Remathilis
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So if I ask for something to be removed will you advocate for its removal?
I have a list.
So if I ask for something to be removed will you advocate for its removal?
Nope. I make no presumptions about someone‘s character on the internet until I see their words in front of me. It’s the Maya Angelou standard: “When someone tells you who they are, believe them.”Except that's presuming them to be bigots to begin with
Perception does not equal reality. If you perceive it as not racist, even though it is, it doesn't become not racist.Perception does not equal reality. If you perceive it as racist, even though it's not, it doesn't become racist.
Which, as I said, is one of the sources of disconnect here.
You don't get to force your views onto others, though. You can't make that the reason Gygax designed dark elves to be the way they are.You denying blatant racism doesn't change the reality. At the point when the most prominent identifying characteristic of the only evil elf subrace is their black skin the racism is not imagined.
Can you prove that racism was why Gygax made dark elves the way that they are?Perception does not equal reality. If you perceive it as not racist, even though it is, it doesn't become not racist.
Perception does not equal reality. If you perceive it as not racist, even though it is, it doesn't become not racist.
His intention doesn't matter, it is a racist depiction nevertheless.You don't get to force your views onto others, though. You can't make that the reason Gygax designed dark elves to be the way they are.
Nope. I make no presumptions about someone‘s character on the internet until I see their words in front of me. It’s the Maya Angelou standard: “When someone tells you who they are, believe them.”
Several people in ENWoekd have been permabanned for genuine bigotry of various kinds. Some reveal themselves quickly, some over a long span of time. I’m sure some do an excellent job of concealing their dislikes and hang out here for years.
But if you think I’m of the opinion that someone who disagrees with me is necessarily a bigot, you’re a failed oracle.