TSR I think we’ve finally made it!
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Charlaquin
Goblin Queen (She/Her/Hers)
Yo, can we maybe use transgender instead of the outdated transsexual? That’d be great.
Maxperson
Morkus from Orkus
I didn't even realize and was just responding with the word used. My apologies.
Yaarel
Mind Mage
Where I am, transsexual is nonoffensive.
But yeah, transgender is more accurate, where "gender" specifically refers to the nonphysical aspects of identity.
Vaalingrade
Legend
I'm pretty sure Dave and Netflix 'made up' anti-trans stories and put them on stream for money. Ernie did it for free on Youtube.
Charlaquin
Goblin Queen (She/Her/Hers)
Yeah, I wouldn’t say it’s necessarily offensive it’s just less accurate because it implies a transition of sex characteristics, which is not something all, or even most, transgender people pursue.
Charlaquin
Goblin Queen (She/Her/Hers)
Chapelle’s special is a complex topic, but probably beyond the scope of this forum. Suffice to say, while there’s plenty of legitimate critiques to be made of the special, I don’t think claiming he “made up anti-trans stories” is one of them.
Vaalingrade
Legend
1) That's why 'made up' was in quotes.
2) Being one of the people blindsided by not having heard the news before clicking on what they thought was a comedy special that turned out to be a political screed, I watched one of those specials and at the very least the one about the--board room (it is so hard to describe it without being as graphic and tasteless as the actual 'bit') was made up.
LordEntrails
Hero
I think I'm glad that other than the reference to Morrus, I don't recognize any insults or dog whistles. I know not everyone is ignorant of these things, because in many cases they are directly affected by it (too often in a bad way, and that's bad), but I feel fortunate that I have not had any reason to learn these things.
Lanefan
Victoria Rules
Without knowing what's in the module itself there's no way yet of knowing whether the 'Morrus' reference is simply a tongue-in-cheek mention or something more (though given these guys' history, it easily could be 'something more'). If it was intended to be a shot of hate toward Morrus I'd expect them to have used that name for whatever uber-nasty BBEG the module features, rather than a simple village.
Had anyone else written that same thing into a module's cover blurb I think we'd all be chuckling over it. As it is, we can still laugh at the bad editing...
Never mind that the front-page treatment on the news page here has already given that module more advertising than it'd likely ever get anywhere else, and for free too.
It isn't on the news page.
Tales and Chronicles
Jewel of the North, formerly know as vincegetorix
Its a complicated subject without going to much on religion and politic.
There are things called Blood libel and Judensau that were described in old ''jewish conspiracy canard'' which ritual sacrifice and desecration in the name of demonic entities, generally Satan, Moloch, Abaddon and Bhaal.
You can go read on the subject, maybe starting with the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, but its pretty depressing and not a good read, so I'd advise against it if you are on a good mood today.
So let's just say that, along with things like...well poisoning, it doesnt look too good. But the book would have to be read to pass judgement.
There are things called Blood libel and Judensau that were described in old ''jewish conspiracy canard'' which ritual sacrifice and desecration in the name of demonic entities, generally Satan, Moloch, Abaddon and Bhaal.
You can go read on the subject, maybe starting with the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, but its pretty depressing and not a good read, so I'd advise against it if you are on a good mood today.
So let's just say that, along with things like...well poisoning, it doesnt look too good. But the book would have to be read to pass judgement.
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Personal attack. You're done in this thread.
Anyone else want to make this personal? Take a hike now.
Wilphe
Adventurer
Ducks are notoriously anti-semitic
Tales and Chronicles
Jewel of the North, formerly know as vincegetorix
You should hear what pigeons say about the climatic crisis when they've had one too many drinks!
Blue
Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal
Even if there is no other references, it's already a shot. It says the Morris runs a small community in an obscure kingdom. Basically, that they are all unimportant.
On top of it, there's a dogwhistle - a call out to followers - to poison the well. Basically, a deniable call for people to come here just to be disruptive and mess with the community.
Well, they're right about that.
Blue
Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal
You're important to us Morrus!
If this was a publisher I'd never heard of, I would agree with you 100%. Without more information, it's best to assume no malice. If a lot of other people did the same thing, it would be a tribute, not an insult.
But we know a lot about NuTSR and Justin LaNasa. LaNasa is the guy who decided to "call out" ENWorld as being "full of [excrement]" during an interview. He's the guy that screams "You know nothing!" at people on his indiegogo campaign. He's the guy who told Tim Kask to "Go suck Lukes/ wotc / [anatomy] you [expletive] coward." I am happy to provide sources, and more, if needed. But I think it's pretty clear he's not the kind of guy that does "tongue-in-cheek". It's not a style I've ever seen him use since he started NuTSR.
Also related, the Dungeon Hobby Shop Museum once made a post that said "Will what we create be racist, religionist, preffist, age-ist? Probably not". I can't help but focus on that word "probably".
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Longspeak
Adventurer
No! Not Morrus!!! Noooooooooooooooo!
