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#40650

yeah but arent the logs “he did this and its bad” as opposed to “this is the bad post he did”

#40651

no farther up there was a suspension with a few bad posts he did

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#40652

for the record

I have no issues with not saying lynch

CDFM used eliminate as standard to conform to site standards

But I do wonder how we also feel about terms like “Mafia” or games like “Secret Hitler” that seem to suffer from the same issue or worse?

#40653

Mafia doesn’t have that bad of a connotation

neither does cults IMO

I think it’s just the fact that the word lynch has a racial history and one that can be taken in a veeery negative light means that some people would rather not have it be said

#40654

You just aren’t from anywhere that has an actual Mafia history friend

#40655

i see

im curious if theres any more juicy stuff but if its effort to find i won’t bother

:eyes:

#40656

Welcome to Jersey home of crimelords

#40657

I mean I guess the mafia doesn’t really have a prescence in austin fucking texas

but I still think that regardless of that, lynch is a more widespread term that can be taken negatively.

#40658

Within America sure

#40659

But I’m cautious to apply that to everyone

#40660

Well, we germans play “Secret Hitler” and don’t have problems with it, despite being extremely anxious about anything regarding our past, so I would say it should be not a problem.
I’m really not a fan of the the term Mafia, but eh its just a name for a game so w/e… I’m uncomfortable to say it myself tho, so I prefer to just say FM myself :upside_down_face:

#40661

once again werewolf theming has been proven to be superior

#40662

Except I know people that do find it extremely uncomfortable

Therein lies the issue

#40663

It’s just the names of our games
It’s not like our games have the flavor of it

#40664

i’m not going to stop calling mob killings lynchings, because that is what that word means, but “execute” is a fine replacement

#40665

No one answered me on what he actually said.

#40666

Just rename it to Secret Stalin.

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#40667

(to be honest, I never heared EVER before that lynch could have a racial connotation, but I’m not an american)

#40668

execute loses out on the nuance of it being a mob decision which is arguably an important nuance

Plus it’s already in use in other roles and contexts

we can probably do better for a replacement word

#40669

uhhh he made some disparaging remarks about south american people (and a few sexist remarks too iirc) which got his original ban/suspension