The Internet makes it OK

This morning I was directed to a forum thread on the ETQW community site, you yourself can read it here:

http://community.enemyterritory.com/forums/showthread.php?t=16355

Today the general public can see what a fool this guy is. I’m referring to Neg, a member of Clan Nesreca. He has previously shown his immaturity online, to IPX and other clans – simply put he is a racist little kid. In this thread he defends his racism by claiming that it’s ok because it’s on the Internet. There is some factual basis to that, studies have shown that due to the relative anonymity of the Internet people will adopt a more aggressive persona, and become more willing to insult other people than in real life. But….

Is that an excuse to act like a fool? No. They are still his thoughts, his hands typing away behind those words. He claims it’s a joke, that he was stressed out and it’s only one screenshot, calls everyone stupid because they can’t see it wasn’t serious, then accuses others of being ignorant and only having a grudge because they were smashed on the servers. Has anyone outside his clan ever seen him say anything like “j/k”?

Despite his claims, this isn’t the first instance of racism from him. It’s not one line, his whole persona is one of a racist bigot, and with no other outlet there’s no way for people to tell whether Alex, the kid behind the Neg persona, is serious or not. If he is joking then he obviously doesn’t understand the lack of non-grammatical punctuation on the Internet; there’s no way to see if he’s laughing, sticking out his tongue, raising his eyebrows, hand gestures etc. Why don’t people automatically believe he’s joking simply due to the content? Because there are too many people in this world who really are racist, Negs comments don’t stand out from these to distinguish it as a joke.

Now he’s been bitten and is trying to worm his way out by attacking everyone else around him. If he ever found this blog he’d probably post something about me being smashed in a game – apparently nobody in this world is anti-racist by his way of thinking, there’s always some other excuse for singling him out. If he can put together a cohesive argument that doesn’t involve insulting the person rather than the idea, or claiming it’s a joke nobody else gets, then I welcome his input.

Or, if he wants to put his money where his mouth is, I live in Sydney and would be happy to pay him a friendly visit. Or a hockey game, as apparently we’d get our arses kicked there. Again, money down my friend.