@sunny said in How should IC discrimination be handled?:
ETA: Is it really that big of an OOC ask for you (generic) to not use that particular word in reference to my PC?
I don't see anyone disagreeing that with the premise that if someone asks you to OOC stop something, you should stop it.
But I'm beginning to lose the point between the goalpost-shifting here.
I play homosexual characters. I don't expect people to know if I will take a slur right or wrong OOC. I'd prefer if they didn't use slurs IC, but I can understand that their PC might do so. I'd probably avoid RPing with them in the future.
But, because I don't really know if someone's going to take the N-word or a slur well OOCly, I try to avoid using them. And, as I can't find any particular reason to use an "-ist" when building a PC, I don't see why people don't try to use other tropes and ideas to create their edgy antagonists.
I probably wouldn't create a game with a policy of DON'T USE THESE WORDS. But I might.