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Those kinds of attempts at censorship both pre- and post-date the Satanic Panic. Look at the moral panic around comic books, for instance- well before the Satanic Panic came along. The SP was much worse (and was far more specific) than that; it ruined lives and put people in prison for things...

Is anyone doing that? I have seen a lot of "Enjoy what you like", but not a lot of "you're not allowed to enjoy that". I love a lot of cheesecakey, even sleazy, art. I miss the naked she-monsters from 1e. But even as I love and miss it, I can ALSO see how it can alienate women and perpetuate...

You compared the reaction to it as too sexy to the Satanic Panic. There is a vast gulf between the two. If you really can't see how ruined lives and prison sentences are different from people speaking out against sexism, I'm not sure what to say.

You can read his own words, which repeatedly did not apologize for his sexism, but rather- and consistently- reaffirmed it. Not all harm is the result of actively attempting to inflict it. Sexism causes harm by helping to continue sexist practices in the culture at large. Now, you could argue...

Hampoop the Happy Otyugh is the most current example of this type of thing- an otyugh who lives in the sewers beneath the city, who loves to make friends, and who will fish things out of the sewage as gifts for his friends when he makes them.

For the zillionth time, no one attacked the character or legacy of Gygax in the foreword- they wrote a disclaimer that some of the old skool writing included things that were, and are, sexist. They didn't even mention Gygax by name. You know what is morally bankrupt and cowardly? Refusing to...

Let's... let's not bring up 5e Spelljammer. That hurts my soul.

That train is out of pocket?

Part of what makes it hard is that, from the inside, it can be pretty hard to see your own prejudices. When I think back on things I said or did in my youth, I realize that there was a lot of sexism and racism in them- but I never thought of myself as sexist or racist. I didn't realize that they...

Been listening to a lot of Myrath lately- prog/Oriental metal.

Oh wow, I had no idea. That's... disappointing, to put it very mildly.

Again- Gygax didn't say he was a sexist just once. He maintained his position until at least shortly before he died. He talked about it publicly, even on this very website. I'm not sure what your standard of proof is, but if you have looked at the man's own words and still can't see this, I...

I've heard it as meaning "out of line". A quick Googling shows that it includes all three of those meanings, as well as losing money. Huh, TIL.

I thought gish-galloping was dropping so many BS arguments so fast that the other person doesn't have the time or ability to refute them all? Maybe I have that one wrong, though.

Have you read the other stuff he said on the subject? Look, I have a massive case of Gygaxian hero worship too, but even I can acknowledge the man's faults. I have, in my time, caught myself being sexist and racist and transphobic and homophobic and all the rest. The difference is, when I have...

Look at his own words. See the quote in post 495 of this thread:

I'd argue that the closer you are to someone, the harder it is to see them objectively.

To be fair, what I actually said that they (Elemental Wood and Metal) were first implied in OA, and Wood was fleshed out in the 3e MotP- which, sure, said "This isn't part of the Great Wheel", but that doesn't change the fact that earlier material implied its existence to be canon.

There is no law that says any of this. It just speaks to a rigid interpretation of the canon material. At the very least, the Far Realm is an official addition to the Great Wheel. Moreover, both the Feywild and the Shadowfell are official additions to the Great Wheel. For that matter, the...