[filoleg]

>if someone murders another person we should ban them from murdering people but not put them in jail.

If conflating the act of violently taking someone's life away irreversibly to displaying an offensive custom skin in a videogame sounds like a reasonable and genuine argument to you, I don't think there is anything anyone can say to convince you otherwise.

I agree with the parent comment that restricting customization for the offending users in the game is a reasonable punishment. They can still play the game AND have zero actual possibility of committing the same offense. The desired outcome of the user not using offensive imagery in custom skins is achieved.

[freehunter]

Yes I conflate the Confederate flag with violently taking someone's life away irreversibly. Because that's the meaning behind that symbol.

[filoleg]

So, you are confirming that you believe that the act of displaying the Confederate flag is equivalent to taking away someone's life irreversibly. Displaying that flag is literally exactly the same as a murder in your eyes.

Case closed, I don't think there is much left to say here then.

[Dylan16807]

Symbols are not literally the things they represent.

[freehunter]

No, but they do symbolize the things they represent. That's actually where that word comes from.

[whynaut]

When your parents buy you a Hot Wheels set for your 18th birthday, and say, "What are you waiting for? Hit the road, [freehunter]!" you'll be fine. It symbolizes transportation.

When your brother aims down the sights at you in Call of Duty and - gulp - pulls the trigger, you'll necessarily have him sent to jail.

That's okay, though - when you're counting on your fingers and get to three, and... hey.. are your thumb and index kinda.. touching? you'll be right there with him.