Thread:Obi the LEGO Fan/@comment-25988337-20150705174500/@comment-26047195-20150705210243

I've lost an incredible amount of respect for all three of you. At this level you're not even that interested in effectively expressing your "heritage" or whatever it is you choose to be proud of. Instead, you immaturely crave to be as disruptive as possible about it, bringing attention to yourselves and the conflict. State something about your pride in "Confederate heritage" on your userpage or something if you absolutely must; it'll be slightly effective for presenting it as opposed to the vagueness of an avatar that can be easily perceived as racist.

And no, using these as a response to the rainbow LGBT* avatars that a few of our community members here have is not a valid comparison at all. Like I previously mentioned, an avatar that can be perceived as racist is certainly something to as you might label it, "take offense at". An avatar that represents an individual's sexual orientation is by no means something offensive to others, whether you're for or against homosexuality. I personally believe that homosexuality is a sin, but the existence of sin is by no means "offensive" to me, if we're dealing with the general definition of offense here. Don't make weak comparisons, guys. Be mature. If you want respect from others, then please act in a manner deserving of it.