Just saw a Black creator talk about early racism in a video game turned him off to the game,

And then watched a fan of the game tell him to get past that. That the gameplay and graphics were worth it.

Just

Just a heads up?

Don't fucking do that.
Don't tell people what level of oppression they should be comfortable with.

Don't tell them that they're not an expert in their own experiences and preferences, that you know better than them.

I get it. You're a fan. You love the work. Cool.
Maybe listen to what he said, and incorporate that into your understanding of the game.

Understand that this thing that you love isn't accessible to everyone like it is to you,

And work to make things that are, that you could share with everyone in your community.
This is a subtweet, because I don't want to blow up his mentions, and that shit got shut down already.

But fuck, y'all.
I promise you, marginalized folks are used to overlooking or suffering through shity things in Media to be able to experience it, you are not giving him the secret.
Fuck, this was a rant before I went to work, but it's getting around.

If you liked it, follow @Swordsfall1, I'm not trying to clout chase on the back of shitheads in his mentions.
I've blocked the first pissbaby saying folks are too sensitive, as if sixty thousand assholes don't pucker hard enough to make diamonds the second they're reminded that Star Trek is and always was leftist utopia porn.
As if engaging with the constant sandblasting of shitty media aimed at you, on top of everything else, is something sensitivity can easily survive.
"Raw." Raw is the word you're looking for.
Said pissbaby spent several hours in the mentions making this thread a self-demonstrating recursion.
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