LogFAQs > #967295730

Mistere_Man posted...

Why not?

If users could use reclaimed terms that are still used as slurs as long as they belonged to the group reclaiming them, there would be a lot of other egregious suspendable/bannable terms that GameFAQs would let slide on a case by case basis. As far as I can see, GameFAQs still cracks down hard on slurs with a long history of reclamation, because those terms used in a vacuum are both hurtful and against the ToS.

You also can't verify a user's legitimacy based solely on what they say, due to shit like when right wingers say shit like "as a black man I think BLM are bad for the black cause" despite not being black. So rules like this stay in place to avoid the potential for abuse by bad-faith actors and to ensure a level playing ground for everyone.