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<blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 6869506" data-attributes="member: 7006">Indeed.&nbsp; And I think the primary things that needs to happen (in a game store or out of it) before all of us as a society can really move on is that the group that has had (and truthfully still predominantly has) the power in this country-- Straight, CIS, Caucasian, Adult, Males-- accepts the fact that the way they have been able to behave in the last several centuries towards other people, is no longer being accepted as &quot;just the ways things are&quot;.&nbsp; And when someone outside of the 'Straight, CIS, Caucasian, Adult, Male' group says &quot;Hey, this thing is happening to me/us and it has to stop&quot;... we need to stop, listen, accept that 99.9% of the time what that person is saying is absolutely true, and figure out what we can do to help rather than immediately put our backs up because we got our nose out of joint.Listen.&nbsp; And believe.&nbsp; Just by starting there, we might very well be on the right path to maybe seeing things get better.&nbsp; Because as amazing as it might be to realize... 99.9% of all people outside of the 'Straight, CIS, Caucasian, Adult, Male' group are not purposely trying to get us in trouble for no reason by making crap up.&nbsp; That's really not happening.&nbsp; Because in fact... they don't NEED to make crap up about us... we do a damn fine job of giving them all the honest reasons in the world.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DEFCON 1, post: 6869506, member: 7006"] Indeed. And I think the primary things that needs to happen (in a game store or out of it) before all of us as a society can really move on is that the group that has had (and truthfully still predominantly has) the power in this country-- Straight, CIS, Caucasian, Adult, Males-- accepts the fact that the way they have been able to behave in the last several centuries towards other people, is no longer being accepted as "just the ways things are". And when someone outside of the 'Straight, CIS, Caucasian, Adult, Male' group says "Hey, this thing is happening to me/us and it has to stop"... we need to stop, listen, accept that 99.9% of the time what that person is saying is absolutely true, and figure out what we can do to help rather than immediately put our backs up because we got our nose out of joint. Listen. And believe. Just by starting there, we might very well be on the right path to maybe seeing things get better. Because as amazing as it might be to realize... 99.9% of all people outside of the 'Straight, CIS, Caucasian, Adult, Male' group are not purposely trying to get us in trouble for no reason by making crap up. That's really not happening. Because in fact... they don't NEED to make crap up about us... we do a damn fine job of giving them all the honest reasons in the world. [/QUOTE]

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