ITT assholes defending other assholes, because obviously it's not the responsibility of assholes to not be assholes, it's the responsibility of the assholes' targets to let assholes be assholes. What a bunch of assholes.

So, if in real life, people were shouting this kind of thing in public, would you say people are just being sensitive and they should just ignore it?

So let me get this straight: your assertion is that being sensitive is a bad thing, when confronted with people who don't know how to act like proper educated human beings?

Hate to make such a dramatic and unnecessary comparison, but that's like blaming cancer on the human being's limited immune system.

In no way, shape…

I see what you're saying...but at the same time I'm a straight white dude. Of course i'm not sensitive to hate speech. I hate it, and I speak out against it, but it doesn't ruin my day. But what about gay people, black people and women? What if you were raped at some point in your life and despite trying to put it…

there really arent in real life, im nearing 40 and i can count the number of idiots i have interacted with in real life on one and a half hands(wood shop accident). online, its pervasive and since companies are providing the experience to us predicated on the idea that online experiences are fun, its up to them to…

Of course! Obviously groups that routinely get targeted both online and in reality should just suck it up and deal because it's too much to ask people not be complete assholes! And clearly slurs that have a history of violence and murder behind them are the same as calling someone an asshole or fucker!

Everyone? No. The vast majority? Certainly.

I get subjected to sexist comments in real life. As a relatively attractive woman in a STEM field, it's the background radiation of my life.

So blacks, gays, women, Jews, etc. should carry the burden of avoiding being called niggers, faggots, cunts and kikes because straight white guys can't act civilized?

That might actually be the point. Women, blacks, gays, Jews, etc. actually do run into a lot of problems with people being jerks.

Let's not make excuses for a-holes. They're free to be as bigoted and dumb as they want to be, but letting them get away with it without any consequence is just as bad.

Bull. shit. You don't ignore people spewing racist, hateful and ignorant invective. They're WRONG. They should be ASHAMED of themselves, and their mendacious behavior does ruin experiences. I don't like being around ignorant racist fucksticks on a bus, in a grocery store or in line at the bank- I sure as shit don't…

In real life you run into to the occasional asshole and learning to deal with that is indeed part of being a mature person, however...

I agree with you, but, at the same time, I don't. You and I aren't in a demographic of people who receive large amounts of animosity from society on a daily basis because of who we are (but I don't want to speak for you). Those people who do probably wish they could escape into gaming and not have to deal with it.…

So now we live in a world where it's OK to be an asshole because if your douchebaggery is a problem for someone, they're just being overly sensitive?