Where did all these racists come from?

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Thanks for your reply. I did report one comment that was blatently racist and offensive - sadly there was nothing unintentional about it, and it there's no way it could have been misinterpreted. Yes, there probably is a lot of unintentional racism in the way that you describe, plus I also think that a lot of people (in real life and probably on here too), are so used to saying certain things that they don't even realise that they're being racist. Maybe they don't have a lot of religious or cultural diversity where they live, so it is acceptable to say these things there. And also, by not getting to know people of different religions/races/colours/nationalities they maybe believe all the stereotypes and false information that they might hear about them. I also spotted the part of the myLot terms that mentions racism. Thanks for copying it here. It's not easy to find buried at the bottom of the page, and I'm not surprised that people might miss this.

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Yes, you're right. I guess you'll just have to explain that there are a lot of people who choose not to learn about those who are different to themselves and this leads to ignorance, suspicion and intolerance. Ok, they might be a bit young to understand all this(!), but it's sadly something that they'll have to find out about. I know others disagree, but I also think it's right that we can report offensive material. Thanks for your reply.

Thanks for your answer. Yes, I agree, you would expect to find some racism on here, just like you would in the real world. I just hadn't really come across it before in the discussions that I've seen, and I know it's naive, but it shocked me. And now I'm suddenly noticing it a lot more. Since posting this discussion I've re-discovered the myLot terms (at the bottom left-hand corner of every page), and these include the following: [i]"Content/Activity Prohibited. The following is a partial list of the kind of content that is illegal or prohibited to post on or through the myLot services. myLot reserves the right to investigate and take appropriate legal action against anyone who, in myLot's sole discretion, violates this provision, including without limitation, removing the offending communication or photo from the myLot services and terminating the membership of such violators. Prohibited content includes, but is not limited to content that, in the sole discretion of myLot.com: 1. is patently offensive and promotes racism, bigotry, hatred or physical harm of any kind against any group or individual; 2. harasses or advocates harassment of another person... (it continues)"[/i] which suggests that offending material might get removed.

Yes, I suppose you're right. I think because I haven't much racist content so far (and I've been on here several months now), it was shocking when I did see some, and then started seeing it a lot more since then. Yes, I would hope that particularly abusive posts are removed but I get your point, and realise that this won't have any hope of changing the views of the racists themselves.

Oops, sorry - in between the words haven't and much in my first line, I should've put the word seen.

Ooh, I agree. And now that the world has become even smaller and races and religions are all living alongside one another in so many countries, can't we just learn more about each other and rid ourselves of the suspicion and mistrust that breeds this hatred and fear? We're all people.

Sadly I've spotted some recently, although, like I said, I've never really noticed any before. I agree that exposing racists of any race or religion isn't the same as being racist. I think that anything that abuses somebody because of their race or religion should be banned, but of course that's my own personal opinion, which I'm happy to be able to express. Although, as I said above, I believe that some things (such as protecting peoples' rights not to be abused because of their race or religion) are more important than freedom of speech. And myLot also seems to reflect this in their terms.

Yes, I was the same until recently. That's why I was shocked to find some (I know, I am quite naive sometimes!) It did upset me, and most of all angered me, although I realise that I should expect it, as sadly racism is everywhere. Yes, I would hope that myLot would remove such posts (although hopefully not the entire discussion, as it's unfair to penalise everyone involved in the discussion for one person's mistake). Thanks for your answer.

Yep, I'm afraid that people are that stupid . Sadly, I've noticed several racist things on here lately.