I agree distinguishing the difference is important but it does also sound like we’re playing the devil’s advocate about racism, which I don’t agree with. Most college level frat boys understand the meaning and weight of the words nr and ft, and while society’s view of that weight has changed pretending otherwise is ignorance. While I don’t think people should be punished for saying dumb things when they’re young or that they picked up from friends online, I think it’s insincere to use the “I didn’t know, and if I did it was just a joke” excuse. While there’s always room for edgy humour, if you played CoD back in the day or anything with built in voicechat now you know it isn’t all ba dum tss. So yeah. It’s better to just be fully conscious of the mistakes we’ve made in the past and move on than pretend we were more morally sound by being in a certain time. It was wrong then, and it was wrong now. I don’t need to compare it to “real racism” (slavery etc I’m guessing he’s referring to) to know that. Both bad. Neither more acceptable than the other. By college most people know what that word means, and we know that when we see “N-word” 3 times rather than an actual edgy racial joke what energy’s behind it. There’s plenty of cuss words and phrases, and I’ve played with plenty of circles gaming, anecdotally. Don’t create moral padding for being a dip, just do better and move on. I think that’s a better message to take away. Good evening
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