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<blockquote data-quote="Levistus's_Leviathan" data-source="post: 8466094" data-attributes="member: 7023887">You did state that. When you said &quot;it doesn't leave the game&quot;, you said it.Again, this statement is provably wrong. Nothing is guaranteed, but as I stated earlier, the same principle of &quot;exposure to violence in a video game can desensitize you to violence in the real world&quot; applies to bigotry. Exposure to people acting in that stereotypical manner can desensitize you to that stereotype, which can affect how you act/react to things later on. I didn't say that it made people think that violence was okay, it can desensitize you to it (like, you don't react as strongly to certain types of violence as you probably should have based on the severity of the situation). They almost definitely won't start mocking people with mental conditions because of that behavior, but they might be less likely to stand up to someone that is. That was my point. Even if the behavior doesn't leave the table, the viewpoint can, and that has the potential to be harmful.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Levistus's_Leviathan, post: 8466094, member: 7023887"] You did state that. When you said "it doesn't leave the game", you said it. Again, this statement is provably wrong. Nothing is guaranteed, but as I stated earlier, the same principle of "exposure to violence in a video game can desensitize you to violence in the real world" applies to bigotry. Exposure to people acting in that stereotypical manner can desensitize you to that stereotype, which can affect how you act/react to things later on. I didn't say that it made people think that violence was okay, it can desensitize you to it (like, you don't react as strongly to certain types of violence as you probably should have based on the severity of the situation). They almost definitely won't start mocking people with mental conditions because of that behavior, but they might be less likely to stand up to someone that is. That was my point. Even if the behavior doesn't leave the table, the viewpoint can, and that has the potential to be harmful. [/QUOTE]

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