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Gamer Claims Identifying As a Lesbian Led To Xbox Live Ban
Goatbert writes "I just read on the Consumerist about an XBOX Live user being banned for identifying herself as a lesbian. Despite appeals, Microsoft has stood by its position that merely mentioning that you are gay or lesbian is grounds for terminating your XBOX Live membership."
Huh? What is the point of that rant? Microsoft owns XBox and they have the right to limit discussions that don't pertain to games. That's not targeting gays, that's running a business. If someone throws out details of their heterosexual sex life they should be banned likewise. What's the crap about Christianity besides? How does that tie into Microsoft and Xbox? Troll.
well, let me know when you convinced someone who is against it that being gay is okay while chatting with him/her on a game server.
there is a time/place for such a thing, and xbox live just isn't it.
and youc an make as many bad analogys as you want, it won't make your point any better.
I think you missed the point that the other poster was making. There's a time and a place for everything, including advertising your sexuality. A gaming service like Xbox Live isn't that place.
"Not to mention all the idiots who use words like boxen."
Anonymous Coward on Monday August 04, @06:49PM
The difference is that anyone expressing any thing against a minority usually doesnt have the benefit of freedom of speech to hide behind. If you were to get a loudspeaker and start shouting on the corner about the benifits of being gay, its doubtful that many would have the guts to argue with you because they would be labeled as bigots. Do the same thing, opposite direction and you are going to get some lawsuits headed your way.
Might it not seem a bit out of place for someone to put "I'm a heterosexual male" in his online gaming profile?
How about "Male, married" in the profile? Since so many have worked so hard to make "marriage" illegal for gays, we could assume that would mean that they are heterosexual. Yet proclaiming a heterosexual union isn't seen as unusual. It often gives useful information, as someone that is married with children will probably be on less or more irregularly than an unmarried male of the same age.
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You can damn well bet if it had been a white, straight male, there would have been an immediate no-questions-needed firing.
You're right - straight white males have it SO MUCH HARDER than black lesbian women!
I can't imagine just how difficult it would have to be to be a straight white male. When you guys got the vote in this country, it was like, "Finally! The straight white male gets a say in things!" And I definitely remember when separate but equal was struck down - I mean, wow, you guys were SO GLAD to get to go to black schools which were vastly superior and much, much more well funded. Heck, I even remember the first time I saw a white guy using one of those deluxe "colored's only" drinking fountains and I could tell he was finally getting to taste what it was like to be black! I think you guys will really be able to say you've made it when one of you gets to be President. Some day! Just bide your time and don't rock the boat, and I'm sure it'll happen. Maybe one of you will be a senator, and perhaps eventually a few of you will be CEOs of large corporations.
For right now, though, it's a black lesbian womens' world, and I guess you'll just have to deal with your second class status.
Since I can't tell them apart, I treat all ACs as the same person.
No...just pointing out that they are all sexual deviations.
Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.........
I'm not advocating banning anyone (except fucking cheaters and griefers). I'm just saying that I'm not sure the person in question can be taken at face value. Someone who makes it a point to mention their sexual orientation (or race, or religion, or whatever) in their gamer profile is quite possibly someone who is *trying* to be provocative and cause trouble. And people like that are often banned for reasons unrelated to simply "being a X." I bet I could get banned too if I wrote "I'm a proud heterosexual" in my profile and then went running around in every game I played screaming into the mic "I'm a proud heteroseuxual! Heterosexuals rule! Shove it up your asses if you don't like it!"
SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.