LGBT Friendly Linkshell

[seantflanagan]

Hey! I'm a new player and could be interested in joining your linkshell. Are linkshells cross-server communities?

[DamianFatale]

Unfortunately they are server exclusive.

[PalomPorom613]

I Will do that for sure, thank you very much!

[DaveO1989]

You're hating on the guy for saying that most people are LGBT tolerant? Seems a little hypocritical to me.

.. but what do I know? I'm just a Lesbian/Gay/Transgender/Everything under the sun tolerant guy.

[AireTamStorm]

I don't get what is wrong with Grinch's questions though? Plus you never answered him. I don't think him asking any of those things is by any means displaying homophobia or name calling etc. Is it?

The amount of times sexual preference has come up in any of my linkshells, various FCs or statics is close to 0 - and that's accounting for thousands of interactions. If you're actively harassed or seeing stuff you don't like then report them. I've seen people from the server get banned for that stuff. If your goal is to create a place for others to discuss their issues then that's great. However, don't take a dump on a dude for asking why. The way this thread was started implied there's a big problem regarding intolerance.

[Dante_V]

Well for starters he (Grinch) started off his question by implying that the purpose of the LS they are making, and the title meant that "Other linkshells are not (LGBT Friendly)" Not only is this an absurd proposition, it's outwardly patronizing.

Second, why does he have to answer to anyone about /why/ he wants to start his LS? Is he not entitled to have LS like anyone else? Further more just because YOU personally have not experienced harassment or discrimination in your LS in no way proves anything in regards to it's existence or prevalence on the server. I've seen in a whole lot and lets not pretend that reporting someone makes things better, stops the harassment immediately, or creates an open area where said person feels safe. Hence the reason they are creating a LS to find like minded people without that nonsense.

Beyond all that, the guy came in with the explicit purpose to question this person about their linkshell (which is completely inclusive btw, anyone can join no matter your orientation) and did so in a very patronizing manner. Being genuinely curious about the LS is one thing, but coming in and being like " Do you plan on discussing sexual preferences in this Linkshell? If not why bother with the advertisement? "

A better question would be "do you plan on joining the LS? No? Why are you here then?"

I've seen this post pop up a few times in the new posts feed and I've avoided commenting on it, but I can say without a shadow of a doubt that the reason that the OP is creating said LS is to avoid people like Grinch. Straight up. And to follow up the OP is in no way required to answer that mans patronizing questions and implying that he should answer those questions when he was obviously bothered by it in the first place is INDEED harassment.

At the end of the day he couldn't even post on the server board about an LGBT LS without being questioned about it's validity, sexual preference discussions of the LS, or why he wants to be around like minded people and not made to feel uncomfortable. It should be obvious as to why he wants an LGBT Friendly LS. If you guys don't want to join, that's fine. If you do, that's cool too. But if you are just going to sit here and harass this man as to why he didn't answer the patronizing questions that were asked earlier in the thread you are kidding yourself, especially when the person who asked then obviously isn't LGBT tolerant or he wouldn't be asking them to begin with. Or maybe some people are just more uneducated on these things than others. But lets not pretend that it would be okay to walk into an NAACP meeting and start being like "You are implying other organizations are anti-black.. or "are you guys discussing skin color in here? If not whats the purpose of this organization?" because it shows a gross amount of ignorance and disrespect.

[SuperKouta]

:O this seems interesting I would like to join your linkshell!