faggot's origins as a slur are the following:

faggot originally meant a bungle of sticks.

in the old days they used to burn witches at the stake. but they also used to burn proven homosexuals. of course they didnt feel that homosexuals warranted a burning at the stake so they would just "throw them in with the rest of the faggots". That's the meaning of the word faggot.

That's a slur. Niggler is not a slur, nor has it ever used in any context as a slur. In fact I've used the word niggler in essays without any comment from professors.

So not only are our moderators (or at least thraxle) hypocrites, they also have the reading comprehension skills of high school student.

Really Veta? Do you always try to twist a convo so that you're right? You definitely have a future in politics. You're slimy, argumentative, hardheaded to a fault, an excellent liar, and great at throwing around bullshit. Congrats on your future election.

So no Vermont, I don't think you have a strong case comparing faggot as a slur for homosexuals to "niggler" as an equivalent of nigger.

And I suppose the fact that you placed a black man in the avatar wasn't a connotation towards the obvious, right?

Soooo full of shit...

However you want to justify going to sleep at night Rob, the fact remains a mod can break the rules without as much as an acknowledgment from you other moderators and when someone tries to call this injustice out apparently they're liars and hardheaded. Okay.

I wasn't making a case for anything; I do believe you've assumed a straw man and then knocked it down. Congrats.

The Niggler is not my account, it's Chase's. You can ask him why he chose whatever avatar he chose. I have a black person in my avatar, does that make me racist as well?

Did any of us moderators condone Sam's statement?

Vermont,

could you please acknowledge my points or these conversations are just pure rhetoric?