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No thanks man. I respect both sides and their opinions over the term, but I cannot support adding it into our "slur" category for punishment within TTT. 
Fundamentally, I can never support the banning of language. On that same note though, I also will NOT take action against our present policy towards slurs and derogatory terms. Such rules are necessary to prevent individuals from being harassed. This is a community where we want to be inclusive and have fun, in order to bring people together to play video games. Both. Not one or the other.

Raider, could you elaborate why you do not support the "banning of language?" I find that to be a rather interesting quote and would like a little bit more clarification on it. In a context of banning books/works of art, I totally agree with that; however, the context of things that are considered to be slurs is a different scenario entirely. Yes you can use the "hate speech is free speech" argument but you also have to understand there are consequences when those kinds of words are said. Your last statement is a contradiction to me but I see that you and I fundamentally disagree on whether "retard" is a slur or not and that's what makes me think it's a contradiction where you argue that it is a fair point. I respect you too much to try and argue with you over this, but I still felt the need to say something. 

In terms of this being the internet though, I do not see a scenario in which TTT will ban the word. If anything we’ll just punish people for being assholes to each other like we always have.

 I can see something like this happening in prop hunt but not in TTT. 

I just would like to clarify something quickly: this is not something that I was limiting to just TTT, hence why I put the thread in Community/Site Suggestions rather than on the TTT equivalent tab. Now realistically, it doesn't really make any difference on the impact this thread will have, as I feel it would have be a unanimous agreement amongst the community staff in order to get this kind of regulation passed in my opinion. I just am saying this because I've seen a lot of feedback from TTT community members, but if any other community staff members would like to give their input, I would like to hear that as well.