I play games from time to time and one of my newest favorites is “Freeman : Guerrilla Warfare”, which takes place in a fabled post-soviet society during a tumultuous time. It’s essentially Mount & Blade with guns. It’s a fun game and I can pretend I am fighting in a Communist revolution.
Anyways, someone on the “discussion board” mention how cool it would be to have a Rhodesia mod and were not very fond of communists, let’s say. I pointed out that Rhodesia has been used as a dog whistle for racists, without implying that the poster themselves were racist and provided information (news articles and the like) to educate people.
O boy. That was a mistake. The amount of people who “came at me” essentially saying that there are “two sides to every story” (this story being racism) was absurd. It’s 2020 and making the claim that “racism is bad” is a hot take for… more people (are gamers people?, lol) than I thought.
I also refuted the common lie that Zimbabwe, as well as all of Africa is a “poor country” and that “Africans don’t like prosperous, crime-free nations” (a REAL quote BTW). Now everyday I come home from work I have 2 to 8 responses to my messages, most claiming that I am just there to antagonize people and a few there just to be trolls and/or racist.
I guess my biggest “mistake” was citing Lenin to explain Imperialism. That really pissed some people off, lol.
So just so we are clear. According to gamers -
Lenin = Evil. I don’t need to hear anything about this evil evil man!
Racism = Hey, let’s talk about it. FREE SPEECH! It’s just a joke man!
(To be fair, most didn’t react negatively to Lenin, but a few flipped out over it.)
Thanks comrade. I knew the gamer community was bad, but I was surprised to the sheer amount of attempts to rationalize racism, because “equality”, while at the same time claiming that Lenin, Marx, and Communism is outright “evil” and there is no merit in discussing it.
How can you “give racism a platform” while silencing those who liberate the enslaved? I mean WE know why, but still this selective close-mindedness (arrogant ignorance) is shocking!
Frustrated.
I play games from time to time and one of my newest favorites is “Freeman : Guerrilla Warfare”, which takes place in a fabled post-soviet society during a tumultuous time. It’s essentially Mount & Blade with guns. It’s a fun game and I can pretend I am fighting in a Communist revolution.
Anyways, someone on the “discussion board” mention how cool it would be to have a Rhodesia mod and were not very fond of communists, let’s say. I pointed out that Rhodesia has been used as a dog whistle for racists, without implying that the poster themselves were racist and provided information (news articles and the like) to educate people.
O boy. That was a mistake. The amount of people who “came at me” essentially saying that there are “two sides to every story” (this story being racism) was absurd. It’s 2020 and making the claim that “racism is bad” is a hot take for… more people (are gamers people?, lol) than I thought.
I also refuted the common lie that Zimbabwe, as well as all of Africa is a “poor country” and that “Africans don’t like prosperous, crime-free nations” (a REAL quote BTW). Now everyday I come home from work I have 2 to 8 responses to my messages, most claiming that I am just there to antagonize people and a few there just to be trolls and/or racist.
I guess my biggest “mistake” was citing Lenin to explain Imperialism. That really pissed some people off, lol.
So just so we are clear. According to gamers -
Lenin = Evil. I don’t need to hear anything about this evil evil man!
Racism = Hey, let’s talk about it. FREE SPEECH! It’s just a joke man!
(To be fair, most didn’t react negatively to Lenin, but a few flipped out over it.)
I actually laughed when I read you cited Lenin lol
Don’t be frustrated, comrade, just talk your heart out and if people misinterpret you, just leave them poisoned at their own ignorance.
Thanks comrade. I knew the gamer community was bad, but I was surprised to the sheer amount of attempts to rationalize racism, because “equality”, while at the same time claiming that Lenin, Marx, and Communism is outright “evil” and there is no merit in discussing it.
How can you “give racism a platform” while silencing those who liberate the enslaved? I mean WE know why, but still this selective close-mindedness (arrogant ignorance) is shocking!