ACA*. An apology, and an explanation. BLM/LGBTQ+ Support

"MLK is remembered for his completely peaceful protests in the 60s over civil rights." MLK, despite being peaceful, was assassinated. Don't act like being peaceful doesn't also incite violence and death if you're a minority. edit: wrong word fnewjkn.

I encourage everyone to think critically about what they may have learned about in school and what may have been left out, as well as read information from different sources especially from minority voices.

I WAS GONNA SAY THE SAME THING. HE WAS KILLED CAUSE PEOPLE DIDNT AGREE WITH HIM. although he was peaceful, he was murdered for his ideals. malcolm x is remembered by those that understand its okay to fight

the fact that privileged people like to throw MLK's name around like nothing is beyond me...

And his death has been used for decades to advocate for being respectable, when the world has been anything but. They want you to turn the other cheek so they can beat that one too. I'm so sick of this notion we need to be peaceful because it's the only way that works. Those two world wars sure weren't peaceful, but they changed a whole lot. We don't need to riot either. What we need to do is express ourselves, and rid ourselves of respectability for people who do not value our lives. And this notion people wouldn't know who Malcolm X is... I'm gonna pretend I never read that.

“A riot is the language of the unheard” is an MLK quote I’m just gonna toss out before anyone gets any of his quotes twisted

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Bringing this forward as I know some people don't want to see what others have to say on both sides. If this helps you enjoy your experience on Pokefarm then so be it.

I'm going to clarify this as someone may/will take it the wrong way. Regarding the #MakeAmericaGreat - I said it like this because to me, America has never been 'great' after its colonisation by whites, due to the obvious fact on how it came to be. The only way it can become 'great' is by reform, and even then it's a long away from it due to the history this country has. 'I don't know. In my personal opinion, America was great when it wasn't called America. But that's me.' - What I meant by this, if it wasn't obvious, was that America was 'great' before colonisation and was called something different in regards to its native population. If people are using 'MakeAmericaGreat' (Not M*G*) as a racist slogan, can someone please PM me with links etc so I can edit accordingly. Google isn't bringing much up in regards to it other than 'M*G*' and I'm not sure if that's due to my location (UK) or if I'm genuinely just looking in the wrong place. If they are using this then it's something that I'll need to bring up with the team to also have removed. Regardless, I believe I may have made a mistake by saying this as it has political undertones either way. I apologise for this. PMs are definitely appreciated, regarding this matter with information. Thank you for your help.

Update

Hey there folks, we were asked a very interesting question regarding the usage of 131*. After some discussion, we have decided that 131* is not allowed. Our reasoning for this is that the * is a direct stand-in for the 'b-word'. While 'Dang' or 'Shoot' have become their own words, meaning that people will say them without actually thinking of the words they stand-in for. While we understand that * may also mean 'bad' just like in the acronym it translates into we thought it best to just not allow it so it falls in with our rules. All acronyms that have bad language within them or are offensive will be removed and this will be seen more clearly as we upload an update to the rules. You can, however still say 131 and fill in the last number for whatever else, as long as it's not offensive. If you wish to say Allcopsarebad with this acronym then please use 1.3.1 214. Or just simply write it out, you have the right to say what you will in your about me, trainer cards, etc as long as it's not breaking our rules put forward. I'm sorry it took so long to get this update out, as we had to discuss it for a bit. Banning number strings isn't something we want to do, but we also can't ignore it now that we know the meaning of it. I hope you understand where we're coming from with this. It was quite difficult to come up with this as the arguments on both sides have points. You can PM me your questions and what not and I'll try to get to them asap. If there's another update to this, I'll be sure to keep you in the loop. *- the last number has been censored.