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      As are women and people of colour, and their inclusion in media. These are all demographics of people. There is no difference.

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        There’s no difference between a movie casting a woman/black man as the main character, compared to casting a trans person?

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          No, there is no difference.

          Your previous comments implied that there was a difference in type between the inclusion of women or people of colour, and the inclusion of trans of non-binary people.

          There is a difference in magnitude of the controversy. But not a difference in type. Something can be more or less controversial, but it’s still the same type of controversy.

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            Yeah, it seems we agree. My stance was only ever that I can understand why some people would’ve wanted to remove political controversy from their escapism if it made them uncomfortable and added nothing to the gameplay itself.

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      Whether or not it should be, isn’t LGBT issues political/controversial?

      Simply acknowledging LGBT exist

      1. isn’t political
      2. helps make it less political
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        Of course it’s political. Politics aren’t just about things where there can be legitimate disagreement.

        Acknowledging climate change is political. So is everything from basic public transport, better healthcare to if sexism and racism are even a thing.

        It shouldn’t be. We also shouldn’t have a resurgence of actual fascists. But we do and it is.

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          Acknowledging climate change is political

          Acknowledging reality is political? I mean I guess I knew that already, but seeing it put plainly into words is silly.

          Shit, I’ll see if I can pose as a right wing grifter and see if I can convince them that wearing matching socks is part of the liberal agenda.

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          If everything is political then it’s impossible to make a game that isn’t political. This is no more valid than someone complaining that including an option for skin tone is political.