On Extreme Role-playing Within XIV

[SturmChurro]

Meanwhile, in my personal experience, what is considered to be an 'extremist' character changes in definition by the day. Often at the whims of role-players with a perpetual chip atop their shoulders who seek to exploit the art as a means of spreading certain ideologies.

I've also seen a mysterious trend where many role-players insist that it is perfectly fine to portray their character as racist or discriminatory towards Garlean characters (even those not aligned with Garlemald as a whole) but it is considered unacceptable for Garlean characters to do as much themselves.

I'd say this is the concept of "punching up" and "punching down" in play. It's okay to "punch up", in this case being 'racist' towards a Garlean character, due to them having been in a position of power, while they cannot do the same as that is in turn "punching down". The same thing that happens in many real life interactions.