An inquiry as to why the name of my people is censored on your server

[420_69_911]

Greetings Minehut Staff,

I would like to inquire as to why the words "Jew" and "Jewish" are automatically censored both in the lobby of your server and on your Discord. I have tested it and found that no other names for religions or ethnic groups are blocked. I am very curious why your server would choose to censor these words, and would appreciate an explanation.

Thank you for your time.

[Marshland]

Their excuse reason was that it brought up quite a bit of controversy, seeing as (in their eyes) it was typically used in a derogatory sense. I (among other people) have been advocating for its removal from the filter for quite some time now (although nothing has been done as of yet).

It was meant as a moderation "technique" so they wouldn't have to deal with people being anti-semitic, but in all honesty, the word "jew" isn't always used when attempting to be anti-semitic. It was supposed to get removed from the filter (in the discord) yesterday, but I'm not sure what happened.

Hopefully it'll get removed, seeing as people use it in a civilized conversation normally when discussing religion and such, but I'm not really sure. I hope this helps explain things.

If you'd like to join in my advocation, you can join the meta discord (https://discord.gg/MvDd24X). I'm not sure what the status is on that, but one can only hope. Don't suggest it (it's been suggested multiple times), but if you're there when a conversation arises, you could help, I guess. Apart from that, all we can really do is wait. I don't like it and I get how you feel, being a Jew myself.

[Tiberius69]

2 minutes ago, Marsh_Land said:

Their excuse reason was that it brought up quite a bit of controversy, seeing as (in their eyes) it was typically used in a derogatory sense. I (among other people) have been advocating for its removal from the filter for quite some time now (although nothing has been done as of yet).

It was meant as a moderation "technique" so they wouldn't have to deal with people being anti-semitic, but in all honesty, the word "jew" isn't always used when attempting to be anti-semitic. It was supposed to get removed from the filter (in the discord) yesterday, but I'm not sure what happened.

Hopefully it'll get removed, seeing as people use it in a civilized conversation normally when discussing religion and such, but I'm not really sure. I hope this helps explain things.

If you'd like to join in my advocation, you can join the meta discord (https://discord.gg/MvDd24X). I'm not sure what the status is on that, but one can only hope. Don't suggest it (it's been suggested multiple times), but if you're there when a conversation arises, you could help, I guess. Apart from that, all we can really do is wait. I don't like it and I get how you feel, being a Jew myself.

I agree, it makes little sense for them to block the word "Jew" under the pretense that people use it in derogatory ways. Words like "Christian", "Muslim" and even those not representing a religion such as "black" are not blocked but can be used in derogatory ways in the same light as "Jew". It just looks like they loosely put together a list words that can be considered disrespectful. It would make more sense for them to solely block swear words and leave it up to human intuition to tell if certain words are being used in a "derogatory light".