mrswdk wrote:Seeing as a bunch of cry babies are getting butthurt about my old signature (despite the same cry babies being fine with the Jamaica map how it is) I have now changed my sig to remove the offensive symoblism. Be the change you wish to see in the world, and all that*.
My signature is now a photo of Red Swastika Society members. Red Swastika was and is the Asian equivalent of the Red Cross, so my signature no longer contains any symbolism that is offensive to anyone. I therefore will not be changing it again.
*even if the world is too busy demanding BLM protesters be executed to give a shit
Just so the CC community is aware, I have reported the above post from mrswdk with the following statement attached to the report.
This person needs to be dealt with.
For context they initially created a signature that showed a quote from loutil next to a swastika and a Nazi salute. They were previously informed that loutil is Jewish and had family who died in the holocaust. This is bad enough even if they did not know those facts about loutil.
(I have a screenshot of the signature for your reference if you require it)
They MAY argue that they didn't see that post, and it wasn't meant in that way. But they made many posts after it was brought to their attention, and highlighted over and over again. Even if it was not intended as an anti-semitic slur originally, mrswdk was willing to leave it as his signature in full knowledge of the facts. At that point I believe there can be no doubt about mrswdk's ill intent.
They have now changed their signature, which is what the reported post relates to.
They have changed the picture to 4 people with Swastika's on their arms and said that as it is now members of the "Red Swastika Society", not Nazis, there can be no offence. They have also left the quote from loutil there.
In response I would say that it is very clear that loutil also holds no connection to the "Red Swastika Society", or any other group that has a swastika as a symbol. It is abundantly clear that mrswdk has chosen this image in an attempt to continue to show loutil's statement next to symbolism that was used by Nazi Germany. It is equally clear that it has nothing to do with the "Red Swastika Society", there is simply not contextual reason or connection that could allow it to be anything to do with them.
Hence I argue that this "improvement" is in fact the opposite. It is a clear show of intent from mrswdk that far from apologising for his awful actions, he intends on doubling down on his anti-semitic attacks towards members of the CC community.
I don't know CC's procedure in such situations, but this is by far the most abhorrent behaviour I have seen from someone on any forum based website I have ever been involved in, and as such I believe that mrswdk should be removed from participation in the forum.
It is a shame, as I am a strong proponent of free speech, and whilst I disagree with almost everything mrswdk says I would fight for him to have a forum to state his opinions. BUT there is a difference between free speech and free abuse. As such, whilst removing him from participating in such discussions would have the regrettable affect of also silencing his opinions, it is something that must be done. We cannot allow free sustained abuse to go unchecked.
