The New Sage Icon, Thoughts?

[Goji1639]

I think the point, from SE’s perspective was that a group of their players was having an extremely adverse reaction to a class logo due to a phobia they have no control over and that it was something SE themselves could easily fix. Sometimes people have this thing called empathy which allows them to think about what it would feel like to be in someone else’s place which helps them react to those people’s feelings accordingly.

I hope that clears things up for you.

Right, and plenty of people have extremely averse reactions to spiders, colors, math, balloons, mirrors, belly-buttons. Literally close your eyes and think of a thing or concept that exists and there's a phobia tied to it.

I understand having empathy, but you have to know where to draw the line. From SE's perspective, I don't see the point in creating the impression that they'll action their content based on extremely obscure sensibilities from individuals or small groups.

It was a trivial change for a (to you) trivial request.

They're still free to ignore any and all feedback they don't deem worth the time or effort, and I'm sure they will.

Right, and based on peoples expectations they'll receive criticism for what they do/don't deem is worth their time and effort. By creating this impression that they'll bend to rare and individual sensibilities they're just opening themselves up for future criticism when they inevitably don't live up to that.