[quote=@Dagger]
Legitimate question: What attacks have been going on toward marginalized groups on this site? Maybe my social circles here just haven't overlapped with those that have seen it, but I've never come across anyone who's here to terrorize or belittle someone from the groups mentioned above. I've also got some concerns about policing speech on the Guild unless this issue extends beyond one or two jackasses who could be dealt with by alerting the mods about their behavior. Adding rules doesn't stop people from being bigots, after all, and there will probably always be a few skulking around.
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As the discussion on the Discord server has become quite in-depth and involved recounting some of the history you're asking about, I'm loath to retread that history here when I am actively managing participation at present. If someone else wants to, I welcome them to do so.

Second question: If this issue is prevalent enough to warrant action, what solutions are being suggested to handle it? I'm interested in hearing the specifics.
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The immediate proposal is exactly what it says on the tin. Support for marginalized groups should be included in the rules. It affords both community members as well as staff accountability for themselves and one another.

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[quote=@Ammokkx]
Y'know I was about to quote

[list][*] [b]Respect all members.[/b] [color=ffffff]Be pleasant to each other and treat people how you would like to be treated. Remember that respect comes in all forms and should be applied in everything that you do. When disagreements arise in discussion be sure to address them in good faith, ensuring that you avoid escalating them into any unnecessary conflict.[/color]
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as being an anti-harassment rule but, as it turns out, this one is worded super lax. Still, I think the spirit of a rule called "respect all members" naturally umbrellas into "also respect the members of a more marginalized identity", don't you?
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No, because the spirit of that rule's laxity does nothing to expose/speak to implicit bias. On the one hand, members are expected to make the same decisions staffers have to with vague rules on matters they may have little to no understanding of. This occurs every time they might speak out in a channel and every time they feel inclined to PM a staffer. On the other hand, staffers' implicit biases are fit to come on display whenever they decide to take a proactive role in enforcing the rules. This is the precident by which such abuses of power have been carried out, both by members and staffers.

[quote=@Ammokkx]
Otherwise I mostly agree with Dagger here; if there's harassment, I haven't seen it. If it's private enough, then I'm sure the members in question should be reported and dealt with accordingly. The mods on this site are pretty open folk; I really doubt it's a systemic problem. I'd also really like not to be stalked on this site; people can report me if my conduct is out of line (though most of my warnings come from the status bar, so I'm basically painting a target on myself, really)

I'm not ruling out the possibility of there being nasties on this site, but I really doubt they're ubiquitous enough to be much of a "root cause" problem. 
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I'm inclined to believe that the main site is, at present, much less likely to be seething with subtle bigotry than it used to be. But I have not been an active member for some time outside of the Discord. I am still a writer, but I am in between my days of writing for roleplay. What I am not is an absentee. I have seen enough history on guild ti know that it has not always been so tame as it is now.

I am not under the impression that the calling out of individual abusers or bigots is necessary at present--I will state explicitly now that I have no interest in this. But setting more explicit standards by which we can hold one another accountable to will make it less likely we will need to do so in the future.