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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 8944438" data-attributes="member: 22779">I unsubbed from the other thread because I honestly do not have a positive point to make there. But to clarify my earlier post which is referenced in the OP, I mentioned Mein Kampf as an example of an obviously problematic work that is still sold for profit. There are obviously many others as well. So the argument that a publisher should not sell a book for profit because it is objectionable doesn’t really hold a lot of water to me. I do believe that works like this, given the boilerplate warning, are not harmful to be sold. There are all sorts of objectionable works in the canon of DnD. WotC is not promoting this work. They are not referencing it in any way. It is just there in the back catalogue along with the likes of Oriental Adventures and the original Ravenloft books. I’m pretty sure there are MANY more as well. These are a part of our shared history as gamers. This, unfortunately is where we came from. Misogynistic, bigoted writing that is largely synonymous with the fantasy genre for a very large part of its history. Appendix N is filled with books that make you want to bleach your eyeballs after reading. It’s uncomfortable but it is very much where we came from. And I say we because back then it was just accepted by much of the fandom. Criticisms of the time largely fell on deaf ears. I strongly oppose the idea we should do rewrites on these books. That’s just sweeping history under the carpet. No we should be holding these works up every time someone makes the claim that we don’t need to worry about inclusivity in the hobby. We absolutely SHOULD worry about it.</blockquote>

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