Hate Speech Kills

It is time to take #toxicspeech seriously when #onlinegaming and report #bullying when you see it in chat while #gaming. Don't ignore it. You might save a life. #hatespeech is never okay and leads to #abuse.

I included a lot of links, so scan through and find one that interests you, but I hope you will read them all. Bullying and abuse go hand in hand, and if we all speak up, we can make the Internet a less toxic place. Knowing something more about the problem than your encounters with rude people is a good start.

Gamingaddiction is a serious problem among adolescents

https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9961121/…

Here is a study on trashtalk and abuse in #worldofwarcraft. Warning, there is bad language from examples given.

Gaming Companies Need to Do More

Please do more to stop this. Gaming should be #safeforwomen Please report abuse in your games! https://tcjournal.org/vol8/jackson/

@blizzardentertainment If enough of us stand up to #bullying we can stop this.

Why I Am Posting About This

I am a 65 year old woman gamer. I play World Of Warcraft among other games. I was in World Of Warcraft Classic Wrath Of The Lich King this morning. Was in a pretty good mood.

I am getting used to a new server. You see, I was on Myzrael, but WOW is coming out with the Classic Cataclysm Expansion this month, and they are consolidating servers. So I got free transfers for all my toons from Myzrael to Atiesh, and my first day on Atiesh was pretty pleasant. After all, the guild that I'm a member of moved there and they are a bunch of really nice people I've known for years.

So, I was moving some things around in my bank when I noticed LookingForGroup chat was getting really raunchy. Someone started spouting obvious hate speech against women, using the phrase Be A Man repeatedly and saying things from tell her she's fat to things I cannot repeat here. I was very upset and still am. I feel that there should be protections for women like me, women who were abused and trigger on things like this. It's not enough to be able to /ignore the person who's talking. It's not enough to get a free addon to mask comments like these from my chat. People like this should be stopped. Bullies run in families, yet they are often admired because they are perceived as strong. Read this article for more info. It's eye-opening.

So, bullying in schools is breeding psychosis in children. Who may grow up to be social problems. It's not just a problem in gaming, but in schools and workplaces. They need #mentalhealth care. And, the problem may push depressed teens into suicide. We need to all stand up and make our voices heard. This is my problem, and I am going to own it and speak up wherever I am online. I hope this post inspires you to do the same.

#hate speech against #Women #minoritiesmatter If you like my graphic, please post it on your social media. Find it on Canva here, this link brings up my free template.

You may alter it in the template. I want to make a difference, and so can you! Photo by Khoa Võ: https://www.pexels.com/photo/unhappy-thoughtful-teen-girl-arms-crossed-in-rainy-day-5430077/ Description for speech readers: Sad woman viewed through rainy window with text: Hate Speech Kills. Report It. Speak Up. Online games should be fun, not traumatic. Report abuse. You might save a life.

If you’re from the UK / Live in the UK

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/323808

Control ... #words #wordsmatter #wordsoftheday #bwwords #control #fightcontrol #supremacy #supremacyharms #supreme #fightsupremacy #protecteachother #protectourselves #asian #asainlivesmatter #blacklives #blacklivesmatter #trans #translivesmatter #minorities #minoritiesmatter #minoritiesarepeopletoo #humans #life #acceptance #accepteveryone #dismantlesupremacy #freedom #freedomforall #safety #safetyforall https://www.instagram.com/p/CMpNAhkHnE3/?igshid=urbdmjp9syzs

while I am bound to an immense pride in my culture and ancestors, I have more fair-skinned privilege than anyone on my mother’s side who grew up poor and native in a racist white new england town. pocahontas is great but my tattoo ain’t her - it is a memorial to my late aunt who dedicated her life to visiting reservations and rescuing native children from abuse, where the remainders of my people were famously dumped by their colonizers and left to fend for themselves. . . the world doesn’t give a fuck what my choctaw blood quantum is when I look white, white, white, yet other white people LOVE to challenge my nativeness and skeptically inquire what percentage I am, probably because being “1/8th cherokee” is a fucking joke and a meme. . . I’ve drunkenly mouthed off to nypd officers who could have shot me in the throat and gotten away with it if I looked my heritage - cops who murder poc for far less. growing up, I was embarrassed of my whiteness, felt like a bit of an outcast in my family, wishing I looked more like my cousins. I learn more every day of the dangers in this world that aren’t even on my radar, and will never personally affect my well-being ~ let alone get me stopped, frisked, arrested, and/or killed ~ because of my paperback skin. . . I am not going to spout some literal white knight rhetoric and ask non-white communities what they need from me. it is not the burden of poc to educate the pale masses. I’m experiencing a lot of debate lately among white people who feel salty and excluded from things like you can’t say the “n” word? even if it’s your FAVORITE rap song??? get the fuck out of here. acknowledge your privilege, humble yourself to it, and listen to the communities around you when they speak instead of arguing with them. it’s the only place to start if you’re genuine about this whole “equality” thing. #brooklyn #nyc #nativelivesmatter #blacklivesmatter #minoritiesmatter

#montréal #mtlblog #mtl #canada #quebec #visitcanada #racism #alllivesmatter #justice #segregation #injustice #crime #death #minorities #minoritiesmatter #life #live #freedom #picoftheday #photooftheday #streetphotography #streetart #freedomofexpression #канада #жизнь #расизм #фотограф #фотография #несправедливость #сегрегация (at Station de métro Mont-Royal) https://www.instagram.com/p/CFKKsdbhKUf/?igshid=1ir8l1v24qp1a

I call it #HistoryRemake. This is how I saw ethnism throughout my life and the hypocrisy that comes with it. Divided we fall. That doesn’t mean Only Minorities need to come together. We All need to. Or else, we just create a History Remake. #MinoritiesMatter #SupportUnity #AllLivesMatter https://www.instagram.com/p/CC_6c9WHMU_/?igshid=1qheujerut80q

I have never been one to sit by and keep my mouth shut.. ever... so why start now? #blacklivesmatter #wearyourfuckingmask #imaleader #imahellraiser #makingchanges #dancetomyownbeat #itsabouttimeforchange #minoritiesmatter #latinx #womenmakethingshappen #dontcomenearmewithoutamask @hairdiva_sa @ericamaspero (at Castle Hills, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/CB0umIhnAPD/?igshid=1rwfg2etfk8t3

For once and for all

Often times, a person’s poor state of mind per say the sense of insanity in a person or them being mentally disabled can often exempt them from holding accountability for their act of misdemeanor or felony. I personally believe that no matter what gender, background, ethnicity a person belongs to, it is vital to treat everyone equally even if the person committing the crime is mentally challenged. It may sound extremely arguable and very wrong but there have been numerous times where when a person of color or minority commits a crime, establishment of punishment is harsh but when a normal person commits a crime in this country, it’s established that their reasoning for doing so is because they are mentally disabled. Why is that so? It astounds me so much. For how long will this prolong? For how long will people of color be looked down upon? For how long will the abnegation of minorities continue to have existence? For how long will this act of unfair judgement and mistreatment sustain? There has to be an end to all this. For once and for all. 

Any form of injustice and unfairness breaks my heart and makes me more angry than anything. I am very thankful that I grew up so multicultural and open minded that for me the colour of skin, race, sex, sexual preferences etc “should” not even be a subject and I always took and love everyone how they are.. but we have to acknowledge that not everyone got educated this way or even had the chance to experience a diverse childhood. We are the ones who need to help these people to understand and correct EVERY little wrong thought or comment so it can’t grow into wrong deep thoughts and beliefs! It’s ALL of our responsibility to act ALL the time! And I really mean all the time, correct, say something, ask, explain and fight with words and stand with minorities with love 💕 #everylifematters #blacklifesmatter #minoritiesmatter #diversity #fightforequality #humanrights #humandignity #love #injustice #philosophy #fughtwithwords #educate (at World) https://www.instagram.com/p/CA7I-sJK2w0/?igshid=x4aufl2qldc2

Por lo que está ocurriendo en las ciudades de Estados Unidos. #blacklivesmatter #brownlivesmatter #alllivesmatter #minoritiesmatter #georgefloyd https://www.instagram.com/p/CA0ZpBGjAkj/?igshid=19g2zbk5lpy1

#staywoke #staysafe #stayhome #thisvirusisakiller #populationcontrol #minoritiesmatter (at Oakland, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_2fd_Kp2kW/?igshid=sen1mwok7lx5

Auntie @repmaxinewaters said be controversial... welp 🚨CLICK FULL VIDEO LINK IN MY BIO🚨 and help me make my video on police brutality, racism go viral👆🏽(snippet of video) CLICK FULL VIDEO LINK IN MY BIO AND LETS MAKE IT GO VIRAL!!! While y'all are watching @worldstar fights making these vicious and ignorant videos go viral, innocent people are dying at the hands of the people who are suppose to protect us @nypd (police everywhere) while our #racist #jotus (JOKE of the United States) @realdonaldtrump sits back writing the check to allow this modern day genocide to continue! Too busy trying to kick out the same immigrants he hired to help build his hotels and clean his many mansions. The same immigrants whose forefathers shed blood, sweat and tears during the times of the industrial revolution (before and after that as well) to making America what it is today! You mooch off their hard labor! #Romans12:2 #useyourgiftasavoice #freedomisnotfree #dontshoot #martinlutherking #malcolmx #unitedtheystandtodivideustofall #iammaralynburae #idirect #iproduce #blacklivesmatter #minoritiesmatter #trump #obama #police #policebrutality #riot #black #jesus #staywoke #wakeup #maxinewaters #women #racism #pharellwilliams #beyonce #maxinewaters #issarae #takeaknee

I'm incredibly proud to be a tiny part of this project - 1 of 100 marginalised people drawn by @tylerfeder. Minorities matter. The invisible need to be made visible. #wocmatter #unfairandlovely #samosasisters #fijianpinup#fightthegoodfight #femalesarestrongashell #transrights #raiseyourvoice #minoritiesmatter #marginalised #equality #visibility #vintagestylenotvintagevalues #Repost @tylerfeder with @repostapp ・・・ The #drawmetyler print is here!!! $10 from each print will go to @aclu_nationwide! I don't think the project is done forever, but I am so happy to show off the first 100 of you beautiful bright lights in this print ✨✨✨

#Repost @cnn with @repostapp For Black History Month, we’re listening to stories about when people first realized they were black. First, @vanjones68 tells us what happened his freshman year in high school waiting for the bus - a story he’s never told before. Share your own story with #realizediwasblack #blackhistorymonth #awareness #resist #fightthebigotry #stoptheracism #itstillexists #alllivesmatter #minoritiesmatter #nobannowall #freedomofspeech #liberals #equalityforall

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