tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post8320680402143490535..comments2023-06-15T11:59:39.572-04:00Comments on DYVERS: Reader Email: Why No Exclusive Focus on Minorities? [Updated]Dyvershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06032957275132817602noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-19296290140026623722015-05-15T12:55:47.708-04:002015-05-15T12:55:47.708-04:00"I've had to listen to two Big Name Tekum..."I've had to listen to two Big Name Tekumel Fans argue over which of the two of them had a 'more relevant viewpoint' on Tekumel based on their degree of support and socio-political standing in the LGBT community."<br /><br />That has to be the weirdest thing to argue over for justification of your own views. You either believe it or you don't. People are so weird Dyvershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032957275132817602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-39357978786151752442015-05-15T12:40:42.006-04:002015-05-15T12:40:42.006-04:00Please don't apologize; The fact that you find...Please don't apologize; The fact that you find my comment depressing is a good thing - it's a sign that sanity still exists somewhere out there.<br /><br />My problem is that I've been getting my teeth kicked down my throat for the past forty years for not embracing whatever Cause happens to be trendy at that particular point in time. If anything, my attitude of simply accepting chirine ba kalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15089801259918671141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-75994798626529862702015-05-15T09:32:57.534-04:002015-05-15T09:32:57.534-04:00Preach on, Holmes.Preach on, Holmes.Dyvershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032957275132817602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-61527008050447028422015-05-15T09:31:17.509-04:002015-05-15T09:31:17.509-04:00Chirine, I don't think you're a freak; I t...Chirine, I don't think you're a freak; I think that you're like me in a lot of ways. You don't really care about all the extra stuff that comes along with a person, you just care about how they treated you and how they treated the other people at your table. <br /><br />Dyvershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032957275132817602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-73442767473800225382015-05-15T09:24:06.223-04:002015-05-15T09:24:06.223-04:00I'm sorry but I find your reaction too depress...I'm sorry but I find your reaction too depressing to just leave ad is... there will be no "Last person in the game room" and no need to turn out the lights, despite the best efforts of the political operatives involved. Perhaps theirs is a scorched earth policy, but that's not mean we need wither away because some people are intolerant of any other viewpoint than their own. vbwyrdehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14031787268876015417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-88008161658277655222015-05-15T08:04:23.173-04:002015-05-15T08:04:23.173-04:00I read this post last night before I went off to w...I read this post last night before I went off to work, and in a lot of ways it's just about the most depressing thing I've read in the past year. I guess I'm some kind of freak; I had to look at a photo of my gaming group before I remembered who was a Person of Color, or who was a Female Gamer. And I'm sorry, but I never thought to inquire which of them were gay, bi, straight, or chirine ba kalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15089801259918671141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-28663372226881228242015-05-14T23:01:19.471-04:002015-05-14T23:01:19.471-04:00An Elf named Tod. I like that. An Elf named Tod. I like that. Dyvershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032957275132817602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-42014220665647578812015-05-14T23:00:26.205-04:002015-05-14T23:00:26.205-04:00I'm surprised. Do you ever get taken to task f...I'm surprised. Do you ever get taken to task for using orcs in your games as something other than a racial stand-in? Or is that something that I get to enjoy all by myself too?Dyvershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032957275132817602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-49432549358032679482015-05-14T22:58:58.715-04:002015-05-14T22:58:58.715-04:00Of the 380 I can think of two for sure who do and ...Of the 380 I can think of two for sure who do and another two who occasionally mention it. Most focus on their games and on their ideas without any other topics coming up. Dyvershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032957275132817602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-78160673044729427842015-05-14T21:20:38.906-04:002015-05-14T21:20:38.906-04:00as an aside, how many gamers / bloggers stress the...as an aside, how many gamers / bloggers stress their sexual orientation / gender / race in their posts? Shouldn't gamers / bloggers be judged upon the content they create and not some gender / racial bias?Tenkarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05159289652051155824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-44227019266778282002015-05-14T21:18:36.765-04:002015-05-14T21:18:36.765-04:00I've yet to get such a request. I suspect I am...I've yet to get such a request. I suspect I am seen as not "politically correct" in the first place ;)Tenkarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05159289652051155824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-55944632819051781962015-05-14T16:13:16.406-04:002015-05-14T16:13:16.406-04:00Good for you. Let's judge people by the conten...Good for you. Let's judge people by the content of their blog posts, not the color of their skin. Or something like that. :-)Greyhawk Grognardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13929743865700766901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-27203335464746550972015-05-14T16:11:07.137-04:002015-05-14T16:11:07.137-04:00Hear! Hear! Highlighting a minority for no reaso...Hear! Hear! Highlighting a minority for no reason than their minority status is simply another form of marginalisation and degrades both the highlighter and the minority in question.Spiralboundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01058997643317547694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-84497826213599744202015-05-14T15:24:08.831-04:002015-05-14T15:24:08.831-04:00Fortunately I'm not popular enough to get such...Fortunately I'm not popular enough to get such requests. But if I were I think I would like to answer this way...<br /><br />I really don't care to focus on the political dimension of RPGing. As far as I'm concerned what we're talking about all happens in the fantasy realm of the mind. It's not reality. It's a fantasy setting. I think we deserve to be allowed to vbwyrdehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14031787268876015417noreply@blogger.com