Username: Rustyzzzzzz
Ban reason: "Discrimination - Salamander 72339 - You have been indefinitely banned for discriminatory language and behaviors towards players using the German accent."
Length of ban: Indefinite
Ban Issue:
I did what I was banned for, but the ban is unreasonably harsh
Vote Opt-Out: false
Events leading to the ban
During the round as a QM, I was attempting to fulfill an order of a clown who asked for a box of toys, who throughout the round wouldn’t stop causing trouble at Supply, ranging from the misuse of clearly provided documentation. This most likely would have stemmed from me initially shooting a pie cannon at the clown at first before giving it to them, but for the remainder of the game this player would occasionally me and other Cargo Technicians. When evac was called, it escalated to the point where the both of us got arrested by a nearby detective, after the clown started applying glue to his toys and a mining drill from salv. Not having it, I decided to use the drill on the clown when they began to trespass into supply, believing I was in the right to ‘defend myself’. Regardless the detective apprehended me for assault charges, and transported me to the holding cell on evac. When asked why I am being apprehended as a QM when I was trying to get rid of the clown, they said that ‘assault is assault’. The detective only arrived on scene (iirc) only during or after the escalation of events, leading me to presume that they’re being biased against me or that they weren’t paying attention. Feeling frustrated I began swearing and hurling insults towards Security, calling the detective and his other co-workers at the scene, ‘Nazi punks’, ‘fascists’ or ‘crooked law’. Noticing their Germanic accent I called them ‘kraut’ once, causing IC (and presumably OOC) upset from the other players. After that I was brought to a holding cell in CentComm after evac arrived, where the round ended. I then left cause there were a lack of players in the MRP server.
Reason the ban should be removed
Whilst it was wrong for me to resort to have used a racially discriminatory word towards an IC Germanic player, considering its historical usage, I believe that the charges brought is heavily biased and taken out of proportion. Despite the usage of ‘Nazis’, it was not intended or supposed to be in relation to the character’s ethnic background, rather an all encompassing term for Security. I’ve only used ‘kraut’ once, and that was it. I also believe that it is unfair considering how I also played as a French individual, in the past, in an (un)ironic way and that other people have used rhetoric that could arguably be discriminatory against French individuals, but then also get away with it without as much consequences, let alone a full on indefinite ban.
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