I toast to you, sir.
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They didn’t choose money. They chose China’s money. They chose a market to cater to, the Chinese market. The company could, if they so chose, take a moral and ethical stance and fight against the Chinese market, instead of immediately cave to them.
Blizzard is not being a neutral party in this instance. They have clearly chosen a side.
“Every voice matters - unless you disagree with us. Then, keep it to yourself, and make sure your demonstrations are meaningless.”
I think the general writing quality of Baldur’s Gate and Planescape: Torment come down to the writers not being dismissive or skeptical of the reading abilities of their audience, and how much they’d care to hear the story at hand.
Kotaku remains deep in Epic money.
Professors have tenure, which protect them from being fired for voicing personal opinion. It was created for that exact purpose. Following that, we do have opposed views. I am not putting words in your mouth, I am spitting words out of mine.
So you’re saying a politics site was shut down for repeatedly reporting on... politics...?
Because your second paragraph is completely undermined by your first. “Blizzard should have the right to shut down dissent, but they went about it roughly, which is bad.”
There is literally nothing that shows writing about Hong Kong shut down Splinter.
Fortnite is just a playable billboard that allows people to shoot each other while staring at product placement.
Running away from politics and ‘hard discussions’ doesn’t make the topic go away.
...You’re kidding, yes?
Except it’s not! Far Right speech promotes the ideas of violence and oppression towards groups, and actively tells people that other folks are not human. The Hong Kong protesters are fighting for their human rights to exist as a people against an oppressive government.
Hah! Go for it, I just can’t promise I’m clever.
And since someone wants to keep dismissing my comments that are critical of China, I will say this of how companies are guilty:
There is a problem. Because it’s not about refraining from talking about Hong Kong during their casts and during competitions.
They’re shortening it to HKA to avoid saying ‘Hong Kong’. The talk they’re giving is corporate speak to obfuscate the purpose: don’t let folks say Hong Kong, don’t let folks give traction to a movement, don’t let the outside world take notice.