So there's been a lot of backlash on this so I would like to address my feelings on the subject and what it means for 'ligger' to be banned:



For context, please understand that I was the person who initially suggested to Oakboscage in admin-chat that he should start a vote on whether 'ligger' should be allowed on the server. He started the vote I believe and the vote was passed by that previous council.



This was fine in my mind because we allow lizard racism in general and I was okay with it being used with the specific clause that it would not be used in non-lizard related circumstances, like for example, calling another human a 'ligger', or using it as a substitute for 'nigger.'



Basically, my primary reason for voting for banning 'ligger' is because of the actual repercussions of letting 'ligger' be used. The end result is exactly what I did not hope for, where people use it as a substitute for 'nigger' and use it in unwarranted circumstances and for any and every reason. The server has resulted in just spamming the word in general, without any context, and the actual creativity of lizard racism has dropped down to 'haha look guys I said the ligger word." This is not what I intended for by suggesting that it be allowed. On top of that, the spam has gotten bad enough to warrant not just bwoinking people who use it out of context but warranting it to be filtered out entirely.



The result of this vote does not mean you can't be racist towards lizards. It just means you can't specifically use 'ligger.'



However, there is currently a staff vote to overturn this council vote, which might pass, and in which case it would be binding that 'ligger' would be allowed again. If this passed because of the staff wanting it to be overturned, I would be fine with this outcome. But if this happens, please stop spamming 'ligger' as a substitute for nigger, this isn't okay...