Pemalite said:
You could have tried to be a little more respectful and tactful in your approach instead of being so brazen in your attack against a particular community. |
Here, I'll quote my moderation directly.
'We also take issue with your ''born again christian'' comment, we do not tolerate hate/offensive speech again any religion here.'
The fact that anyone took what I said as "anti-religious" is beyond any sort of reasonable comprehension, and reflects more on the person or persons who decided that thinking that a deeply religious person having any notion of being sad or disappointed that someone doesn't share their views and feels they're missing out is in fact a negative act and something that should be frowned upon. To be clear, it was actually the moderator or moderators that decided that saying someone is "acting like a born again christian" is derogatory or an insult is actually the one(s) being anti-religious, not me.
And, just in case that isn't clear enough, let me put it to you another way - if someone said another was "acting like a politician" that would be a compliment to someone that was say, a political candidate who is doubting themselves, or an insult to someone who thinks politicians are awful people that shouldn't be respected or trusted. But that doesn't mean that if the person saying that phrase was attempting to insult the person it was said to. And, if you heard that being said to another person, and told the person saying it to stop insulting the other person would likely mean that you don't view politicians very highly, and doesn't say anything about the views about the person who said it.
So, since no one actually asked before they assumed I was insulting someone, I'll actually give you my perspective. I was actually just getting a chuckle out of the intensity that some users have for what appears to be a pure and life-changing love for VR, and thought it was a bit cringe-worthy that people were expressing such disappointment and incredulity about people "not getting VR" in a very similar way to how born-again Christians express such disappointment and incredulity in what they literally believe is a person making poor choices that will see them spending an eternity burning in hell. As if the stakes are anywhere close to the same! The born again christian is literally mourning the loss of what they think is a perfect and wonderful future for the rest of that's person existence, and the VR enthusiast us morning someone preferring to play video games using a TV or monitor. That appears to be a pretty large disparity in importance to me. So that being said, it was very clearly NOT intended as an insult against born-again Christians in any way, shape or form, but it was still taken to mean that by the moderation team, and continues to be seen that way despite numerous efforts to clarify and explain.
Hence my comment about not even bothering to act like religion can be used to draw comparisons or create relatable examples is a losing game on this site. It's not worth it. So I won't do it in the future, and I suggest others just pretend like it doesn't exist. This is my last time trying to explain this, hoping that you'll see my perspective this time. If you don't, clearly the moderation team and I aren't ever going to see eye to eye on this, and I'll have to try and respectfully disagree going forward.
