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I just know there\'s probably gonna be at least a few editing skirmishes regarding the game\'s politics in the next while, especially with trying to work around \
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I just know there\\\'s probably gonna be at least a few editing skirmishes regarding the game\\\'s politics in the next while, especially with trying to work around \\\"it\\\'s just a game!\\\" or \\\"it\\\'s justified because the tabletop game did it!\\\", as if norms or social conventions (yknow, like racism or transphobia) are acceptable if contextual, even if it\\\'s to a time that\\\'s not the real world in 2020 that we live in.

I tried to do my best in explaining UnfortunateImplications and following proper TVTropes etiquette for topics like this (citations, multiple reputable sources, speaking on behalf of broad offense, etc.) and I\\\'m only speaking on grounds I\\\'m generally aware of (Asian and on LGBTQ+ spectrum, not even gonna touch the how the Voodoo Boyz are the only Haitians in the game and are all shown as scary MFs, though others have done that off-site), but we may need to open more discussion on how to handle these topics, and/or set up some rules beyond the expected Administrivia/NoRecentExamplesPlease (of which UnfortunateImplications does \\\'\\\'not\\\'\\\' fall under).
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I just know there\'s probably gonna be at least a few editing skirmishes regarding the game\'s politics in the next while, especially with trying to work around \
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I just know there\\\'s probably gonna be at least a few editing skirmishes regarding the game\\\'s politics in the next while, especially with trying to work around \\\"it\\\'s just a game!\\\" or \\\"it\\\'s justified because the tabletop game did it!\\\", as if norms or social conventions (yknow, like racism or transphobia) are acceptable if contextual, even if it\\\'s to a time that\\\'s not the real world in 2020 that we live in.

I tried to do my best in explaining UnfortunateImplications and following proper TVTropes etiquette for topics like this (citations, multiple reputable sources, speaking on behalf of broad offense, etc.) and I\\\'m only speaking on grounds I\\\'m generally aware of (Asian and on LGBTQ+ spectrum, not even gonna touch the how the Voodoo Boyz are the only Haitians in the game and are all shown as scary MFs, though others have done that off-site), but we may need to open more discussion on how to handle these topics, and/or set up some rules beyond the expected Administrivia/NoRecentExamplesPlease (of which UnfortunateImplications does \\\'\\\'not\\\'\\\' fall under).
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I just know there\'s probably gonna be at least a few editing skirmishes regarding the game\'s politics in the next while, especially with trying to work around \
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I just know there\\\'s probably gonna be at least a few editing skirmishes regarding the game\\\'s politics in the next while, especially with trying to work around \\\"it\\\'s just a game!\\\" or \\\"it\\\'s justified because the tabletop game did it!\\\", as if norms or social conventions (yknow, like racism or transphobia) are completely noncontextual and that we don\\\'t live in the real world in 2020.

I tried to do my best in explaining UnfortunateImplications and following proper TVTropes etiquette for topics like this (citations, multiple reputable sources, speaking on behalf of broad offense, etc.) and I\\\'m only speaking on grounds I\\\'m generally aware of (Asian and on LGBTQ+ spectrum, not even gonna touch the how the Voodoo Boyz are the only Haitians in the game and are all shown as scary MFs, though others have done that off-site), but we may need to open more discussion on how to handle these topics, and/or set up some rules beyond the expected Administrivia/NoRecentExamplesPlease (of which UnfortunateImplications does \\\'\\\'not\\\'\\\' fall under).
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Erm... Where did I say that? I was talking about the Charname section as a whole. If CanonName is the only thing being changed, that
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Erm... Where did I say that? I was talking about the Charname section as a whole. Is CanonName the only thing being changed?
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Erm... Where did I say that? I was talking about the Charname section as a whole.
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Erm... Where did I say that? I was talking about the Charname section as a whole. If CanonName is the only thing being changed, that
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Erm... Where did I say that? I was talking about the charname section as a whole.
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Erm... Where did I say that? I was talking about the Charname section as a whole.
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Erm... Where did I say that? I was talking about the entry as a whole.
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Erm... Where did I say that? I was talking about the charname section as a whole.
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