I never meant to suggest they were hypocrites. Not at all. As I said else where... and I’ll quote myself...

Going to agree with you now and say that I’ll be stopping commenting on this sort of thing. Addressing this sort of societal change/awareness with an audience such as this game provides, is in the end, a good thing. The presence of a bit of irony is not really a reason to not do this. It’s clearly outweighed by the…

TIL. I’d never heard of this before. Interesting.

“kill” is a stretch.

Of coarse art that depicts war and violence can convey an effective message about peace and nonviolence. What’s reductive is framing the game as art while ignoring it’s fundamental purpose.

Learn about racism while playing a game where you kill people. Like oil and water.

No one was injured. Rape is an injury.

This is akin to blaming rape victims for coming onto to a man and saying the man was “justified”. This seems like a sociopathic thing to say imo.

Maybe a more extreme example will show you why this is a bad take. Substitute the particulars of the incident with “woman teases man” and “then he raped her”... and then maybe you’ll realize what a mistake saying “the rapist didn’t start this shit” is.

Nevertheless you don’t get to pull guns on people for this sort of stuff. How brain dead must you be to think that’s acceptable.

but call me a moron for saying smug instead of condescending.

You haven’t said a thing about the article or my stance on it. It seems the only reason you even joined this discussion was just to school me on manners. And you think you’re under my skin? You’re triggered by me and can’t walk away. Get bent.

So...you admit I’m essentially right about your tone, but call me a moron for saying smug instead of condescending.

I don’t think he can bring himself to ever wear one.

The vibe I get from this feels a little like when someone gets arrested, and while being taken away in the back of a cop car they give the finger to everybody watching. That’s what this feels like. They’re losing and they know it and they can only express themselves in the most impotent of ways.

You are not wrong. /buys a thesaurus (I kid) ;)

Zero-sum was not the best framing and I see that now. I saw the chair policy being perceived in the way you mention, where people who need chairs felt they lost that choice. I was going with the idea that a claim of no chairs meant no accommodation for those who need it and how that was an extreme reaction. Other than…

There’s no smugness here imo. Smugness holds hands with pride. The subject matter here is literally at an elementary school level and so I can’t ever imagine feeling smug over claiming a round peg belongs in a round hole.

I’ll use your post as a chance to apologize to everyone in general... I keep telling myself not to go off on people that have nothing to say and toss ad hominems. I figure give ‘em right back what they’re giving. Still, it doesn’t matter if they’re right or wrong... I gotta learn to not engage this way.

Rather than explain what you think it is you just call me dipshit? You are clearly not one of the bright ones. If you have nothing of substance to say ... sit down and shut the fuck up.