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<blockquote data-quote="Yaarel" data-source="post: 8700128" data-attributes="member: 58172">Yeah. I have to admit, it is the honorable behavior of Luke that saved my good opinion about Gary Gygax.When I saw Ernie trafficking with this hategroup crap, I had to wonder if he was raised with it from his family. This complicated how to make sense of the occasional regrettable tropes that show up in D&amp;D 1e, like portrayal of women, and the demonization of &quot;savage&quot; &quot;tribes&quot; and &quot;shamans&quot;, mostly in the context of &quot;fun&quot; encounters.But, Luke speaking clearly against what his brother said, demonstrated that this kind of hatemongering does not come from the family of Gary Gygax.The problematic tropes relating to sexism and racism were part of the fantasy literature of the day, and the recycling of these tropes is difficult to prevent, when gamers often dont realize their implications.Fortunately, the founders of D&amp;D, Arneson and Gygax are decent people with decent ethical values, even if both appear to be colorful.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Yaarel, post: 8700128, member: 58172"] Yeah. I have to admit, it is the honorable behavior of Luke that saved my good opinion about Gary Gygax. When I saw Ernie trafficking with this hategroup crap, I had to wonder if he was raised with it from his family. This complicated how to make sense of the occasional regrettable tropes that show up in D&D 1e, like portrayal of women, and the demonization of "savage" "tribes" and "shamans", mostly in the context of "fun" encounters. But, Luke speaking clearly against what his brother said, demonstrated that this kind of hatemongering does not come from the family of Gary Gygax. The problematic tropes relating to sexism and racism were part of the fantasy literature of the day, and the recycling of these tropes is difficult to prevent, when gamers often dont realize their implications. Fortunately, the founders of D&D, Arneson and Gygax are decent people with decent ethical values, even if both appear to be colorful. [/QUOTE]

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