Yoshi-P Statement on Player Feedback

[IdowhatIwant]

The term 'lazy' is a negative term used without thought. It is an excuse to condemn a section of the population without knowing anything about them. It has been used in the past as an excuse to treat minorities, or the poor in general, as trash. It is indeed offensive, mean and derogatory when used the way you've done.

There it is. Trying to turn it political.

[DPZ2]

There it is. Trying to turn it political.

"To paraphrase William James, politics is something that happens to an idea. Nothing is “political” in and of itself; a person’s convictions are “political” because of what politicians argue about. A person is not responsible for whether or not his or her beliefs are controversial. That’s why the most common rejoinder to “you shouldn’t get political” is simply, “What I’m saying shouldn’t be ‘political.’ It shouldn’t be controversial at all. The blame for making this commitment political rests on those who contest it.” The argument is either (a) commitment to this value goes deeper than politics, or (b) this is a fact and it should be uncontroversial. This is the defense used—fairly—when priests preach about caring for the poor or the unborn, when athletes talk about racial profiling by police officers, when movies depict history with obvious parallels to the present, and when professors teach about systemic inequality. In these and other cases, people don’t set out to make a “political statement,” they set out to tell a truth—a truth that just so happens to be politicized by some members our culture.

This is not to say that all statements of this type are actually true. It’s fine to argue that a statement is wrong, misleading, or irrelevant. But to protest or dismiss a statement simply because it’s political is to deny that there are some truths which have a claim on us regardless of our party affiliation."

http://www.forthesakeofarguments.com...o-be-political