Corehammer: Tabletop wargames full of racists, misogynists, homophobes, right-wingers

So this call to action went out:

http://ift.tt/1ghDizS

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“Geek culture” – if you can contain that idea in your mind without being violently ill - had a turning point in the last few years.

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{After the author brings up and attacks gamergate} We need that dialogue to start in the tabletop community...

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The reason there aren’t many women doing it isn’t because they’re not interested, or because they can’t, it’s because of the environment that we’ve either created or have allowed to form, excluding them.

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Homophobia is fucking rampant, mostly it’s indirect and ignorant, but that doesn’t mean it’s not damaging.

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Another thing I think is a big part of the problem is how much right wing views are accepted, within the hobby. How much racism, homophobia, sexism and military fetishism is allowed to slide.

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People get offended, you’re not ‘hilarious’’ edgy’ ‘comedian’ Ricky Gervais, it’s not your job to say ridiculously offensive things and then complain that those offended are being overly sensitive.

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Political correctness isn’t a bad thing, unless you like beating up gay men and calling them queers.

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You know the types, period accurate Third Reich armies for Bolt Action and Flames of War, Iron Crosses everywhere, hatred of Jews. Again, it should be obvious that this is wrong.

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Solidarity with hobbyists can make people see the error of their ways, or at least silence them, so more progressive people don’t have to listen to their bollocks.

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(Image of a tank with an iron cross flag draped over its front edge) cut this shit right out.

Full disclosure, I'm a leftist, I'm not voting republican next year, and I'm pleased with recent supreme court decisions, but I find a lot of this article uncomfortably censorious, scolding, and inaccurate.

So is this where wargaming is headed? Am I wrong to be uncomfortable with things like "period accuracy" being interpreted in the worst possible way?

Corehammer: Tabletop wargames full of racists, misogynists, homophobes, right-wingers