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Groups of 'heroes' uniting for a cause has always been a thing in both movies and stories, it's isn't anything new. Just to name a few movies: Seven Samurai (1954) Ocean's 11 (1960) Kelly's Heroes (1970) Rogue One was literally a lift straight from the old John Wayne WWII movies... Now I...

I'm a pretty hefty, old-time fan... and I like Rogue One. Not so much for TLJ and TFW. Ah yes, sanction and purge the labeled group. You know who that reminds me of? Dang it. Now I can't mention them.

Hah. No, I'm going to enjoy the smug rolling off you as you virtusplain to a German, someone who lives in country where you can't walk a few blocks without literally tripping over a reminder of how terrible the Nazis were, how "some families put "never forget, never again" at the center of...

Mmmmm.... I'm just going to sit and revel in the smug righteousness of this post while I think about my responses to the other ones.

Note: I'm not conversant with how cross-jurisdictional laws work... but anyway, my take: If the boards were locate in the UK, the UK laws might take precedent on posts posted here... in which case I wouldn't feel safe posting here. The UK has taken a dark turn away from freedom of speech. I...

Why would I know this? I've interacted with you in two threads now. Also, half of what I say isn't directed at a singular poster, but often to a larger audience. You know, everyone else here. This is true. This is false. While there is a difference between "censored by the government" and...

I... eh... what? You don't consider the Nords to be white? By the time of Lovecraft and Howard, Thule was pretty much considered to be Norway (versus earlier accounts putting it more towards Greenland or Iceland). I'll grant you that. That's not what I said at all, but thanks for the...

Unless, as is the case, those 'smug in their righteousness' are trying to make it illegal, or at least socially unacceptable, to make a pizza without pineapple. The homophobic makers of wedding cakes have been compelled to accept and make cakes for gays. You do realize that when you're...

While my knee-jerkism is "Well granted! [Insert Rant About Ideological Ethno-Purists]!" I'm not so sure. So far everyone piping up in thread defending the 'uncomfortable' angle has been from the "I've seen it only done poorly" camp, not so much the "I fear it'll be done poorly"* or even the...

I've seen it. People who would otherwise be 'indifferent' when someone else is doing something can become 'uncomfortable' when they feel they've been pushed to far and "now it's time to push back!" And it isn't a "let's just push this back to where I'm personally 'indifferent'" it's "Let's...

No (or maybe yes). I'm talking about 20, 15, even 10 years ago where no one got upset over who was at cons, who was at someone's table, who was in what movie, etc, as long as they were decent people while they were about it. Ideological Purity has infected the 'progressive' (extreme) left and...

You know what I'm talking about. And I said Ideological Purity, not Mandated Inclusivity for reason. (Though I'm just as against mandated inclusivity) No. Likewise I've played Characters that have made people uncomfortable at the table, but that's more on me being an arse than being an...

There was no "Ideological Purity" requirement then being shoved done people's throats. You'll find people are more comfortable swallowing things at their own pace, rather when they are being force fed it. That's a terrible presumption. I'm not gonna to ask the strawman nonsense questions of...

Oh, I know. I said it that way to see if Hussar believes that women can never be sexist. Serious Answer - hard g. Comedy Answer - 'Jiffy'. Or "What is this 'jif' heresy!" So women and minorities can never be the ones in power? Outcome always matters more. But that doesn't mean 'always...

1 - I dug a bit deeper, and you're right, it's only her early works that are sexist against women. In the early to mid 70's she started using female protags and shifted away from women as only background furniture in her stories. 2 - One can be sexist against men. In her later stories her...

I'm not saying this doesn't exist... but in all my years of gaming I've played far more characters that were unlike me than like me. Why would anyone want to roleplay as themselves? I can get the whole "I want to play a [ethnic skin color] character", I've seen it happen often enough Black...

Actually you did. You chose to answer "Please tell me what inclusive, progressive authors were writing about fantasy at the time?" and chose Zelazny's Amber as one of your examples. A sexist work if ever there was one. Granted I chose not call you on Norton or Anderson (another pair of sexist...

You're really going to point to Amber and it's rampant sexism as 'progressive'? Huh, never would have suspected that. Too be fair, that is what racists do. I'm not sure 'most people' aren't racist. Certianly by some standards... everything is racist. Yes exactly! That was always my biggest...

Yeah, that all sounds [-]good[/-] fun. Bargle can't die enough deaths for killing Aleena. Not enough deaths.

Late to the post on the first two... but its' something i wanted to address... Actually, "better than history" is the best we can ever do. All we can do is strive to be better than we were yesterday. Neither here nor there, but I've been in altercations were someone was ready to call the cops...