Certain words on the level of 'Nigger'* and 'Cracker'* used to insult someone personally should definitely be investigated because these words carry the negative weight of real life history, however, words like 'fanboys' .... should not be put on the same level, it does not carry any negative weight as the one mentions do.
The word 'Fanboy' is not an exclusive word that singles out people because of race or gender, rather it's an inclusive word that is used to define a group of people who predominantly like a certain product irrespective of their race or gender.
As such, the mods should not even bother with forum people calling each other fanboys, after all there is nothing bad about being a fanboy. Don't get me wrong, the word fanboy can be used in a negative manner but the word it's self is not inherently bad.
It seems that more and more people are abusing the system to get people banned for simply using fanboy as if the person had made some gender or racial slur which clearly isn't the case, and instead of the moods acting accordingly they ban people for using Fanboy as if IT were a slur on the level of calling someone a 'Nigger'* or 'Cracker'* and this to me is stupid because it undermines the truly offensive words by trivializing them.
My two cents.
*I do not intend to insult anyone, rather to use the power these words have to illustrate a point, if you are insulted I do apologize in advance.
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