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<blockquote data-quote="CleverNickName" data-source="post: 8705982" data-attributes="member: 50987">Well, a lot of folks misuse the word 'inclusive' to indicate matters of personal preference.There's the mentality of &quot;I don't like (Thing), therefore (Thing) needs to be removed.&quot;&nbsp; I'm not sure why this escalates so quickly, but it seems to come from the fear that if more and more people keep talking about how much they like (Thing), the publishers might make more of it.&nbsp; And for certain personality types, this is the worst that can happen.&nbsp; They don't want the hobby to change, for whatever reason, so they undermine all attempts to change it.&nbsp; They start rumors and arguments, belittle others, kill discussions, you've seen them.&nbsp; It's not quite the same thing as &quot;not being inclusive,&quot; but it has the same roots.&nbsp; It's still &quot;harmful or unpleasant in a pervasive or insidious way,&quot; which is one definition of the word Toxic.It's not the same thing as wanting to remove certain people from the game.&nbsp; There are people in our hobby who genuinely believe that only certain people are allowed to be fans, only certain people are allowed to have a voice in the room, only certain people are allowed to play.&nbsp;&nbsp; (These arguments are written in the language of Mordor, which I will not utter here.)&nbsp; You've seen the threads and the mod warnings, you know what I'm talking about.&nbsp; The truth is that all people are allowed to play, and they're allowed to play the way they want...that is generally what people mean by &quot;inclusivity in gaming.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CleverNickName, post: 8705982, member: 50987"] Well, a lot of folks misuse the word 'inclusive' to indicate matters of personal preference. There's the mentality of "I don't like (Thing), therefore (Thing) needs to be removed." I'm not sure why this escalates so quickly, but it seems to come from the fear that if more and more people keep talking about how much they like (Thing), the publishers might make more of it. And for certain personality types, this is the worst that can happen. They don't want the hobby to change, for whatever reason, so they undermine all attempts to change it. They start rumors and arguments, belittle others, kill discussions, you've seen them. It's not quite the same thing as "not being inclusive," but it has the same roots. It's still "harmful or unpleasant in a pervasive or insidious way," which is one definition of the word Toxic. It's not the same thing as wanting to remove certain people from the game. There are people in our hobby who genuinely believe that only certain people are allowed to be fans, only certain people are allowed to have a voice in the room, only certain people are allowed to play. (These arguments are written in the language of Mordor, which I will not utter here.) You've seen the threads and the mod warnings, you know what I'm talking about. The truth is that all people are allowed to play, and they're allowed to play the way they want...that is generally what people mean by "inclusivity in gaming." [/QUOTE]

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