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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sacrosanct" data-source="post: 8320384" data-attributes="member: 15700">I'm not sure how the OSR got to a point where it's gained the reputation of being a bastion for bigots.  I mean, I know how, because a few really loud bigots keep saying they speak for the OSR, but it never should have happened.  There have been many statements of "Oh, those original TSR folks were all some flavor of bigot."  If you actually look and talk to the people, it's not the case at all.  In fact, I'd posit that there are more progressives from old TSR than there are people like Ernie.  People like Janelle Jaquays, Pauli Kidd, James Lowder, Skip Williams, Tim Kask, Jeff Dee, and many many others who are very vocal and adamant about their support for diversity and inclusivity and were there in the early days.  It seems that for every old guard who waxes poetic about the good ol days with the boys club, I can think of one or two who are the opposite.  There's an alt-right FB group of Old School Gamers, but also an extremely progressive OSR RPG FB group as well.So I think it's an unfair reputation the OSR has gained to dump everyone into the same bucket, but I also understand why it happened.  Which is pretty disappointing.  I think that's why it's critical that fans of the OSR and indie publishers of OSR material need to keep speaking out against these people.I made my official statement as an indie publisher on <a href="https://izegrimcreations.com/f/official-reaction-to-tsr3-dumpster-fire" target="_blank">my website</a>.  In a nutshell, this OSR publisher and fan supports equal rights, and speaks out against TSR3 and other toxic OSR elements.</blockquote>

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