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In a Christian community you can't deny Christ. In a Dungeons and Dragons community you cant call everyone a nerd and tell them to play Call of Duty. In the Bla

In a Christian community you can't deny Christ. In a Dungeons and Dragons community you cant call everyone a nerd and tell them to play Call of Duty. In the Black community you can't be a white woman with hair extensions and claim be to be the victim of discrimination. Communities exist specifically because they exclude people from them. Sometimes thats good and sometimes its bad but attacking the very concept of a group of people organizing for a specific purpose is simply dishonest.

spartanatreyu 6y ago
I think there's an important distinction to be made here. Communities aren't only exclusive, they can be anywhere on a gradient between exclusive and inclusive. An inclusive community may have a central focus, but would allow outsiders to participate. Each of your examples have both inclusive and exclusive communities.
- what2prefer4 6y ago
  'Communities can be anywhere on a gradient between (alphabetical) exclusive and inclusive (termed), but focused (themed), and would allow outsiders to participate (eigen).' Um I like what you wrote, reminding: //wiki/Genitive; 'Indicating an attributive relationship of one noun to the other noun', 'serving purpose indicating relationships', 'may feature arguments', 'a head noun, in a construction' ...a shift, yes -but that may be way too offtopic (-;
croutonwagon 6y ago
>In a Christian community you can't deny Christ. There are plenty that do. Maybe some of the fundies dont...But the entire point of Christianity is to welcome non-believers and convert them. And plenty of Protestants and even most Roman Catholic congregations I have seen are very much that way. Especially when a school is involved. > In a Dungeons and Dragons community you cant call everyone a nerd and tell them to play Call of Duty. Well of course not. That would be like...the opposite of my point. >In the Black community you can't be a white woman with hair extensions and claim be to be the victim of discrimination. Of course not. But having grown up relatively poor and in a minority of my neighborhood at that time, if you were to ask anyone from my neighborhood if i was a part of THAT community I bet they would say yes. And they absolutely were willing to fight with me/defend me when i was singled out for my, get this, race. I know plenty of members of the black community that are fine to sit down and listen to my opinions on some certain topics, again its all about respect and approach. I know plenty that would hear me out and dismiss me, and plenty that would shut it down (and i wouldnt even bother voicing in the first place).
- sthnblllII 6y ago
  Ok. This has nothing to do with what I said.

spartanatreyu 6y ago

I think there's an important distinction to be made here. Communities aren't only exclusive, they can be anywhere on a gradient between exclusive and inclusive. An inclusive community may have a central focus, but would allow outsiders to participate. Each of your examples have both inclusive and exclusive communities.

what2prefer4 6y ago
'Communities can be anywhere on a gradient between (alphabetical) exclusive and inclusive (termed), but focused (themed), and would allow outsiders to participate (eigen).' Um I like what you wrote, reminding: //wiki/Genitive; 'Indicating an attributive relationship of one noun to the other noun', 'serving purpose indicating relationships', 'may feature arguments', 'a head noun, in a construction' ...a shift, yes -but that may be way too offtopic (-;

croutonwagon 6y ago

>In a Christian community you can't deny Christ. There are plenty that do. Maybe some of the fundies dont...But the entire point of Christianity is to welcome non-believers and convert them. And plenty of Protestants and even most Roman Catholic congregations I have seen are very much that way. Especially when a school is involved. > In a Dungeons and Dragons community you cant call everyone a nerd and tell them to play Call of Duty. Well of course not. That would be like...the opposite of my point. >In the Black community you can't be a white woman with hair extensions and claim be to be the victim of discrimination. Of course not. But having grown up relatively poor and in a minority of my neighborhood at that time, if you were to ask anyone from my neighborhood if i was a part of THAT community I bet they would say yes. And they absolutely were willing to fight with me/defend me when i was singled out for my, get this, race. I know plenty of members of the black community that are fine to sit down and listen to my opinions on some certain topics, again its all about respect and approach. I know plenty that would hear me out and dismiss me, and plenty that would shut it down (and i wouldnt even bother voicing in the first place).

sthnblllII 6y ago
Ok. This has nothing to do with what I said.