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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Damn, I'm supposed to be on vacation. And instead I keep stewing over this.
Perhaps I'm all sunny-side-of-the-street on this, but it might not hurt to get yourself out of this environment, even though it's not on your terms. If you're stewing on this during your downtime, that's not good for your mental health.
Feel free to tell me to shut up...
I know. It's totally Mad Men.
I don't know what you've been watching, but Mad Men is not a bad wacky sitcom.
Mad Men is not a bad wacky sitcom
No, but it does have a lot of cutthroat office-politics informed by weird gender dynamics.
No, but it does have a lot of cutthroat office-politics informed by weird gender dynamics.
That it does.
Hey folks, can I ask for some advice/suggestions on writing a response to people who are shocked and dismayed that their argument against the suggestion there should be more diversity in the characters of a comics-based RPG could be seen as in any way defensive or hostile? Here's what I have so far:
I'll come right out and say it: I DO see hostility and discrimination when a LGBT issue (or similar issue dealing with women, or African Americans, or another minority of some sort) is raised and straight men promptly come out of the woodwork to declare their belief that it's a non-issue and argue that the people who raised it should settle down and be happy with the status quo rather than asking for improvement. And do so repeatedly and vehemently, despite the alleged unimportance of the issue. It's not burning-crosses-in-the-front-yard/throwing-rocks-through-the-windows style overt hostility and discrimination, but when anybody questions the rationale behind a matter of straight white male privilege I can pretty much start a countdown to the appearance of someone who (1) feels threatened by attention being focused on a problem or inequity that he's not on the losing end of, and (2) wishes everyone would just stop talking about it.
I like it!
I really like it too! Nice work!
Matt, that's spot on. It's pointed, but not angry. Clear and concise, and gets your message across nicely.
Is it hockey season yet?
No.
It's car racing season.
Matt, it's clear, except you might want to rephrase the business about "privilege"--it's kind of a term of art, and if you're actually trying to convince people unfamiliar with the issue, they seem to get hung up on "privilege". "But I'm broke/poor/unemployed!" they say. "I am not privileged!"