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<blockquote data-quote="Libramarian" data-source="post: 6867229" data-attributes="member: 6688858">I said I don't think it needs to be discussed. OP said &quot;I don't have a solution, but I think we have to talk about this&quot;. I was disagreeing with that. I don't think we have to talk about it. I think white male gamers are less intimidating to women and POC than typical western white men, and this forum in particular is quite civil and inclusive for a hobby community. The concrete problem is anonymous hate mail and death threats sent to feminist critics; we're not likely to come up with a solution to that here. Lying involves an intent to deceive. I'm hesitant to call her a liar&nbsp; because I don't know what her intent was. When things like this blow up&nbsp; and go viral people tend to treat them like an op-ed in the NYT, when&nbsp; it's just a post on someone's personal blog. She should write&nbsp; whatever she likes on her blog.Actually the claim she does have to substantiate is that Wyrd Miniatures staff members have been threatening her. I've never heard of them nor the game Malifaux, but that's a serious accusation. She should be able to prove that easily so I hope justice is swiftly achieved.Perhaps they're inspired by real events, but I thought the dialogue in the story about the aboriginal woman was especially preposterous.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Libramarian, post: 6867229, member: 6688858"] I said I don't think it [I]needs[/I] to be discussed. OP said "I don't have a solution, but I think we have to talk about this". I was disagreeing with that. I don't think we have to talk about it. I think white male gamers are less intimidating to women and POC than typical western white men, and this forum in particular is quite civil and inclusive for a hobby community. The concrete problem is anonymous hate mail and death threats sent to feminist critics; we're not likely to come up with a solution to that here. Lying involves an intent to deceive. I'm hesitant to call her a liar because I don't know what her intent was. When things like this blow up and go viral people tend to treat them like an op-ed in the NYT, when it's just a post on someone's personal blog. She should write whatever she likes on her blog. Actually the claim she does have to substantiate is that Wyrd Miniatures staff members have been threatening her. I've never heard of them nor the game Malifaux, but that's a serious accusation. She should be able to prove that easily so I hope justice is swiftly achieved. Perhaps they're inspired by real events, but I thought the dialogue in the story about the aboriginal woman was especially preposterous. [/QUOTE]

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