What you might get called on an internet live stream is the benchmark of what's acceptable?
The context was the point. The meaning of the word is not restricted to just a specific generation, and calling someone a boomer is not always an attack that requires a fainting couch. People can call themselves boomers if they are having trouble setting up something on a computer, etc.
By that logic, the term "faggot" is fine
Depending on the context, yes.
Well, to my mind, the question of how people behave in debates on the forum directly affects the ability to have enjoyable conversations about the game itself, so I don't see it as entirely separate or trivial (except insofar as any debate on a CRPG forum is pretty trivial.) I did suggest earlier that we just drop it, but the other guys seem to want to revisit the points, and I don't mind responding to those arguments (particularly when some of them come from a Larian representative.)
I was trying to point out that it is possible, and even desirable, to avoid interpreting everything in the least charitable way, in an effort to encourage actual debate / discussion.
