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rpg.net refugee

Started by myleftnut, April 27, 2019, 06:46:09 PM

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Ratman_tf

#60
April 28, 2019, 02:18:18 PM
Quote from: BrokenCounsel;1084902Thanks for the warm welcome.

Listen, the feminists have a good fucking point. So do the LGBTQ+ crew. They have been marginalized. There is (insert)phobia out there. Society does need to change. But you don't do that by shutting down reasoned disagreement and opposition. What we're seeing at RPGnet is orchestrated hysteria where sober, rational argument is being machine gunned to fucking death by the Righteous.

Orwell got it bang on the money.

Somewhere along the line, the idea seemed to morph from persuading people about progressive ideas, to making them socially (and eventually legally) mandatory.
The notion of an exclusionary and hostile RPG community is a fever dream of zealots who view all social dynamics through a narrow keyhole of structural oppression.
-Haffrung

Joey2k

#61
April 28, 2019, 02:21:59 PM Last Edit: April 28, 2019, 02:24:30 PM by Joey2k
Quote from: myleftnut;1084801So I'm new here after reading but rarely posting on rpg.net for years. This Bill Webb thing is the last straw.  I'm seeing people banned for posting "guyz...do you think maybe kinda sorta ruining a persons life over this is going too far?...maybe...sorta...a litttle?"

REPORTED!

Quote from: BrokenCounsel;1084898I'm also seeking safe harbour from the clusterfuck that is RPGnet. I visited there regularly since about 2005, and always liked the place. But no more. The fucking lunatics have taken over the asylum.

I consider myself socially liberal, but the hysteria that the whole Webb/SJG/FGG fiasco has generated has shown me that RPGnet is nothing but an Orwellian enclave of Right-Think, Double-Speak, and SJW echoing.

REPORTED!




Just kidding. Welcome to the dark side.  I share your feelings and despair over what rpgnet has become.  I flamed out/banned myself when they decreed that expressing anything less than full unqualified condemnation of ICE was verboten.

You'll be ok here.
I'm/a/dude

Ratman_tf

#62
April 28, 2019, 02:24:22 PM
Quote from: SavageSchemer;1084923I mean, in a world where Camille Paglia is considered alt-right, you know you've gone completely over the edge from reason and into extremism. And, yes, I've seen Camille Paglia be called a "right winger" on TBP. It's fucking insane. My best guess is she committed the "crime" of having reasoned discourse with Jordon Peterson once.

Camilia's fun. She's very progressive and radical, but recognizes that there is value in conservative, traditional ideas.
One of her big "sins" is to say that there is an aspect of transgenderism that is a social fad.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8BRdwgPChQ
The notion of an exclusionary and hostile RPG community is a fever dream of zealots who view all social dynamics through a narrow keyhole of structural oppression.
-Haffrung

BrokenCounsel

#63
April 28, 2019, 02:36:16 PM
QuoteOne of her big "sins" is to say that there is an aspect of transgenderism that is a social fad.

Yeah, that right there is akin to Holocaust denial and voting for Trump.

Razor 007

#64
April 28, 2019, 02:41:33 PM
Quote from: BrokenCounsel;1084945Yeah, that right there is akin to Holocaust denial and voting for Trump.


Hey, I "did" vote for Trump.....  MAGA!!!  Bwahaha!!!
I need you to roll a perception check.....

SavageSchemer

#65
April 28, 2019, 02:46:18 PM
Quote from: Joey2k;1084938REPORTED!



REPORTED!




Just kidding. Welcome to the dark side.  I share your feelings and despair over what rpgnet has become.  I flamed out/banned myself when they decreed that expressing anything less than full unqualified condemnation of ICE was verboten.

You'll be ok here.

I had forgotten about the whole ICE thing. There was also a time when they basically said any form of support for Trump was verboten. I can't remember the exact phrasing of it, but that's how I remember it.
The more clichéd my group plays their characters, the better. I don't want Deep Drama™ and Real Acting™ in the precious few hours away from my family and job. I want cheap thrills, constant action, involved-but-not-super-complex plots, and cheesy but lovable characters.
From "Play worlds, not rules"

Armchair Gamer

#66
April 28, 2019, 02:59:28 PM
Quote from: SavageSchemer;1084948I had forgotten about the whole ICE thing. There was also a time when they basically said any form of support for Trump was verboten. I can't remember the exact phrasing of it, but that's how I remember it.

https://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?835849-New-Ban-Do-Not-Post-In-Support-of-Trump-or-his-Administration

nope

#67
April 28, 2019, 03:03:37 PM
Welcome myleftnut. Speak freely. Be yourself. You will not have goose-stepping mods shove their boots down your throat over dissenting opinions here. Post what you like. Tell people off. This is a platform where your speech may not necessarily be agreed with, but it will certainly be respected.

myleftnut

#68
April 28, 2019, 03:10:38 PM
Quote from: Armchair Gamer;1084950https://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?835849-New-Ban-Do-Not-Post-In-Support-of-Trump-or-his-Administration

Disgusting.  I'm not even a Trump supporter.  Shit like that is the reason for the polarization of our society. How are you going to protest a free election?  We're a divided country and the anti-Trump crowd started it.

Abraxus

#69
April 28, 2019, 03:13:32 PM
Quote from: myleftnut;1084953Disgusting.  I'm not even a Trump supporter.  Shit like that is the reason for the polarization of our society. How are you going to protest a free election?  We're a divided country and the anti-Trump crowd started it.

What is more disgusting is that some on the site to be part of the so called cool kids club just blindly accept such totalitarian banning on the website. All it took was to throw away any and all self-respect they had. Apparently though we are just as bad if not even more worse than rpg.net. Go figure.

GameDaddy

#70
April 28, 2019, 03:29:10 PM
Quote from: myleftnut;1084953We're a divided country and the anti-Trump crowd started it.

No, they didn't. To say so is only by not paying attention clearly to what all of the major political parties are actually doing. It is disingenuous statement, and trolling too boot. good luck with that.
Blackmoor grew from a single Castle to include, first, several adjacent Castles (with the forces of Evil lying just off the edge of the world to an entire Northern Province of the Castle and Crusade Society's Great Kingdom.

~ Dave Arneson

nope

#71
April 28, 2019, 03:32:51 PM
Quote from: myleftnut;1084953We're a divided country and the anti-Trump crowd started it.
This isn't exactly true. But yes, to the rest of your statement, we need to respect democracy in the form we currently get to enjoy it. Even if it makes our butts sore (and it has done mine in several times). Respect the process and the people around you and your nation.

myleftnut

#72
April 28, 2019, 03:40:26 PM
Quote from: GameDaddy;1084959No, they didn't. To say so is only by not paying attention clearly to what all of the major political parties are actually doing. It is disingenuous statement, and trolling too boot. good luck with that.

Fair enough.  My perspective is from what I see in my state. Every Trump supporter is nazi and every naysayer is a cuck.

Rithuan

#73
April 28, 2019, 03:43:23 PM
I recall one instance when they prohibited a user from declaring he was Catholic. I should quit that day, but I didn't. One of my regrets.

Like the laws of robotics, the good discussions that attract me to that forum were strong enough to surpass the forces that repel me from that site. But it was a matter of time to leave the site.

myleftnut

#74
April 28, 2019, 04:12:55 PM
Sorry to go off the rails.  The OP is about free speech on internet gaming forums.  Mods feel free to move this to another sub forum if it needs.
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