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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Urriak Uruk" data-source="post: 8463027" data-attributes="member: 7015558">I definitely don't agree with this. Yes, intent is important, and if you accidentally offend someone, it's not as bad as intentionally doing so... but it doesn't absolve you entirely either.I remember explaining this to a Dutch person, who was explaining one XMas tradition where someone puts on blackface to dress up as a minstrel. She's a good person and was trying to explain that to her, this is just a tradition and not meant to offend anyone... but this will certainly offend a lot of people, regardless of intent.And if you partake in borrowing stereotypes at your own table, even if no one from the offended group is there... eventually folks will internalize those stereotypes, partially believe them, which will inform their own behavior beyond the table. The human brain has difficulty not internalizing stereotypes and using them to influence behavior.So bottomline, folks do have a responsibility to be informed on what is offensive, what's not, and to play their TTRPG accordingly.</blockquote>