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<blockquote data-quote="Bedrockgames" data-source="post: 8033131" data-attributes="member: 85555"><p>But you can also misread someone's intentions. That is why I usually err on the side of being charitable when someone says or does something that irks me or seems to insult me. I can think of countless times someone said or did something, that I thought was directed at me in a negative way, when it had nothing to do with me. </p><p></p><p>I think by its nature, RPGs are an activity where you can step into the shoes of other people. But it is imaginative, and imagination isn't always going to be accurate, or fully understand the scope of something. There will be times when someone does something egregious, like portrays a character in a truly insulting and demeaning way. That can certainly happen, but we shouldn't judge all attempts at role-play by the worst outliers. And I think it is a mistake to take too fine a lens to it, because all you are going to do in the end is discourage people from even trying if they can never get it right without relying on consultants or a mediator of some kind to imagine what it is like to be someone else, or to live in another culture. There is definitely value in learning about things from people who know and have experience with them. But I feel like we are turning something that should be a bridge into a wall by mandating it, and by making it seem like these sorts of cultural barriers are utterly insurmountable and dangerous to cross.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bedrockgames, post: 8033131, member: 85555"] But you can also misread someone's intentions. That is why I usually err on the side of being charitable when someone says or does something that irks me or seems to insult me. I can think of countless times someone said or did something, that I thought was directed at me in a negative way, when it had nothing to do with me. I think by its nature, RPGs are an activity where you can step into the shoes of other people. But it is imaginative, and imagination isn't always going to be accurate, or fully understand the scope of something. There will be times when someone does something egregious, like portrays a character in a truly insulting and demeaning way. That can certainly happen, but we shouldn't judge all attempts at role-play by the worst outliers. And I think it is a mistake to take too fine a lens to it, because all you are going to do in the end is discourage people from even trying if they can never get it right without relying on consultants or a mediator of some kind to imagine what it is like to be someone else, or to live in another culture. There is definitely value in learning about things from people who know and have experience with them. But I feel like we are turning something that should be a bridge into a wall by mandating it, and by making it seem like these sorts of cultural barriers are utterly insurmountable and dangerous to cross. [/QUOTE]
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