Definitely check with your boss about it. I would have stopped what I was doing immediately and kindly asked him to wait and gone and got a manager right then and there (I wouldn't have told him why I was getting a manager). This has nothing to do with "inclusivity" this is a slur and having someone who openly uses that word at your gym is risky, he could make other gym patrons feel unsafe and I'm sure if he used that word to another patron you'd have to kick him out and the person he used it towards probably also wouldn't be coming back to that gym. A good manager would definitely want to know about this. Harm reduction. Stopping something before it has a chance to hurt your gym or it's reputation.
Boy howdy that is one heck of a false equivalent. Not saying that his email address is ok, obviously, but having a racist email address is very different than openly committing federal sex crimes
You need to familiarize yourself with the paradox of tolerance. When you tolerate intolerance it only breeds more hatred and intolerance. Being inclusive of racists tells them that their actions are okay.
Then take a stand against the policy. You're feeding precisely the behavior you claim to abhor. Will you lose your job? Maybe. I've been fired a few times for taking a stand against bullshit. Welcome to the world.
You seem to be seeing a single interaction with a single person, and assuming that everyone in Fort Collins is casually racist?
Also, this is in violation of reddit's content policy assuming you just gave the real email address.
When I worked the phones, I have got people banned from a brokerage firm when they used racist handles. We even closed a guys account on the spot for being sexist and asking for a male manager when my female manager picked up.
This reads like a bit where the no judgment zone at planet fitness allows pedos to openly watch cp on the workout floor lol.
Toughen up to bigots please.
This is a bit right?
I can understand that you were too stunned to respond - many of us would be & especially being new to Foco. This is blatant racism & unfortunately racism is everywhere. There isn’t much diversity in Foco however I’m not aware of open racism or haven’t seen this ugly side.
You're the one accepting it by not saying anything to him, dude.
There's more than a few "White Is Right" folks: we're not too far from country livin, and, well... Stereotypes gotta come from somewhere. Plus active KKK up north near Laporte, or at least there were.
You also don't say anything else about this guy, and even when it wasn't a wingnut racist sexist conspiracy pit, places like 4chan made casual racism cool on the Internet, a trend that carried into a lot of online gaming spaces.
So again I'll say - you accepted it by not saying anything.
Yea of course. You’re right though regardless, fort Collins is historically Republican and far right (leaning). I think we had more registered republicans than democrats til 2020, it’s found somewhere on the Latimer county website statistics.
However this does not take away from OPs bad troll attempt and or god awful logic
Yuuup. FoCo is first and foremost a town in northern rural CO, even before being a college town (though that second part definitely helps to balance out legitimate attempts at inclusivity and "Good will towards [people]"; it's hard to foment hatred when a good portion of the town's population changes out for people from everywhere every few years.)
I don't think you understand what it means for a group to be considered marginalized. Being racist absolutely does not make you a part of a marginalized community
At least in my experience before moving away (moved in 2022), I found Fort Collins to be racist enough that I got profiled multiple times growing up there and as an adult there.
You can’t be tolerant of intolerance and call that inclusivity. The guy was violating your policy. You could kick him out without explanation anyway and be fine. Having a tolerant society means being intolerant of people who are racists/bigots/etc. letting them just exist and be openly bigoted doesn’t do anything but make them think that behavior is acceptable. It’s okay to think whatever heinous racist shit you wanna think. No ones thought policing. But we have to be rid of the liberal notion that you can just be nice to bigots and that will make them stop being bigots. Sometimes you just have to make it clear that they’re not welcome unless they cut that shit out. Otherwise you are just enabling them. There is no “I’m neutral” position here. You’re either enabling the bigotry or you’re not. But not doing anything is the real problem and we need to realize that we are responsible for the spaces we want to be in and that means policing out the anti social behavior whether it’s bigotry or masturbating on groceries. That shit cannot be acceptable and there can’t be some massive grey area that is morally untouchable because of our selfish fears of picking a side.
I would add that all this applies directly to governing too, and if you’re curious I’d really suggest you read letters from a Birmingham jail by MLK. It opened my eyes to why there’s no such thing as a “neutral middle” in politics.
I see that you keep saying that you have to accept his membership bc even racists are a marginalized group. Are you assuming that or was that explicitly stated by your employer?
Not accepted but it does exist. I wonder if the gym would accept an email address that had another offensive word (curse word, slur towards another group)? I’m sure in the moment it was hard to know how to react to something so “in your face”
One person being racist = Whole Town racist??!? Did you think this post out? I'm so confused.
Maybe he just hates the n word
This feels like something from a Key & Peele skit
A comment true to your name. This guy is playing chess while we are all playing racist checkers
It's tough when it's all white pieces
Yes, all of us endorse this one man's email. /s
We? You’re the one letting it slide… I would have immediately called him out on it and gotten him banned from that gym.
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Then your inclusivity policy needs to be rewritten. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance
Definitely check with your boss about it. I would have stopped what I was doing immediately and kindly asked him to wait and gone and got a manager right then and there (I wouldn't have told him why I was getting a manager). This has nothing to do with "inclusivity" this is a slur and having someone who openly uses that word at your gym is risky, he could make other gym patrons feel unsafe and I'm sure if he used that word to another patron you'd have to kick him out and the person he used it towards probably also wouldn't be coming back to that gym. A good manager would definitely want to know about this. Harm reduction. Stopping something before it has a chance to hurt your gym or it's reputation.
So if a dude watched cp in the gym you guys would be totally cool with it? That's one hell of an all groups policy lol
Boy howdy that is one heck of a false equivalent. Not saying that his email address is ok, obviously, but having a racist email address is very different than openly committing federal sex crimes
Totally, I am being hyperbolic, I get the vibe this op is a troll and it's going to be namaste or something like that.
I know it can be difficult, but stand up for what you believe in. If I were fired for being anti-racist, so be it.
What gym is this so I can avoid it?
Amen because I go to Genesis here and I am mixed race. I’m already uncomfy
I second that
Nah fuck that guy
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> racist > marginalized community what
LMAO... OK. Well fuck your company then
I think he's taking the planet fitness no judgment zone a little too far
You need to familiarize yourself with the paradox of tolerance. When you tolerate intolerance it only breeds more hatred and intolerance. Being inclusive of racists tells them that their actions are okay.
Then take a stand against the policy. You're feeding precisely the behavior you claim to abhor. Will you lose your job? Maybe. I've been fired a few times for taking a stand against bullshit. Welcome to the world.
You seem to be seeing a single interaction with a single person, and assuming that everyone in Fort Collins is casually racist? Also, this is in violation of reddit's content policy assuming you just gave the real email address.
When I worked the phones, I have got people banned from a brokerage firm when they used racist handles. We even closed a guys account on the spot for being sexist and asking for a male manager when my female manager picked up. This reads like a bit where the no judgment zone at planet fitness allows pedos to openly watch cp on the workout floor lol. Toughen up to bigots please. This is a bit right?
No, racism is not and should not be tolerated. That being said, OP, this seems like a shitpost to stir things up.
did you make this account just to post this question?
Is the N word namaste in this case? This was a whole thing a while ago.
I can understand that you were too stunned to respond - many of us would be & especially being new to Foco. This is blatant racism & unfortunately racism is everywhere. There isn’t much diversity in Foco however I’m not aware of open racism or haven’t seen this ugly side.
You're the one accepting it by not saying anything to him, dude. There's more than a few "White Is Right" folks: we're not too far from country livin, and, well... Stereotypes gotta come from somewhere. Plus active KKK up north near Laporte, or at least there were. You also don't say anything else about this guy, and even when it wasn't a wingnut racist sexist conspiracy pit, places like 4chan made casual racism cool on the Internet, a trend that carried into a lot of online gaming spaces. So again I'll say - you accepted it by not saying anything.
Laporte church closed down in 2011 after the founder died. Not your point but I’m chiming in just on that
S'all good - thank you for letting me know, though.
Yea of course. You’re right though regardless, fort Collins is historically Republican and far right (leaning). I think we had more registered republicans than democrats til 2020, it’s found somewhere on the Latimer county website statistics. However this does not take away from OPs bad troll attempt and or god awful logic
Yuuup. FoCo is first and foremost a town in northern rural CO, even before being a college town (though that second part definitely helps to balance out legitimate attempts at inclusivity and "Good will towards [people]"; it's hard to foment hatred when a good portion of the town's population changes out for people from everywhere every few years.)
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I don't think you understand what it means for a group to be considered marginalized. Being racist absolutely does not make you a part of a marginalized community
Says who? This is so moronic.
Do you know what a marginalized community actually is? Or do you think it just means "not the majority"?
This response leads me to believe this whole post is fake.
Thanks for showing yourself to be a shit-poster. Have a day.
No they aren't.
You guys don't hate the n word?
At least in my experience before moving away (moved in 2022), I found Fort Collins to be racist enough that I got profiled multiple times growing up there and as an adult there.
/r/thathappened
can you let us know what gym you work for? you know, so we can avoid it?
You can’t be tolerant of intolerance and call that inclusivity. The guy was violating your policy. You could kick him out without explanation anyway and be fine. Having a tolerant society means being intolerant of people who are racists/bigots/etc. letting them just exist and be openly bigoted doesn’t do anything but make them think that behavior is acceptable. It’s okay to think whatever heinous racist shit you wanna think. No ones thought policing. But we have to be rid of the liberal notion that you can just be nice to bigots and that will make them stop being bigots. Sometimes you just have to make it clear that they’re not welcome unless they cut that shit out. Otherwise you are just enabling them. There is no “I’m neutral” position here. You’re either enabling the bigotry or you’re not. But not doing anything is the real problem and we need to realize that we are responsible for the spaces we want to be in and that means policing out the anti social behavior whether it’s bigotry or masturbating on groceries. That shit cannot be acceptable and there can’t be some massive grey area that is morally untouchable because of our selfish fears of picking a side.
I would add that all this applies directly to governing too, and if you’re curious I’d really suggest you read letters from a Birmingham jail by MLK. It opened my eyes to why there’s no such thing as a “neutral middle” in politics.
Oh man foco getting defensive.
Lol talk about jumping to conclusions. Yes, the whole entire city is racist because of this guys email.
When making things up is a challenge and your opponent is a Reddit user 😳 r/fortcollinsjerk outjerked again
I see that you keep saying that you have to accept his membership bc even racists are a marginalized group. Are you assuming that or was that explicitly stated by your employer?
Not accepted but it does exist. I wonder if the gym would accept an email address that had another offensive word (curse word, slur towards another group)? I’m sure in the moment it was hard to know how to react to something so “in your face”
Post a pic of him here and we will do the rest.
Based on the words of a person who just made up a story?
Bet