ATRL seems to be gaining this reputation among some groups that its not as accepting as a forum full of gay people should be. There are real wars and outright disgusting comments in many threads involving race issues, trans issues and even inter-community gay issues. People go through great lengths to defend their own and other people's problematic comments and try to play down issues and concerns as SJW stuff. Some are even blatant about it and it seems that it getting warned depends on which mod is on duty. It's not healthy.

That's just how I see it, do you agree? And if so how do we fix it? Suggestions over flamebait.

Originally posted by Doogle Yes. The problem is that many members are legitimate trolls who post offensive crap for a reaction, but sometimes people really are intolerant and uneducated. I'd say ignoring stupidly offensive posts or challenging their opinion with something more than a biblio, which I've been guilty of doing before.

They hate black people

Originally posted by alexanderao I disagree with that assessment.

You are correct. Other than those kind of people being banned, there really isn't anything you can do to fix their stupidity, unfortunately.

Originally posted by OnikaSlays They hate black people

Originally posted by Subomie That's one side of it, but on the other hand you sometimes see respectful, ordinary members behind some really bigoted comments and it's just distressing.

Originally posted by Doogle I know what you mean. I've been surprised by some of the outrageous claims members who otherwise seem decent make on here sometimes. I don't know how to help people think differently either because people always bark back defensively about why they think the way they do. It feels like people are less likely to change their stance sadly out of fear of being labelled a SJW, which now has negative connotations like feminist and the likes. There's this group of people being anti social issues and using their hatred for SJW to excuse bigotry.

Originally posted by Subomie I think if people educated them properly it could help. Rational people can learn a lot in respectful discussion, but mostly people just lash out at ignorant comments. And you can't tell someone not to be angry and offended, they're perfectly entitled to be. So it's tricky.