Can I complain about the discord for a minute?
I've pretty much just been attacked on there for no real reason, or at least not one I didn't apologise for. The topic of Serj having said the n word in Shame came up and I said something along the lines of "I don't think it's right to say it but I do think there was perhaps a slightly different feeling towards saying that word in a song when it was released, and it's not like he directed it at anyone." Now, bear in mind I wasn't alive when it was released, but I certainly get that impression.
A lot of people started saying stuff immediately, like "Are you serious?" and "Shut the fuck up". I apologised for if I'd upset anyone by it, and I also said that I doubt Serj meant any harm by it. I was basically told that it was inexcusable to defend someone saying the n word (which isn't quite what I was doing, at least not in my mind). The chat was eventually muted for and I (and some other people) were told (by the same person who kept telling me to shut the fuck up) to "calm down", which felt a little hypocritical.
All in all, I just feel attacked. I really didn't mean any harm by it, and I don't feel I deserved to be treated like that. For some context, I am white, so my perspective on it may well be very different to a black person's, but I don't feel I said anything racist. That very much wasn't my intention anyway. I don't want to shit stir here either, I'm just wondering whether I actually am in the wrong here. The general consensus here from what I can tell is that Serj was bullied into saying it, and a lot of people seem to feel it isn't so deep, but maybe I'm wrong?
Sorry for writing so much, thank you if you actually did read all of it. Also sorry for any potential formatting issues, I'm on mobile.