can you provide an example? this feels like a strawman argument.
Branimir's Open Letter to Games Workshop
Well, that's a different discussion altogether. Can we agree that the statement is fine, and that disagreement with it is problematic?
The article I previously linked to.
It is. It’s a distraction from the issue. GW basically says “bigots will not be missed” and suddenly you have people complaining about social justice warriors ruining everything. The only people who should have a problem with GW’s statement are bigots. Anyone who has a problem with it needs to take a good hard look at themselves in the mirror.
Absolutely. To be honest, it's been a while since I was involved in the online GW community. Last I checked, the vitriol was directed to the Primaris Marines. But if the current gripe mostly consists of (as other posters suggested) black Space Marines, then I agree: there is a problem in the GW community.
In my opinion, it's more about desensitization. Spark enough of those silly discussions (remember the PETA complaints about Space Wolves wearing fur, and whaling in Assassin's Creed IV), and some people will stop caring about actual problems.
Look at COVID, every day more and more people start ignoring the directives of their governments, despite the occasional flare up.
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I have been trying to figure out who Branimir is - is he an Eastern European (perhaps Polish) modeler and painter? I'm just trying to understand why folks would care about this guy's take on the GW statement. He seems to expect to have a big impact on social media. My googling gave me some possibilities, but nothing definitive.
Yep. I thought GW's statement was particularly well-stated.
Yep. I thought GW's statement was particularly well-stated.
okay then, I have to agree, dressing up like they're Egyptian feels legitimately problematic, and trying to dismiss concerns because it's based off the costume Elizabeth Taylor wore in Cleopatra is ignoring the issues with her role in the first place.
not sure how this is an example of "some people actively try[ing] to find social injustice in everything" either when the group very openly and publicly dressed like that to promote themselves, that's like calling someone a marksman because they're good at hitting the broad side of a barn.
Because it's a kid's movie? Because little girls like to dress up as princesses? Personally, I take bigger issue with the Bactrian camel on the movie poster. Egypt doesn't have Bactrian camels, it has dromedaries.
I actually looked through the article and read "The open letter was recently publicly published to the /r/KotakuInAction subreddit." so I mean he knows his audience at least.
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