First of all, I know a lot of you are going to think I'm kidding because this is a/r/braveryjerk and all, but we are completely serious. The mods have had a couple long and heated debates about this issue, and we have decided that we aren't going to tolerate blatant racism or homophobia any longer. We don't want to make this a place that excludes any type of people. You all can continue to be as brave as you want, just please be respectful of any minority that may be seeing what you're typing. Even though most of you are just joking around, fake racism and homophobia is indistinguishable from actual racism and homophobia (most of the time). When actual racists and sexists feel at home, and minorities who aren't involved in the fun can't tell the difference between the real and fake bigots it doesn't create a good environment for them. Thanks for reading, and I hope no one is too mad about the rule change. I realize this is a complete 180 from how we used to run the sub, so we will give you a grace period of 1 day before we start banning people for breaking the rules, unless you're just asking to get banned.