Timeline for Why was there pushback on a user's profile image?
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| Nov 29, 2018 at 14:57 | comment | added | Federico Poloni | I don't think it's possible to avoid all "triggers" (it's an unusual word for me but I hope I'm using it correctly). No matter how innocent an image can be, there can be people that claim they are offended by it. | |
| Nov 28, 2018 at 23:05 | comment | added | David Roberts Mod | I guess I'm trying to say is that if I honestly was clueless about the coded meaning '88' has for a number of people these days, I'd hope someone had a gentle chat with me to check my motive: if it was innocent, then perhaps replacing it with something less fraught with meaning. But if it was a purposeful signal to others of like mind, a kindly reminder that we are trying to avoid political signals here, and focus on the mathematics, would not go astray; continuing to flaunt ideals generally held to be detestable could lead to a kind of professional ostracism. Then proceed from there. | |
| Nov 28, 2018 at 22:58 | comment | added | David Roberts Mod | Let us say my favourite number is 88, and I also happen to like fraktur fonts, and the colours red and white. If my profile image was black fraktur 88 on a white circle on a red background, I could conceivably claim it was coincidence that this was a coded reference to Hitler, and people shouldn't get upset because it's just a number. Or perhaps I claim was born in 1988 (I wasn't). This seems standard modus operandi for white supremacists on the internet these days. If one wants to celebrate heritage etc there are ways of doing that aren't insensitive, especially in a medium that lacks nuance. | |
| Nov 28, 2018 at 8:12 | comment | added | Michael Greinecker | Maybe you just don't know how the term "triggered" is commonly used, but I can oppose the display of a symbol of slavery and white supremacy on MO without having a strong emotional reaction. | |
| Nov 27, 2018 at 17:46 | history | answered | Gerhard Paseman | CC BY-SA 4.0 |