I love the "Headline is a question to gain hits" tactic.
Watch this:
Does an image in the FFVII re-release trailer hint at the return of Aerith?
No, no it does not. But I bet you'd click!
The entire purpose of the article was to drum up this kind of support! A modest proposal of sorts. The people defending gay characters SHOULD be the loudest voices in the community. That's what I'm trying to get across. The anger we feel over discrimination should drive us to drown out the vitriol of those who are "offended" by equality in gaming.
....sigh.... I really thought this was a modest proposal.
Also, this would be a personal attack: Your total lack of history knowledge is startling. Your inability to comprehend how social change EVER came about in the first place is astounding. Your assumption that these things 'just are' and we should leave them like that is sodding moronic
And yeah, the fact that one of my best friends killed himself after being harassed online has me thinking some ...
Thank you for the personal attack and proving my point that the gaming community is not at a point where we can engage in a mature, objective discourse on this subject. That is the point I attempted (failed?) to get across in the article. I would love to live in a world where being gay is a complete non-issue, but I don't and the gaming community in particular is one place where being gay is downright vilified. As I said in the article, this is about picking our battles. I would rather se...
Hawkboi, the gaming community is not society. We have a choice to be part of the community or not to be. We can agree that people say incredibly mean and small-minded things in real life AND in the gaming community. Unfortunately, the community is run by those people and they are not about to have their minds changed.
I really think the biggest problem is with that small portion of the gaming community also being the most vocal. They are the ones you hear because they scream the loudest. It's become a playground mentality (or, you know, political mentality).
I once had a website devoted to a game journalist. It was borderline stalking... he found it. #gamerconfessions
Thanks! Would actually love to read it. I'm sort of obsessed with the actual culture that surrounds our favorite hobby.