To be entirely fair... I don’t think DiMucci is taking issue with the main plot of the game but with a trailer that is rather flippant about the protagonists use of violence.

... and men have to wear a suit jacket and tie. Is the main thrust of this article that dress codes are a problem in principal?

What... no 8Bitdo Zero?

The extraordinary thing isn’t that they automatically assumes (we are all guilty of this to varying degrees)... it’s that they seem to think it’s a virtue in this case (or any case).

Prejudice is just bad. It’s an intrinsic human character trait we work to overcome... not embrace.

To be fair... blink recognizes that it’s a bias that may not actually be true. I’ve found myself, probably wrongly, making the same sort of assumption about a pickup truck with little flags flying. We all suffer from prejudices and the degree to which we resist those prejudices (by treating individuals as individuals)…

Really? Name calling and false dichotomies?

It’s the nature of the forum that it’s virtually impossible to present any sort of nuanced view. I try to be charitable regarding what people are saying but you weren’t leaving me much room.

That can be both true and false... depending entirely on the specific context.

Considering how openly you embrace prejudice I remain acutely critical of your anecdotal observations.

It’s only racial intimidation if you choose to be willfully uncharitable towards the people around. You presume they fly the flag for the wrong reasons which says much more about you than it does about them.

It’s hard to tell amidst the rising surge of self flagellating that has lead so many otherwise reasonable people to constantly look for trivial things to be outraged about.

None of what you just said actually undermines my point. Your justification for your overt prejudice remains one of the more popular justifications for war.

That doesn’t change my point in the slightest. The fact that there are good reasons to be critical of the US (and its flag) doesn’t actually erase the fact that there are good reasons to celebrate the US (and its flag).

We agree on that point.

Keep repeating that... maybe eventually it will make your position a good one. Maybe clicking your heals together will help? 

No one should be ashamed to not tolerate hate. My hate is directed at other’s hate, so it is okay. If you had made it out of elementary school you would know a negative multiplied by a negative is a positive.

Opinion noted. I like to consider context myself... including the variables you can’t possible have any sort of firm grasp on in the superficial scenario you provided (observing person in truck). You seem to be embracing willful prejudice as if it some sort of virtue. It just isn’t.

... most bigots seem to be.

TBH... the term bigot is problematic because we could all stand to be a little less tolerant towards views generally. They all need to be challenged all the time. The real issue is presuming things about individuals based on superficial variables (particularly ones as complicated as a…

The flag represents a lot of different things to different people in different contexts.

... at least it isn’t Thanksgiving. That shit seemed dark to me even when I was a kid. Does the little voice in your head say it all sarcastic like mine does? Thanksgiving.