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I quit playing overwatch and hots when they sided with SJWs (and by extension censorship and china). I also skipped tlou2 and other big titles.

I'm old enough to stand up against censorship and for the right to use ugly speech.

I'm not saying I expect blizzard to not exercise its rights as a private company, but I am saying I dont support companies that dont support unfettered free speech.

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> "I'm old enough to stand up against censorship and for the right to use ugly speech."

Then why are you hiding behind a throwaway account?

> "I am saying I dont support companies that dont support unfettered free speech."

Which companies do you support? Are there any which support unfettered free speech on their platforms?

Because I can? I said nothing about anonymity. Odd...

I'm from an age when anominity was a good thing. But do encourage all the current folks to move away from it, because I want to see them fail.

Lol I dont support any social media company. Social media is a net negative for the human experience, but that's just my opinion. I'm just a person who found the internet more fun before it needed to be safe for day time television watchers.

> "Because I can? I said nothing about anonymity. Odd..."

Not odd at all. You claim to be "standing up against something" but you aren't, you're not standing there, you're hiding. Your actions undermine your words. Rosa Parks didn't write an anonymous letter to the editor about people's right to sit on bus seats. Those who did write anonymous letters to the editor about it don't get to say "I'm standing up for black rights" because they ... weren't.

What? I just dont give money to companies that im my view are authoritarian.

I agree that private companies can do as they please.

Im not warring in any greater sense than im warring against big business when I buy a recycled product over another. I support companies that, in my view, support principals I care about.

The internet was more fun until the crybabies and control freaks ruined it.

This site is like a Reddit for the Silicon Valley community, you're not going to find much support. They will soon completely fail though, their ideology doesn't create value. Just keep watching.

It's going to get real awkward when he realizes his comment was flagged, thus prohibiting his "free speech"...

Im so confused as to why theres a subset of people who seem to think i am against companies running as the please? Is it because my opinion is so opposite yours?

I agree, run your clubs and businesses as you want. I will do the same. I support Blizzard in this respect, I just wont with my dollars or time.

Good, players like you leaving makes the game a better and safer place for everyone.

Players like you, and Blizzard's inaction to do something about it is why I left.

Players Overwatch with my girl friends has been the worst experience. Players any multiplayer game as a woman just seems to be toxic. I expected more from Blizzard here.

I'm with the GP, companies aren't there to censor (unless it's a kids game). I don't like the toxic nature of many who play games, but at most the company should look into harassment / abuse, not censor words. My reasoning is Poe's Law. One could be using a would-be censored word or phrase to describe something in a non-offending way. A farmer might say, "I have several bitches to sell, would you be interested?" Here, bitches is used appropriately to describe female dogs. My example may be shite, though I hope the point is made.

(Nevermind the use of exposure therapy to make certain words/events less impactful on an individual)

Just want to chime in and say I'm actually personally very affable and I do not rant and rave online. I just have no issues with those who do.

Smells to me we're a couple of crying fat kids away from banning people for pulling a Leroy Jenkins.

Exactly. I can tell where I'm not wanted. Enjoy!

Edit: sorry I caught this before your edit to include popular buzzwords like "toxic". Good for you, I'm actually looking for games and experiences that are outside the realm of sanitized things my mother would like.

And I'm sorry about your girlfriend, it was likely my girlfriend giving her so much shit. She's a real sailor when she gets going. And mean too!

“Girl friends” isn’t the same as “girlfriend”, and your mother does not represent all mothers.

It seems aaomidi is recounting personal experience, and from my own experience, when a person earnestly uses “toxic” to describe how other participants behave it is often an apt description.

If you are human, you’re a person with emotions. When a person describes something you might enjoy as toxic, are you able to pause and notice what you’re feeling, and then choose whether or not to act?

I did this before responding to you, in an effort to help others that struggle with this, (I do, in some contexts). If a person still chooses to respond in a dismissive manner, or worse, then perhaps they enjoy being mean to others.

From my experience I've heard the word toxic in common parlance for about eight years and its just part of a common trend for the common mind.

The same minds that gave me shit for plainly stating that light speed wasn't sexist in a 1982 class room, I'm sure.

I prefer the 'toxic avenger' style usage from the past.

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