tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600947515654238699.post891317210555673850..comments2024-03-09T19:23:22.482-03:00Comments on The RPGPundit: Classic Rant: These Things I BelieveRPGPundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17267330191433119298noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600947515654238699.post-63495875613832101482017-03-10T00:57:09.151-03:002017-03-10T00:57:09.151-03:00I certainly think `"the need for more women i...I certainly think `"the need for more women in gaming" or "representation of minorities in games" or "inclusion of gender diversity"` are all important issues in gaming.Shea Kauffmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14620651901860543375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600947515654238699.post-7219924853280461992017-03-04T04:57:54.878-03:002017-03-04T04:57:54.878-03:00No, I deny their claim to have ownership over any ...No, I deny their claim to have ownership over any of these things they claim to champion. RPGPundithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17267330191433119298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600947515654238699.post-67279297926841392782017-03-03T22:39:33.115-03:002017-03-03T22:39:33.115-03:00I think you're implicitly giving your critics ...I think you're implicitly giving your critics the moral high ground here. By justifying yourself in their politically-correct terms, you're conceding to them that their PC categories are meaningful. That they are correct about "the need for more women in gaming" or "representation of minorities in games" or "inclusion of gender diversity" or whatever Humpty Dumpty Moon language bullshit they're making up this week.<br /><br />Screw that. The only honorable, truthful, MORAL response to all that is to deny their right to set standards. You shouldn't be justifying yourself by parading whatever PC credentials you can scrounge together. Because they'll always be able to move the goalposts, Pundit. That's the whole engine driving the SJWs: constantly competing to show that one is more and more exquisitely PC than everyone else. They will always be able to make up some bullshit thing to accuse you of. "He's not supportive of Otherkin gamers! He doesn't use non-Western alphabets in his products! His text is visionist!"<br /><br />Don't play their game. Deny it. Women in gaming? Tell them you don't care if any women ever play a game again, and you're certainly not going to cater to their foolish whims. Minorities? Say you think gamers should be judged not by the color of their skin but by the contents of their dice bags, and you're going to create the game worlds and characters you want to. Gender-bending? Say you think it's irrelevant to gaming — or maybe that gaming is a traditionally male space and that should be respected.<br /><br />Whatever you want to say. But quit grovelling!Trimegistushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17421300991534803449noreply@blogger.com