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Author Topic: How Tabletop RPGs Are Being Reclaimed From Bigots and Jerks  (Read 17840 times)

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Re: How Tabletop RPGs Are Being Reclaimed From Bigots and Jerks
« Reply #150 on: April 04, 2021, 10:10:22 PM »
Also, for those who want the source documents for the neo-Aztec revival: https://christopherrufo.com/revenge-of-the-gods/
And Snopes published a "fact check" of the press release. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/california-ethnic-studies-genocide/

Assuming Snopes is still remotely reliable and hasn't been completely infiltrated by the woke... R. Tolteka Cuauhtin is still appropriating Aztec religion, sanitizing it of all the unattractive human sacrifice bits and everything else related to Aztec culture, and selectively reinterpreting ancient beliefs to suit his political agenda.

I don't think anybody has a problem with Mexicayotl reviving (sanitized versions of) ancient indigenous religious beliefs and practices, heck we do the same thing with the Abrahamic religions all the time, but if you're just making shit up and misappropriating then what's even the point?

I'm pretty sure that alternate history video games made by white people are more respectful of actual Aztec beliefs and personhood.

Won't be long before the human sacrifice gets brought back in.

And from their POV: feature, not bug; and mission accomplished.

Yes, they are exactly like that.

We sure are. Just the worst.
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Re: How Tabletop RPGs Are Being Reclaimed From Bigots and Jerks
« Reply #151 on: April 12, 2021, 05:51:42 PM »
I don't understand why these SJWs are so obsessed with hating dead people.

Its much easier to punch down at dead people.

That seems another thing that each iteration likes to pull at least once. Dead people make easy targets because they cant defend themselves and you can point at anyone trying to defend them as morrally evil and wrong. See the current iterations obsession with Lovecraft bashing.

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Re: How Tabletop RPGs Are Being Reclaimed From Bigots and Jerks
« Reply #152 on: April 12, 2021, 06:42:12 PM »
I don't understand why these SJWs are so obsessed with hating dead people.

Its much easier to punch down at dead people.

That seems another thing that each iteration likes to pull at least once. Dead people make easy targets because they cant defend themselves and you can point at anyone trying to defend them as morrally evil and wrong. See the current iterations obsession with Lovecraft bashing.

Stories like the Yellow King for example do eerily explain the contagiousness of the Woke mentality.
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Re: How Tabletop RPGs Are Being Reclaimed From Bigots and Jerks
« Reply #153 on: April 28, 2021, 05:58:26 PM »
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