Quote from: Spinachcat;1143335First, thank you for the GREAT music link! The Imperial March on medieval instruments was awesome!! And the plate armor & sword Vader image is very cool.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MRHbGjW-J8

The issue at hand isn't that our physical books are in danger of being taken, or changed.

The censorship being imposed is much more subtle, but eventually equally draconian.

WotC has declared your books contain various dangerous -ists that offend the SJW ideology.
Everyone knows -ists are EVIL.
Thus, what is a person who owns EVIL books? Or worse, plays the EVIL games?

The slippery slope has been greased. Thus, how long until the disclaimer is not enough?

As you see from the Tunnels & Trolls self-censorship, the author (a retired librarian) panicked and changed his own work to hide his past "sins" from the torch wielding goodthinkers.

Nobody forced him. He knelled preemptively hoping to avoid their wrath.

THAT is the real power of censorship in action.

And watch how the self-censorship affects what new games and settings are created. How many game designers will NOT use the woke checklist before turning in their drafts?

My guess? Very few.

What kind of job can you get as a Grievance Studies Major?  Sensitivity Reader.  Yes, that is an official job title.

Quote from: HappyDaze;1144340B-rad, I'm not the one that was so desperately trying to put my adress out in PMs on another thread. You really are a lonely, lonely boy aren't you?

I reiterate.

Quote from: Brad;1144355I reiterate.

I'm not going to PM you, B-rad, no matter how much you beg for it.

"Also, you have, on The RPG Site forum, used bigoted slurs about me twice now since this reply conversation started. I have caps of them as well. And, despite your claims to the contrary, someone screencapping bigoted comments that you made recently and unashamedly on a public forum, using this very same username and avatar, isn't doxxing. Try to be less hysterical and more reflective. And thank you for proving that those who have a problem with this change are motivated by racism rather than any kind of interest in T&T."

This just gets better and better...someone is having some sort of mental breakdown. And since you're reading this, you ARE indeed a retard.

Quote from: Brad;1144369This just gets better and better...someone is having some sort of mental breakdown. And since you're reading this, you ARE indeed a retard.

Yes, B-rad, I do think you might just be having a mental breakdown. But don't worry, I'm sure everyone will offer you the same lack of compassion that you proudly champion. I know I will.

Quote from: GeekyBugle;1144331...
Now being used to justify censorship on the TTRPG hobby and others, guess soon we'll see you arguing the same to justify racial/sexual discrimination/segregation on hiring, assigning who can write/draw what, etc.

Quote from: HappyDaze;1144336Every day you impress me with your ability to leap ever-higher into the clouds of crazyville. You're a nutter, but keep on shining for the world to see.

Maybe not so crazy...

Proposition 16 on the 2020 California is a vote to to amend the Constitution of California to repeal 1996's Proposition 209.

Proposition 209 prohibits the state from discriminating against, or granting preferential treatment to, any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in the operation of public employment, public education, or public contracting.

So the Democrat controlled California legislature has put on the ballet a constitutional amendment to repeal the state of California's prohibition against Discrimination on state employee's, education, and contracting.

The reason given for this?

"'For Equality!"

I shit you not.

And I quote California State Assembly woman Shirley Weber: " This Constitutional Amendment is about equal opportunity for all and, investment in our communities."

Stop, and Think that over for a minute...

They want to repeal a prohibition on Discrimination, to promote Equal Opportunity.

I'll repeat that again because I can: They want to repeal a Prohibition on Discrimination, to promote Equal Opportunity.

Does anyone here really think that this sort of "logical" thinking won't find its way into the RPG hobby?

"This message is hidden because HappyDaze is on your ignore list."

Should have done that a while back...

" You can pretend you're laughing this off, but anyone who sees this can go to The RPG Site forums and see you melting down and telling people to DM you so you can fight them about it. But, hey keep pretending you're not bothered."

Come on, please let me know which one of you morons is posting this tripe...please.

Don't feed the Troll.

It thrives on the attention and gives it self gratification it does not deserve. Let it write acknowledge that something wrote the words and just ignore them. I don't even have it on my ignore list as it would be a win for it and quite frankly it's insults are amateurish at best.

Quote from: Kyle Aaron;1143615The state I am living in has had parliament suspended...There are many real-world examples of oppression far, far more significant than this. This is a scandal on par with "but Han shot first!"

The slippery slope doesn't begin with an avalanche.

Parliament suspended is an avalanche, but the slippery slope to tyranny began years ago when people just accepted little things, then many little things, just because they believed it wasn't worth fighting over.

Leftist censorship began decades ago, and now has become pervasive across society. The end result is disaster, just like your Parliament being suspended. This isn't hyperbole. The end game of censorship is well documented.

As this is a RPG forum, it's natural we would be most concerned with how censorship is manifesting and affecting RPGs.

We - as a society - earned this. We've become weak (but oh so "nice"), allowed the enemy within and we're now going to pay the price across every facet of society - from "meaningless" things like games to shutdowns of democracy.

Quote from: Jaeger;1144373So the Democrat controlled California legislature has put on the ballet a constitutional amendment to repeal the state of California's prohibition against Discrimination on state employee's, education, and contracting.

I'm trying to get everyone I know to support Prop 16!!! The morons in California need a wakeup call. We're drowning in white liberals who deserve to be told they can't apply for jobs because of their skin color or their pants junk.

I'm all for public companies drowning under dead weight "diversity hires" and leave the merit hires to the startups and the small businesses where talent matters to the bottom line every day. And if any of you fucknuts think "merit hires" means "white", you're a fucknut because anyone who owns a small business knows the danger of a weak hire vs. the benefit of a strong hire.

Quote from: Jaeger;1144373Does anyone here really think that this sort of "logical" thinking won't find its way into the RPG hobby?

No doubt.

Quote from: Brad;1144416Come on, please let me know which one of you morons is posting this tripe...please.

Are these PMs you are getting?

Quote from: Spinachcat;1144451Are these PMs you are getting?

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/130768/Tunnels--Trolls-1st-Edition-reprint

Quote from: Brad;1144457https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/130768/Tunnels--Trolls-1st-Edition-reprint

Well that's fucked up.

Quote from: GeekyBugle;1144460Well that's fucked up.

Greetings!

Who is Jerry N?

Semper Fidelis,

SHARK

Quote from: SHARK;1144464Greetings!

Who is Jerry N?

Semper Fidelis,

SHARK

A miserable pile of secrets?

Quote from: Brad;1144457https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/130768/Tunnels--Trolls-1st-Edition-reprint

Wow just wow. Talk about being dumber than bag of hammers. I doubt Jerry is Happydaze yet way to go doxxing yourself lol.