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Calling @flynismo racist after everything I know he’s been through is utterly ridiculous and downright insulting. Fly has witnessed and experienced some serious and threatening racism that seldom happens in the United States, and that’s a fact. He had to flee South Africa and came to the United States legally in order to do that. He’s a naturalized American citizen. He knew people, some family, who were brutalized, raped, murdered, etc because of an actually racist government and society. Most of his family? Muslim, and he had no intentions of insulting them whatsoever. I know for a fact he’s a good man, and he is livid by this accusation based off of everything he’s been through. The things that he has been through are beyond horrific, and out of respect for him, I will not share since it is not my story to tell.
You are allowed to disagree with him, and maybe that word was a bit much, but going out of his way to call him essentially a racist(which if it wasn’t your intention, it sure as hell was implied) is downright more insulting than him typing out a slur that I wasn’t even aware existed until 12 hours ago(btw, he contacted me personally, he didn’t know that it as offense either. He always assumed it was just a shortening, kind of like how my actual name is David, but most call me Dave). Should the slur have been deleted? Yes and you should have let him know in private, but to make an example of him and basically co imply him to be racist, which is what others could have perceived it as, I’ve showed it to multiple outsiders and they thought you were intentionally making an example of him out of perceived spite and not for moral reasons is wrong. It is borderline libelous and hilariously ignorant. If you have a problem with him personally, PM him and talk to him in private. There was no need to do that, especially given the actual circumstances. You have insulted him far more than you could he could have offended anyone with that term.
Another incident like this and I think we all can agree @RavensMania @Truth @purplepittabread88 , this thread is done. People are allowed to disagree with each other without people being on their high horse and blindly accuse them despite not having interacted with them personally or even getting to know their real name or life story. No one in this forum is above anyone on a personal level.
Calling @flynismo racist after everything I know he’s been through is utterly ridiculous and downright insulting. Fly has witnessed and experienced some serious and threatening racism that seldom happens in the United States, and that’s a fact. He had to flee South Africa and came to the United States legally in order to do that. He’s a naturalized American citizen. He knew people, some family, who were brutalized, raped, murdered, etc because of an actually racist government and society. Most of his family? Muslim, and he had no intentions of insulting them whatsoever. I know for a fact he’s a good man, and he is livid by this accusation based off of everything he’s been through. The things that he has been through are beyond horrific, and out of respect for him, I will not share since it is not my story to tell.
You are allowed to disagree with him, and maybe that word was a bit much, but going out of his way to call him essentially a racist(which if it wasn’t your intention, it sure as hell was implied) is downright more insulting than him typing out a slur that I wasn’t even aware existed until 12 hours ago(btw, he contacted me personally, he didn’t know that it as offense either. He always assumed it was just a shortening, kind of like how my actual name is David, but most call me Dave). Should the slur have been deleted? Yes and you should have let him know in private, but to make an example of him and basically co imply him to be racist, which is what others could have perceived it as, I’ve showed it to multiple outsiders and they thought you were intentionally making an example of him out of perceived spite and not for moral reasons is wrong. It is borderline libelous and hilariously ignorant. If you have a problem with him personally, PM him and talk to him in private. There was no need to do that, especially given the actual circumstances. You have insulted him far more than you could he could have offended anyone with that term.
Another incident like this and I think we all can agree @RavensMania @Truth @purplepittabread88 , this thread is done. People are allowed to disagree with each other without people being on their high horse and blindly accuse them despite not having interacted with them personally or even getting to know their real name or life story. No one in this forum is above anyone on a personal level.
