OK - in order for threads to not get derailed and as I'd like to think this is a tolerarant place with no room for bigotry let's have a zero tolerance approach on the childish trans naming and gender issues please.
Using peoples gender at birth or previous names to refer to people you clearly don't like is clearly being done so in a transphobic manner, whatever the excuses. I've no time for that.
(NOTE: I've not deleted the posts as I think it's important for people to see the sort of behaviour that won't be tolerated and will result in a one month ban)
…hey all… well… I’m back from a (well deserved?) one month ban dealt out by Brekkie and now I’m going to have my final say on this matter… so here goes…
1)… having been a moderator on 3 various forums myself before now I know the importance of keeping control of a thread before it gets out of hand… therefore I have absolutely no problem or ill will towards Brekkie for imposing the one month ban on me if he felt that he needed to do it… he was just doing his job… so no problem my friend…
2)… I never meant any intended insults towards Caitlyn Jenner whatsoever (Danny was going to be my main intended target even though I said Caitlyn was going to be at one time but I changed my mind) and certainly didn’t use calling her a ‘him’ (which I also called her in previous posts too sadly) as a cheap shot at her femininity… I have not (and never will) have any problem whatsoever with any persons sexual orientation or inclination or whatever anytime ever… I am quite comfortable being around such people… in fact… I embrace their orientations whatever they are… (I am a tad bit pissed off if people would think that I would be petty enough to call her a ‘him’ just for a cheap insult to be honest)…
3)…I had never heard of ‘deadnaming’ before Columbo posted up a link to it so please pardon my ignorance of such a thing… if I had known about it then maybe I would have picked up my mistakes???… (thanks for enlightening me Columbo my friend)…
4)… obviously (as I’ve stated before) I was thinking of Caitlyn in her former masculine form of Bruce Jenner (the male Olympian) as I wrote the posts so I called her ‘him’ as a subconscious thought methinks … no malevolence intended… I know this because I usually read my posts 3 times before I publish it… I read it 3 times and never picked up on it… so obviously it was a subconscious mistake on my part… (boy I sure realised
THAT pretty quickly didn’t I?)….
5)… when any of us on the other 3 forums (where I used to be a moderator) used to ban someone for a while we used to pm them on the quiet suggesting to them that maybe they should take a break from the forums for a bit longer via a self imposed ban to get away and get their thoughts together again and come back later more ‘refreshed’ again… therefore… I’m going to take some of my own advice and take a prolonged break myself… how long?… no idea whatsoever… but I will no doubt eventually be back at some time or other I guess?…
6)… not to sound overly dramatic… but if this post incurs me a permanent ban for any sort of reason I’d just like to say to all my friends on here (you know who you are lol!) while I can… thanks for all the fun and great times posting with me and keep on having fun… it’s been such a great run on such a great website… now… I bid thee all a very fond farewell… (until next time anyway)… lol!… cheers.