(06-09-2015, 04:27 PM)Lilia Lia Wrote:(06-09-2015, 02:43 PM)RiniKett Wrote: I think I got lost half way through the responses...But..Isn't one of the fundamental rules of RP to separate IC feelings and OOC feelings? Â Though, it's almost impossible to persuade those who believe one way to believe another via the internet; I would guess this goes by a user by user experience?
Yes. There seems to be two sides of this in this particular case. On the one side, the idea that people are allowing their OOC biases to influence their IC behavior (people who hate Au Ra coming up with novel justifications for their character to share their views).
The other side I'm seeing is people being personally offended by discrimination targeted towards their characters. If a fictional character dislikes Au Ra, why should that be upsetting to the player? You aren't your character and you aren't Au Ra.
What it seems to boil down to is that some people just fundamentally dislike racial prejudice as an RP theme. Which is clearly their prerogative, even if it can potentially limit who they RP with.
I agree, I guess I always figured that RP, while being fantasy, is still an extension of the world in which we live in. It is based off of people, society, conflict, and solutions. Just as things are in our world there are going to be things that happen in the rp world that are wrong. While I do not believe racism is justified by any means, it is a character trait/flaw. If someone wishes for their character to hindered by such it is their choice.
But, everyone is different, but everyone has their own rights as well, even those who play a racist character as long as it doesn't involve an OOC hate....If it does then that person is just petty.
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