This isn't the case though, in fact we literally know the misinformation is one of the single largest problems with the internet.
Naw, this is just deflection dude. We aren't talking about high level concepts here. The types of topics where people are catching bans for straight stupid stuff are like black face, transphobia, women representation, #metoo type stuff. These are not topics where wading out misinformation is difficult. If you know nothing about a topic to the point you are saying things that are just plain offending people, you don't have any worthwhile opinion to contribute, straight up.
Plenty of resources seem fine and others will come along and point out the problems. It's hard to find not just a good resource but one that works for you (I for example am not a book person, and barely a Youtube person). In fact, when there are lots resources the biggest problem is choice paralysis, you literally get overwhelmed and don't know where to start. Asking for help is not always an option in some cases, especially when deliberate ignorance is a common way to troll others.
This too is deflection. On this board, if someone wants to learn and they ask for resources, people provide resources. That's how it has always worked. The whole idea that the community is just hostile to anyone asking questions is false. People are hostile when there is zero effort from the offending party to do any work. If you want to learn, you don't open your mouth first then ask for help after you get called out for saying dumb shit. That's just reality.
People get sick of it, they become suspicious, positive intent is not assumed anymore. And particularly for minorities they wind up becoming the go-to and it can feel like a burden to be that person.
Look, there are minorities here who don't want to educate people and they do not have to. There are also minorities here who will provide the resources to those who are looking to learn if they ask. This is how it has always worked.
Bad faith being the rule is the whole problem. Nobody wants to deal with ignorance, nobody can tell if it's even legitimate. But learning is not passive. You cannot read a book and understand what bigotry and other things are and what they might mean. You need to be able to present ideas and be challenged on them, for better or worse that's exactly how message board communication works. It's not a blog, it's an anonymous debate. It's not always intuitive to think of it in those terms, but that's what we're working with.
Not for the basic stuff. Again, the stuff that people are catching bans for are not things you need to bring to the court of public opinion and be told, "no, sit the fuck down". That Uncharted Nadine thread is a perfect example. Yes you will be ban for saying Kratos is played by a black man, why does it matter. Yes you are going to be ban for saying "I don't see why this matters". If after reading the opening you still do not get it, sit and read the thread. Not every discussion has to accept a starting point of total ignorance. That's what people want it to be but Era is not going to start threads from a point where minorities need to allow for the most basic of courtesies to be skipped because someone just wants to say whatever shit they feel like.
Acceptability isn't results, it's just saying you hate dealing with it. It would be nice if certain things didn't need saying, but they do. There's a lot of hand-holding that needs to happen whether anyone likes it or not. Now, it's not anyone's responsibility and it's entirely fair to be fed up with it and wish they'd all go away, but it's the sort of social hygiene that needs to be done and to be honest, for the important things I wouldn't trust a surrogate to get it right either.
No one has to hold anyone's hand "here" specifically.. This is the shit I actually hate more than those dumb posts in these threads. A forum does not need to be everything to everyone. Era specifically does not need to be the place where that stuff is accepted. Go to reddit if you just want to post dumb shit without any accountability or expectation of common accepted standards.
If you sit in on a pHD level tutorial they aren't going to entertain high school levels of question and discourse just because someone is ignorant. The expectation is you come to the discussion equipped with the tools to effectively discuss it. Despite that, if you don't have them you aren't kicked out of the room, you're just expected to shut the fuck up and listen. The same thing applies here.
You don't need to post in a thread to get something out of it. That's a falsehood.
