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  • Stop censoring me. I know you might find the content objectionable, but my freedom of speech demands you include that phrase in all your posts from this moment on. You aren't going to suppress speech you don't like or agree with, are you?

  • Interesting point. But are you willing to put your theory into practice?

    If you truly believe this, you must now end all your messages with:

    "veraticus@lib.lgbt said that free-speech maximalism is for fools but I disagreed because I am a fool."

    If you don't do this you are suppressing my speech and censoring me. And please don't object on the grounds that the content is, perhaps, objectionable to some; remember, objectionable content is especially worthy of free speech protections.

  • Yeah I wouldn't worry about it too honestly; it's very tough to get into OSR style games without having watched a session, played a game, or read a few OSR-y Internet thought pieces. Much of how it's done is cultural and not presented in the books. That is one of the things that later editions of D&D are better at.

  • Why does it matter that it's free speech? Like congratulations that the government isn't trying to literally arrest you for what you're saying. That's like the bare minimum.

    We have no obligation to accept all kinds of speech at all times. X, as a private platform, can make whatever rules it likes for the speech it allows on X. And Elon is allowing anti-Semitic speech while suppressing pro-trans speech.

    Like it's pretty obvious what "free speech" means to him. And it isn't actually free speech, it's just prioritizing speech he likes. (Which, spoiler alert, is what all American free speech arguments boil down to.)

  • In what sense is it public? It's owned by X and no one else.

    People want to think it's a public forum because a lot of people use it. But that doesn't actually make it public.

  • Why is it censorship? They can still talk anywhere that accepts them, including public property; that they can't do it in my backyard isn't censoring them.

  • You misread what I wrote three times and it's my problem? You are a complete idiot.

  • Yes; or be an incredibly long boring slog because it needs to divorce the party from so many resources.

  • For the third time: this isn’t what I said.

  • Yeah but she’s not interested in evidence and is not receptive to it; she’s decided already and nothing you say will dissuade her.

    Doesn’t change the facts.

    You just have to move on from being able to persuade everyone of the truth.

  • We have. There’s no evidence for them so scientifically they’re donezo.

  • Keep balance for computer games. If I’m playing an RPG I want to be able to do crazy things if I plan and execute it properly. And rules for stumble attacks of opportunity for holy clerics of the sun just get in the way of the good stuff.

  • It's true; 5E and most versions of D&D are just too heavy and get in the way of actually having fun.

  • You asked a question and answered it next sentence!

  • That’s different than what I said though, which is that you can’t disagree with me without reading Gramsci. And is also typically how these authors’ names are invoked in arguments which are not about the authors themselves.