I gotta say, I really don't like that people who say "I don't RP themes of racism because I'm not comfortable with it and feel for the people who have to deal with it IRL" or "I have to deal with this stuff on a daily basis, I don't want to RP it" are met with subtle accusations (or not so subtle, in other communities) of not being able to properly disassociate IC with OOC. :sÂ
Just as much as you have a right to RP that kind of stuff, people have just as much right to not, and wish to avoid it, for whatever reasons that are probably none of your business. It doesn't mean they can't set apart IC and OOC; I'm sure it's not that they feel like peoples' RP characters are marginalizing them, but it could possibly remind them of crap that happens to them and that's just not fun for them? And that's totally fair?
Like-- it's not that far of a stretch from "well if racist themes bother you, why don't you realize it's not OOC/go RP somewhere else" to... like... "well if sexual themes bother you..." or something. Obviously there's a point that if you're extremely sensitive perhaps you should find something healthier for you to do with your time, but I don't feel like racism/bigotry/prejudice is something so integral to the FFXIV experience, like, say, magic, or fighting, that if it really bothers you, you should be expected to go play ball somewhere else.
Just as much as you have a right to RP that kind of stuff, people have just as much right to not, and wish to avoid it, for whatever reasons that are probably none of your business. It doesn't mean they can't set apart IC and OOC; I'm sure it's not that they feel like peoples' RP characters are marginalizing them, but it could possibly remind them of crap that happens to them and that's just not fun for them? And that's totally fair?
Like-- it's not that far of a stretch from "well if racist themes bother you, why don't you realize it's not OOC/go RP somewhere else" to... like... "well if sexual themes bother you..." or something. Obviously there's a point that if you're extremely sensitive perhaps you should find something healthier for you to do with your time, but I don't feel like racism/bigotry/prejudice is something so integral to the FFXIV experience, like, say, magic, or fighting, that if it really bothers you, you should be expected to go play ball somewhere else.
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