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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
I mean this as respectfully as possible, but I really think you need to either get over or separate the motivations of some random group of critics of either Druckmann or TLOU2 from comments people are making on CalgaryPuck which, from my experience, have overwhelmingly been completely devoid of anything to do with anti-semitism, incels, homophobia, etc.
I get it, it was hurtful specifically to read reviews elsewhere that were clearly coming from a place of homophobic and anti-trans bigotry, but you have to know what you’re doing every time you bring those people up in response to someone making a completely valid, honest, and hate-free criticism of the game or the producer. You can’t tell a poster to be mindful while not being mindful yourself. It’s like someone telling you they love adidas sneakers and you saying, “You should be more mindful about expressing your love for adidas because the Nazi’s also loved adidas.”
Sorry, again I mean zero disrespect by it and don’t mean for it to be a big distraction, I just noticed it in the other thread and noticed it again here and I think it’s kind of a ####ty thing to do when it’s completely unearned.
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I hear what you’re saying. I want to be very clear that I am not saying that criticism of the game has anything to with being transphobic, bigoted, or anti-Semitic. I am specifically referring to how people talk about Neil Drukmann.
The reason most people even know who he is, has to do with a coordinated and systematic harassment campaign by a group that have anti-Semitic undertones. His face was plastered all over Reddit and then every alt-right site for months, and he became a lightning rod for criticism and abuse.
I think it’s important to acknowledge that the majority of the negative comments around Neil and “his ego” stems from harassment fuelled by bigots. When people here post similar content (while having no intentions of being anti-Semitic), they are unintentionally posting in the same flavour as the gamergate community, which they should be aware of.
Calgarypuck isn’t in a vacuum, and while I believe these posters are not intending their content to be bigoted, unfortunately the subtext of this specific topic has significantly been impacted by hate groups.
I don’t believe there’s anything wrong with stating we should be aware and mindful of the way we post and talk about people, especially in situations that are loaded with a significant amount of harmful subtext.