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Nah. Like I said, nobody is perfect. And I was simply saying that - having lived in the USA through the 80's 90's and so on, I absorbed biases that were present in media, my family, friends, etc. This doesn't make me a bad person, but it does mean I grew up with attitudes that I can't change if...

I am right on the same page. There's just so many random red flags, interwoven with what seem like they might be genuine sentiments. But I'm personally tired of being called a liar, a troll, and a sadist, so I'm done with them. Sent from my Moto G (5) Plus using Tapatalk

Yup. Nobody's perfect. If I'm letting any sexist or racist biases influence me - and I am a 43 year old guy and have lived my whole life in the USA, so I am positive they do, in ways that I am not conscious of - I expect to be called out for it. That's an opportunity to be better, not a...

Changing opinions and communities isn't a snap kind of a thing. It's probably pretty rare that people can point to just one thing that completely flipped their opinions around. It takes a build-up and reinforcement over time, where you're giving people a good toolbox with which they can...

Well, near as I can tell, it's earned him a good degree of praise around most parts, raised awareness of misogynistic gatekeeping among people who didn't know it was an issue, and it has evidently hit a sore spot for the folks it was targeted at. So unless I miss my guess, I'd say it's working...

I am pretty sure there is a ballroom scene but I haven't dug that thoroughly into those. :) I am also not sure about trimming too much because the way SotDL works, they are rocketing from 0 to 10 over the course of the campaign, and it already feels like a speed-run!

Dude. Just stop.

Am I going crazy? This has got to be what crazy feels like. Sent from my Moto G (5) Plus using Tapatalk

She can literally do whatever she wants - from arguing to giving up social media - and expect to be supported. I am flabbergasted that you don't understand that or think it's a dodge. A target of harassment's only duty is to themselves - self-care and self-protection, as they see fit. Anything...

I'm not really sure what part of supporting her "whatever she wants to do" is unclear or dodging the question. Sent from my Moto G (5) Plus using Tapatalk

twitter is mostly bad, but without it, we wouldn't have birds rights activist, pixelated boat, da share z0ne, dril, NOT A WOLF, or any other marvelous humor accounts.\ edit: More than his silence would have. And remember, change isn't usually a sudden revelation. It's a slow, growing...

Maybe it would have gone away temporarily, but it definitely wouldn't have shone a bright flashlight on misogynistic gatekeeping. And it certainly wouldn't have expressed any support for a new coworker and teammate. And it would have made precisely zero progress towards spreading awareness of...

No, "Whatever she wants to do" literally means "whatever she wants to do." billd91 answered it well - see his post. I take the opinions of a first-person party to the situation with quite a bit more weight than a random person on the internet.

No. Also no. You are talking about misogyny and trolling - still - like it's an inevitable thing that just floats around in the air, like pollen. What should she do? Whatever she wants to do. And the folks who care should vocally and forwardly support it. What should we do? Be vocal and...

You've been referred to a summary of his argument and conclusions. That's not what 'appeal to authority' means. Dear Mr. Mearls, I was so upset about your tweet saying misogynists should leave D&D that I am leaving D&D Yours, Shasarak

Well, I for one, am relieved that you've moved from implication to straight-up support of fascism. Confronting them is not engaging them on their terms. Ignoring them and letting them direct the conversation is ceding the battlefield and letting them control the conversation. And your final...

Hey, maybe I'm reading you wrong, but this whole comics derail you've been very strongly invested in the idea that Marvel's pro-diversity initiative was disastrous. Moreso than just debating facts would. And if I'm reading you wrong - sorry about that. For the rest - you seem to be under the...

Read the link I just posted upthread. And posted many pages beforehand. Yours is not a novel objection, and there's been a solid response to it for 70+ years now. A society that values tolerance must not tolerate intolerance.

I think you missed the quick discussion of Karl Popper's paradox of tolerance we had a while back. There's been an answer to this since at least 1945. Here goes again, because this 'why aren't you tolerant of my intolerance?' whining comes up literally. every. time. "if a society is tolerant...

Bull. "Please, Mr. Mearls, stop doing anything to piss off alt-right incel D&D nerds! They are scary!" Dude, seriously. This whole damn time you've been doing this thing where you're both pleading the pro-misogyny case while also encouraging we surrender to them. We're way past the point where...