I seem to have a ping from a non-existent post. Given that the post has disappeared, I'm going to assume it was some abusive BS and contained nothing of merit.

Did anyone see it? Have I missed out on anything good?

TBH, the thread was already dumpster fire waiting to be lit right from post #1. I'm surprised it's been left to get to this point...


EDIT: The thread isn't locked? Seriously?

Shutting down discourse isn't healthy. It is good that people can disagree.

Shutting down discussion is not healthy and its why the thread headed this way.. far too many places both in real life and the net usually shuts down civil discussions or when they are civil afew too many more extreme idiots come in twisting what is said as being bigoted .. thus without a way to discuss it rationally leadis to if not hate and true bigotry then rather more heated talking on the matter to get what they want understood and out before they get the matter shut down ..

shutting down discussions is not healthy? It really depends on who you are, sane healthy people trying to discus with people of lesser intent is in general not healthy for the healthy ones

Which wouldn't have happened if it weren't for gog staff actions.

Gog went broke so went woke sadly.

Heh, I thought a 'pride month sale' was pretty meh, since pretty much everyone are on board with basic humanitarian values.

This thread proves me wrong.

damn, if you needed this thread to reach that conclusion you have gone to far on twitter my friend

My point is that the thread clearly breaks the rules. There's nothing wrong with talking about pride month, but the OP explicitly politicised the issue. I am not arguing in favour of the rules, just pointing out the inconsistent application of them.

Also I was mirroring the thread's title facetiously.
As above.

Good to see you have enough sense to backtrack from that foul-mouthed path of viciousness you were going down on. There was no twisting of words, only using your own against you.

No one in good faith and with the least lick of sense would call you a bigot for opposing racial supremacists of any color, or people who advocate the actual oppression of gays. But it's important to grasp that the concept of "bigotry" has developed into "anything I disagree with", which is what makes the radical outlook you were espousing so perversely dangerous.

Also, and let's not forget that the concept of slippery slope is the very same argument used by the bigots you oppose.

Aye, it's crazy. I consider myself the most desillusioned, negative guy ever. And yet humanity constantly fail to sink even lower than I expected.

Honestly, I know CoC and all, and discussions like that can easily turn into poo-flinging (and do and did). Just look at the mass downvotes (please stop that already, GOG).

The suggestion to take it to "private conversations" (chat) would make sense if two people were at each other's throats. But until the site supports group chats, it's not really a solution. There are a dozen or so people here discussing, how's that supposed to work in 1:1 chats?

And its usually the ones that shut down the discussions that cause the lesser ones to become a thing .. As there is proof where people who either grow up with the wrong info and thus have the wrong view of things when actually talked to as a person and things discussed help each other understand the other and get one out of a bigoted mindset and the other to understand how and why someone has such views and the like.. but when discussions are shut down it causes those people to when trying to understand something or the like actually find most places they can discuss it are bigoted people or people with the wrong info thus shutting the discussions down makes matters worse for everyone as a end result ..

Am I saying allow rather hateful stuff to go unchecked? No ..But rather what I am saying if discussions that are understandably civil even if bigoted .. while others not bigoted but using shutdown tactics on those to literally makes problems worse for everyone .. I would link a YouTube video of a prime example of where a guy who was bigoted thanks to ending up at a piont having little choice but to talk to one he was bigoted against and the other person understood apathy and such was the way to win over a person to change em for the better but I ain't sure if that kind of thing would break the rules or not
Agreed I am not aware of G.O.G having group chat.. if there was a group chat or group pms that'd be a viable call but if they don't then saying to keep it to pms then its not a viable thing when its not a 1 0n 1 chat

As long as there is decency and respect for the interlocutors, let the discussion flow. I strongly oppose thread locking or deleting, unless the participants deviate to the extreme.
Also, people need to learn how to deal with opposing thoughts and ideas as well and not take everything personally.