Question about insults

[Tengu_temp]

Several times already I have seen posters calling other posters SJWs, or social justice warriors.

My question is: is the mod team aware that this term is both an insult and politically charged? It's recent-ish internet lingo, so I'm asking to be sure. Since this is a forum where you can get a warning for calling someone else a fanboy, I found it weird that people get away with calling other posters SJWs.

[Keltest]

It would not surprise me if people who throw that term around DO get warned for it, and it simply doesn't get scrubbed for whatever reason. I am certainly not going to test that theory though.

[Tengu_temp]

You can't get a warning/infraction without the post getting scrubbed. Trust me, I know from experience.

[Bulldog Psion]

It would not surprise me if people who throw that term around DO get warned for it, and it simply doesn't get scrubbed for whatever reason. I am certainly not going to test that theory though.

While what you say is true, it would also be pretty unusual for something disallowed to not get scrubbed when a warning was issued. In fact, wouldn't it be pretty much unique?

Edit: I see Tengu-temp already has it covered. So, the non-scrubbing is pretty much conclusive proof that "SJW" is currently "allowed," then?

[Iruka]

Edit: I see Tengu-temp already has it covered. So, the non-scrubbing is pretty much conclusive proof that "SJW" is currently "allowed," then?

No, unscrubbed "SJW" only proves that not all appearances of it were scrubbed. You can't tell how often it actually was scrubbed. Also, since it is not obvious as an insult to all people, probably only a fraction gets reported and thus the attention of the mods.
I think it was actually stated before that a lack of scrubbing is not to be taken as evidence for allowed behaviour.

[Roland St. Jude]

Several times already I have seen posters calling other posters SJWs, or social justice warriors.

My question is: is the mod team aware that this term is both an insult and politically charged? It's recent-ish internet lingo, so I'm asking to be sure. Since this is a forum where you can get a warning for calling someone else a fanboy, I found it weird that people get away with calling other posters SJWs.

If you believe something is Flaming/Trolling, please report it.

No, unscrubbed "SJW" only proves that not all appearances of it were scrubbed. You can't tell how often it actually was scrubbed. Also, since it is not obvious as an insult to all people, probably only a fraction gets reported and thus the attention of the mods.
I think it was actually stated before that a lack of scrubbing is not to be taken as evidence for allowed behaviour.

Correct.