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Exactly!

Saying something because you're offended is one thing...accusing someone of something they didn't do and then twisting and misinterpreting their arguments to reflect them in the worst possible light is another.

https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Red_Wizards_of_Thay "The Red Wizards of Thay, colloquially known as the Red Magic Cult in the Eastern Heartlands, were the notorious and nefarious magocratic ruling class of the inhospitable but well-inhabited country of Thay. Historically they owed their...

Back during the early 90's when the Dark Sun boxed set was released, our DM ran us through Freedom...he is a dear friend of mine who happens to be a person of color. He had no complaints other than the terrible artwork by Baxa.

No, it has nothing to do with me pointing out someone else's intellectual dishonesty. An argument was made that someone told this particular individual that if they didn't like certain content, then they shouldn't play. I pointed out that this didn't actually happen. It really is as simple as...

Which has nothing to do with what I was saying.

I was pointing out the hyperbole of another commenter. No one made the argument that they should leave the hobby.

And no one told him to leave the hobby, either. If he doesn't like something in a book or supplement, don't use it, don't read it, don't buy it. I did see someone mention that if he didn't like it, he could play a game or setting that was more to his liking. No one is telling him to leave the...

I was specifically talking about Dark Sun in my original post. And @Maxperson did a pretty good job of summing up my feelings on the matter.

Fantasy, particularly historical fantasy, is a reflection of things that happened in the past. Dark Sun is apocalyptic fantasy...slavery is a real part of the setting. Hell, the first module of Dark Sun during 2nd edition was called "Freedom," and was about a slave uprising while witnessing the...

More importantly, it's not addressing the issue...it's covering it up. Slavery was a terrible thing, and it happened. I don't know...covering it up because it makes some people uncomfortable kind of defeats the purpose of learning from the mistakes of our past. I want to add, though, that...

I happen to know for a fact that this particular individual considers Dark Sun one of his favorite settings, so the hyperbole is quite strange.

I remember, way back when in ancient times (i.e. the 1980's), when they started putting warning labels on albums with "questionable content." I know that myself and my circle of friends would almost always buy an album if it had one of those stickers on it.

That's a very fair observation, though I too remain unconvinced. I still find it very fascinating, though.

It is very interesting from a sociological standpoint how the current cultural norm has so many echoes of the puritanical right in their practices and tactics. I know I am digressing from the discussion, but I actually kind of find it fascinating. It wasn't that long ago when the puritanical...

Entitled is another good word.

If someone is getting into pointless arguments on multiple threads and having to click unsubscribe constantly as a result, maybe the problem is that person, not everyone else.

It's really not a good look when someone accuses someone else of something that they themselves have been shown, repeatedly, to be guilty of.

I absolutely love the game, and adding a little bit of cosmic horror to the Cyberpunk genre is always a plus in my book. I like that the system is player focused, i.e. your players make both attack and defense rolls, so it let's the GM focus on story and not rolling dice. My favorite part of...

I find it remarkably amusing when someone presents themselves as self-righteous and holier-than-thou, talking down to others and criticizing them while they engage in the very same behavior that they, themselves, are criticizing others for. I believe there's a word for that. Several actually...