Quote from: Ras Algethi;1041759I think being a passive-aggressive twat is a shitty way to post.

That shit isn't passive aggressive. That is straight up aggressive. There are a very vocal group of assholes stuck in the fucking stone-age. I'm stating it straight out. If you are one of the people who get up in arms about LGBT characters appearing in adventures, or mention of a possible fluid gender identity for characters, then you are also part of that group of assholes.

It would be passive aggressive to insinuate it, but I'm not insinuating it. I'm saying if that shit pisses you off and you go whine on forums about it, you are a bigot and a douchebag.

Quote from: Emperor Norton;1041761That shit isn't passive aggressive. That is straight up aggressive. There are a very vocal group of assholes stuck in the fucking stone-age. I'm stating it straight out. If you are one of the people who get up in arms about LGBT characters appearing in adventures, or mention of a possible fluid gender identity for characters, then you are also part of that group of assholes.

It would be passive aggressive to insinuate it, but I'm not insinuating it. I'm saying if that shit pisses you off and you go whine on forums about it, you are a bigot and a douchebag.

Wanting to ban speech is very Stalin-esque of you...

Quote from: CRKrueger;1041753...and a practicing magician.

Does he do parties?

Quote from: Christopher Brady;1041763Wanting to ban speech is very Stalin-esque of you...

Where did I say I wanted to ban any speech? I said two things: One you can't be surprised that someone thinks a group is filled with crazy people when there are very vocal crazy people in it and two if you whine on forums about LGBT representation existing in games you are a piece of shit.

Pieces of shit can say whatever they want, but that doesn't stop them from being pieces of shit, and it doesn't stop me from calling them a piece of shit.

Quote from: Christopher Brady;1041756Free speech provides the right to criticize as well.  If someone says something that others object to, free speech allows others to point that out.

Absolutely!!

The whole point of a free speech forum is for everyone to openly disagree without fear of banning.

Quote from: Emperor Norton;1041748But that is the thing. I see very little making fun of them. Maybe 1 post will point out that they are overreacting.

You are 100,000% welcome to join any thread and make fun of anyone or anything. GO FOR IT!!

AND BRING YOUR FRIENDS!!!

Use your freedom of speech...while you still have any because the people you support will come at you too. You may think you're an upstanding doubleplusgoodthinker, but as the lunacy continues to spiral, you might find yourself dancing to keep up with the orthodoxy, and then you may even say something declared impure.

Of course, you'll blow this off, but its not written for you. I'm writing to the lurkers. You lurkers should note how many people being declared guilty of thought crime were actually people considered themselves "liberal" just a decade ago (or less).

Quote from: Emperor Norton;1041748On the other hand, how often on this board do you see complaints about "SJWs" and feminists on this site?

Unfortunately, modern feminism =/= gender equality. You'd be hard pressed to find any posters who are against equal legal rights for women.

As for SJWs, the issue is their stance against free expression and their demand to politicize and demonize. They aren't liberals. They're Marxists. Real liberals support free speech, even the worst speech by the worst people. That's why the ACLU defended the rights of NeoNazis to march through a Jewish neighborhood. The ACLU didn't support the Nazis, but they know you can't have free speech without defense of the rights of the most worthless scumbags to make their vile idiot noise.  
 
And that's why I invite all SJWs to come and post freely.

Quote from: Skarg;1041576Many of the reactions here about "SJWs" and leftists though have seemed to me at least as nutty as they claim the people they're complaining about are, and in about the same ways.

Ya THINK?

Quote from: Emperor Norton;1041767Where did I say I wanted to ban any speech? I said two things: One you can't be surprised that someone thinks a group is filled with crazy people when there are very vocal crazy people in it and two if you whine on forums about LGBT representation existing in games you are a piece of shit.

I'll gladly take the title "piece of shit" from you on that. Personally, I don't care if there are LGBT characters in RPGs. I do mind the idea of "representation", because it dehumanizes people into a monolithic group identity.
Fuck that.

Quote from: Ratman_tf;1041776I'll gladly take the title "piece of shit" from you on that. Personally, I don't care if there are LGBT characters in RPGs. I do mind the idea of "representation", because it dehumanizes people into a monolithic group identity.
Fuck that.

Representation is literally just them existing in the worlds and shown to exist in adventures/lore.

You are literally saying "I don't care if there is LGBT representation in RPGs but fuck LGBT representation in RPGs."

Quote from: Skarg;1041576Many of the reactions here about "SJWs" and leftists though have seemed to me at least as nutty as they claim the people they're complaining about are, and in about the same ways. Recent threads here have been thick with posts aggressively ranting about these terrible SJW people who label people who disagree with them in highly exaggerated and inaccurate ways, and mess with gamers...

Recent? I had been away from this board for like 3 years and I'm not surprised to see it hasn't changed.

Quote from: Emperor Norton;1041777Representation is literally just them existing in the worlds and shown to exist in adventures/lore.

You are literally saying "I don't care if there is LGBT representation in RPGs but fuck LGBT representation in RPGs."

No, I literally did not say that. You added the word representation in an attempt to put words in my mouth, and I do not appreciate it.

I am speaking of the modern activist version of "representation", which is predicated on identity politics.

Quote from: Ratman_tf;1041787No, I literally did not say that. You added the word representation in an attempt to put words in my mouth, and I do not appreciate it.

I am speaking of the modern activist version of "representation", which is predicated on identity politics.

That's what they do.  They try and move goal posts and accuse you of a thought crime to shut down the conversation.  It's just bullying.

The real 'bigots' are the ones who think that there are more races than the Human race.  And frankly why do they need to get into our Elf-Games.  If you want LGBTQLMNOP+++*%6 in your games, sure!  Go for it.  But that's your game.  Mine will be different.

Representation is LITERALLY THEM EXISTING IN THE WORK. That is all it means.

If you want to invent some boogieman about how horrible it is people think its nice to see people that share their gender/sexuality/ethnicity represented in media so that you can throw a hissy fit, go ahead, but you are being a moron.

Quote from: Emperor Norton;1041790Representation is LITERALLY THEM EXISTING IN THE WORK. That is all it means.

If you want to invent some boogieman about how horrible it is people think its nice to see people that share their gender/sexuality/ethnicity represented in media so that you can throw a hissy fit, go ahead, but you are being a moron.

Why is this such a big thing for you?  You're flipping out over make-believe.  This isn't grade school, anymore.

Quote from: Christopher Brady;1041789That's what they do.  They try and move goal posts and accuse you of a thought crime to shut down the conversation.  It's just bullying.

The real 'bigots' are the ones who think that there are more races than the Human race.  And frankly why do they need to get into our Elf-Games.  If you want LGBTQLMNOP+++*%6 in your games, sure!  Go for it.  But that's your game.  Mine will be different.

I'm going to guess you are one of those types that says shit like "I'm colorblind!" and think it is a good thing, huh?

It must be hard to have someone actually question your beliefs and call you out on them. Must be why you think of anyone who does that as a bully.

Quote from: Christopher Brady;1041791Why is this such a big thing for you?  You're flipping out over make-believe.  This isn't grade school, anymore.

Don't mistake all caps as yelling when I'm using it for emphasis. I'm just pointing out the stupidity of what he is saying. And if it isn't grade school why are you whining about bullies like a 10 year old?