Snarf Zagyg
Notorious Liquefactionist
I want to make sure I'm understanding you here: you are saying that there was not bullying, gatekeeping, and exclusion in the TTRPG space, and that we are mistakenly and unfairly applying those labels to past times? You do understand that some of us were in fact around in "the past" you're talking about, and not only directly experienced bullying and gatekeeping, but saw it for what it was back then?
I think that you are just trying to continue using me for your argument, and you aren't bothering understanding what I am saying.
FWIW, if you are starting a diatribe by saying, "I want to make sure I'm understanding you," then you might want to meditate on the value of performative contradictions, and why they tend to be as effective in promoting conversation and understanding as a holy avenger for a first-level MU.