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<blockquote data-quote="Snarf Zagyg" data-source="post: 8030831" data-attributes="member: 7023840"><p>No. Let me explain this one more time.</p><p></p><p>You came and completely missed the point. In effect, you said that a person defending a principle (freedom of expression) is, in effect, either racist, or doesn't understand what racism is.</p><p></p><p>Moreover, you denigrate the very real lives of other people by using loading jargon. </p><p></p><p>Do you know what is speaking real truth to power? It's not calling for banning a book because you think it's racist. It's supporting the rights of same-sex couples to adopt in the Deep South when the law is against them. It's speaking up and taking action to support a trans teen go to a prom when the school district won't recognize their identity. It's hearing people try to shout you down and deny you because ... they don't believe your speech has worth, because they have found some loophole.</p><p></p><p>So you fight. You fight because you know that there is a principle- that they cannot stop the speech, no matter how much they might disagree with it.</p><p></p><p>And you hold on that, that lodestar, that firmament of belief. Because you know it's right.</p><p></p><p>And in the end, you get the reward. You see equality win out, because you spoke for it. Because people like you didn't decide to silence people like me.</p><p></p><p>And you see it reflected in the game- that products in D&D now reflect all sorts of diversity, that things I could not imagine 40 years ago are now common, and that WoTC can release products that reflect a rich and varied tapestry of races, genders, and, yes, sexual orientations. </p><p></p><p>So I am not going to turn around and use the same tactics that were used against me. Free speech made lives better, and it will win out. It made the game better, and it made the world better. Because of this principle that you disparage, D&D and TTRPGs are so much more welcoming than they used to be.</p><p></p><p>That is all I have to say, and I am done with you and your censorship and your attempts to tar basic principles of free speech by equating it with censorship. Defending the rights of others to speak has never meant that you agree with what they are saying.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Snarf Zagyg, post: 8030831, member: 7023840"] No. Let me explain this one more time. You came and completely missed the point. In effect, you said that a person defending a principle (freedom of expression) is, in effect, either racist, or doesn't understand what racism is. Moreover, you denigrate the very real lives of other people by using loading jargon. Do you know what is speaking real truth to power? It's not calling for banning a book because you think it's racist. It's supporting the rights of same-sex couples to adopt in the Deep South when the law is against them. It's speaking up and taking action to support a trans teen go to a prom when the school district won't recognize their identity. It's hearing people try to shout you down and deny you because ... they don't believe your speech has worth, because they have found some loophole. So you fight. You fight because you know that there is a principle- that they cannot stop the speech, no matter how much they might disagree with it. And you hold on that, that lodestar, that firmament of belief. Because you know it's right. And in the end, you get the reward. You see equality win out, because you spoke for it. Because people like you didn't decide to silence people like me. And you see it reflected in the game- that products in D&D now reflect all sorts of diversity, that things I could not imagine 40 years ago are now common, and that WoTC can release products that reflect a rich and varied tapestry of races, genders, and, yes, sexual orientations. So I am not going to turn around and use the same tactics that were used against me. Free speech made lives better, and it will win out. It made the game better, and it made the world better. Because of this principle that you disparage, D&D and TTRPGs are so much more welcoming than they used to be. That is all I have to say, and I am done with you and your censorship and your attempts to tar basic principles of free speech by equating it with censorship. Defending the rights of others to speak has never meant that you agree with what they are saying. [/QUOTE]
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