking problem.

Sorry tagg

Only in NA...

He basically said "I'm not going to be involved in this community anymore, look how racist everyone is here!"

That's nothing compared to what the girls of this community have to go through.

amazing
the only thing that you miss more than the point of his post are your rockets

Are people actually trying to justify this? What the actual fuck.

heh xd

Maybe I am missing the point. But instead of explaining, you're trying to shittalk me. I'm not trying to offend anyone here unlike others.

Pointing out there are racists outside the TF2 community is like saying there are serial killers outside the TF2 community.

It's not only irrelevant to Tagg's decision but also the TF2 community is much smaller with a much higher chance to interact with racist people or serial killers than the 7 billlion+ people on earth.

So your comment is both asinine and ignorant.

HEADASS

Oh man, that's terrible. I never understood people defending behavior like that with "it's trash talk, it's part of gaming".
Why can't people be nice to each other?

Because ""It's the internet and people should grow a thicker skin""
it's like the concept of not using slurs for situations where any other word could suffice and get the message across just fine is alien to some people
Feels bad man

there's nothing wrong with trash talk but there is definitely a distinction between simple banter and using racial slurs

hAHhAHAHAHAHAHH

Welp this thread has already been locked and unlocked.

There is literally no excuse to keep using that word

It's not a competition lol

the black representation in tf2 has now shrunk to dave

that's the alpha negro to you kev

dave_'s motivational speeches are the best

Safrix the 90 pound wonderboy is still going strong

I know this is a sensitive issue and all, but if you have a problem with someone saying a word that offends you or whatever, please tell them you have a problem instead of just bottling it up so that nothing changes and we get what we have now.

Except when people like him do there are still people attempting to justify their ooopsies because they don't want to realize they're being offensive and would rather say that it's their right to freedom of speech or some terribly miseducated bullshit, like they're allowed to say one fucking word just because they don't want to be left out on why that race is allowed to use that word like "wait why are you so offended at me for using it your people say it all the time if anything you're insulting yourself" or that Lord knows if shit like I get upset at being called MRSSLIN happens that lol I'm being too sensitive stop being so politically correct get over it xD

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Makes me sad to read that you're letting this kind of stuff get to you in such a major way. The hair touching stuff is obviously fucking weird and over the line but as for things like overhearing people use the word nigger referring to the enemy team, I just don't get it. The word doesn't mean the same thing to them, or to me apparently, as it does to you. Context is everything. The way you react to people using a word you don't like is entirely on you, it doesn't have to be a big deal.
Some of this behaviour is genuinely shitty and I can understand why it'd upset you but as for "someone's DAD who doesn't even have anything to do with the scene said something a bit racist" what the fuck dude that is being over-sensitive.
All of that being said, I don't think "I hate niggers XD" is particularly funny or in good taste but I just don't think it should be something you allow to get under your skin so much.

Are you somehow thinking that those 10 or so bullet points in his post are the only reason why he's distancing himself from the community, or that they are restricted to just happening once instead of being a constant pain in the ass for him to deal with for years?

Also people need to fucking stop measuring other people's tolerance level and comparing them to their own, as if they were qualified to determine what should get to them and what shouldn't. It's fucking rude, insensitive, and completely invalidates the feelings of the affected person. We all have different experiences and you have no idea of what the other person has to go through every day.

Also your post was a trainwreck from the first sentence, I haven't seen someone be so condescending over someone leaving an online community.

Do you really need every single person from a particular minority to individually tell you that they don't like racist terms aimed at their minority for you to not use it? Are you incapable of showing the basic level of sensitivity of considering it might be a problem before saying it, and just avoid using a term? This is just blaming the victim.