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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 8578288" data-attributes="member: 22779">The difference is, you're claiming that if you say someone is, say, sexist, then that person is just bad.&nbsp; That we should condemn that person.&nbsp; That's not true.&nbsp; Someone being a sexist doesn't really mean that they weren't brilliantly creative, or absolutely terrible at business.The point that's being made here is that we should never hide the truth.&nbsp; The truth is, Gary Gygax included a considerable amount of sexism in his game.&nbsp; That's undeniable.&nbsp; Taking it further and calling Gary Gygax sexist is about blame and generally is rather pointless.However, this isn't about Tekumel.&nbsp; It's actually specifically about Barker himself.&nbsp;&nbsp; He was a Holocaust denier.&nbsp; That seems pretty true.&nbsp; And, as such, should be known about him.&nbsp; So much evil in the world is because we are afraid to confront the fact that many, MANY people out there that are held up in high esteem really shouldn't be.&nbsp; The only reason they get held up this way is because of lies.&nbsp; Whether flagrant lies or lies of omission, it's still lying.&nbsp; And for what?&nbsp; Why is it better to protect the false memory of someone rather than let the truth be known?&nbsp; Who is really being protected here?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 8578288, member: 22779"] The difference is, you're claiming that if you say someone is, say, sexist, then that person is just bad. That we should condemn that person. That's not true. Someone being a sexist doesn't really mean that they weren't brilliantly creative, or absolutely terrible at business. The point that's being made here is that we should never hide the truth. The truth is, Gary Gygax included a considerable amount of sexism in his game. That's undeniable. Taking it further and calling Gary Gygax sexist is about blame and generally is rather pointless. However, this isn't about Tekumel. It's actually specifically about Barker himself. He was a Holocaust denier. That seems pretty true. And, as such, should be known about him. So much evil in the world is because we are afraid to confront the fact that many, MANY people out there that are held up in high esteem really shouldn't be. The only reason they get held up this way is because of lies. Whether flagrant lies or lies of omission, it's still lying. And for what? Why is it better to protect the false memory of someone rather than let the truth be known? Who is really being protected here? [/QUOTE]

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