Wizards of the Coast Employees Walk Out Over Hasbro's 'Tone-Deaf' Response to Overturning of Roe v. Wade

[Riley]

An anonymous Twitter account calls out WotC for a "tone deaf" response, that no one apparently has seen, and the Twitter account doesn't actually make public if it was an internal memo.

I expect that Wizards staff are aware of the apparently-internal response that the twitterer is criticizing.

If a large number of WOTC staff do protest tomorrow, I would accept that as a sign that they share rhe author’s concern about WOTC’s response.

 

[Mirtek]

They have a job to produce content. If they are unhappy with their life choice to produce content then make other choices.

I can remain neutral to the choice of abortion. This is about democracy. The will of the people of those states, who choose to make laws to support or remove that right.

The side of the oppressor is to take away the will of the people to make that choice,. If you do not like the will of the people of the majority rules in a democracy then find another form of government. I prefer democracy to let the people choose, That is my neutral stance. Those who call me the oppressor for neutrality are just as guilty as the jackbooted thugs who say to remove it all together.

Democrazy != will of the majority. That'd be Ochlocrazy.

The key difference between those are limits to the will of the majority that at least require an overwhelming majority rather than just a majority on some issues and put other issues entirely out of reach of any majority

Otherwise we're back to the two wolves and one lamb voting on dinner

 

[Argyle King]

I'm not sure that I understand what WoTC did "wrong."

I completely understand being upset about the SCOTUS ruling.

At the same time, I'm not sure that I understand the mentality of making a list of demands from your employer after the results of a ruling which said employer had no influence over.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Mod Note:

@doctorbadwolf , you’re treading dangerously close to the edges set in this thread’s prior moderation. I‘m not saying don’t post in this thread, but please take a step back.

And FWIW, there seem to be a couple others headed into dangerous territory as well. Think twice or thrice before posting. This thread doesn’t need extra volatility.

 

[Zardnaar]

Democrazy != will of the majority. That'd be Ochlocrazy.

The key difference between those are limits to the will of the majority that at least require an overwhelming majority rather than just a majority on some issues and put other issues entirely out of reach of any majority

Otherwise we're back to the two wolves and one lamb voting on dinner

That's what things like constitutions are for. US isn't democracy it's a decentalized republic and atm is rated as a flawed democracy although it's high up in that category.

Made sense in 1776 but stupid now not my country. We younked your countries system.

We don't actually have any constitutional rights hardcoded they can all be revoked, changed etc with act of parliament.

 

[Tonguez]

Okay Im neither American nor a Woman but what did Hasbro do?

Have they cut health benefits or is it a protest because Hasbro has made No Response at all?

 

[Zardnaar]

Okay Im neither American nor a Woman but what did Hasbro do?

Have they cut health benefits or is it a protest because Hasbro has made No Response at all?

I don't think anyone knows apparent backlash to internal memo we don't know the contents of.

 

[Ondath]

As someone who bemoaned the lack of support for civil rights in different countries from WotC (not that this is the thread to discuss that, I just wanted to point out where I'm coming from), I wish all the best to the employees on walkout today. I believe it's important to apply pressure to any and all actors to enact societal change, so here's hoping their move causes some change in Hasbro's stance.

 

[Nikosandros]

Dndbeyond, which is owned by wotc, is based in Texas.

They are (or at least used to be before the purchase) based in Alabama, but - of course - your point still stands.

 

[Alzrius]

I can’t respond to your post as fully as I’d like to, with the mod note.

Given that the mod notice seems to discourage exactly this sort of discussion (it's still early, so my suspicion is that they simply haven't had time to check on this thread in the last few hours), I'll invite you to PM me if you want to discuss this further. (Normally I'd simply send you a PM with my answers, but I know that's not always welcome, so I wanted to double-check first.)

EDIT: And that's what I get for replying before checking to see if there was another mod notice. Mods, I hope the offer to talk about this privately is okay; if not, let me know and I'll delete this.