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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 8320364" data-attributes="member: 177">With respect for your place in RPG history, Mr. Kuntz, no, it has not.  There has been forward motion, yes.  But the fact that Mr. Gygax felt it okay to bring up gender politics as a sales point rather proves that the work is not done.  The fact that we have to have an explicit inclusivity policy on this site to defend our posters from racism, sexism, and other prejudices proves it.The history of civil rights in the US is not a history of people with a legitimate grievance quietly sitting down and calmly explaining their issues, and having them addressed by the powers that be.  It is a history of people having to put up with a lot of crud, and finally getting fed up, not tolerating abuse any more, and making a heck of a lot of noise.  Historically, there has been no motion on civil rights issues otherwise - do look at the history of women's suffrage and the Civil Rights era if you don't believe me.So, we are very sorry if "the mob" is loud, or disturbs you.  But the assertion that they only destroy is proven false by history.  Instead, the inertia and intransigence of the status quo rather seems to require such action.  Tut-tutting at the mob reads like blaming the victims of prejudice and their allies, and telling them that your peace and quiet is more important than their equality.</blockquote>