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In response to "When it's being said by the same people who use white cis male as a pejorative, I'm pretty confident that I'm not. -- nm" by Scots-IrishStephen

Here's the difference. The mostly white male gamers with their panties in a bunch over being inclusive to women are punching down.

Posted by TWuG Mar 17 '15, 21:14

The people calling for inclusion and being bitchy about the white male gamers decrying inclusion are punching up.

You look like a bully when you punch down. You look like a victim fighting back when you punch up.

White male gamers hold the power right now and game developers cater to them because that's who buys the games. It's a bit of a vicious circle, because game developers would have to make a different type of game in hopes the audience would appear instead of just making games for the audience they already have.

Then you get some of that hoped for audience saying "this is what we'd like to see" and the current audience saying "if you do, you lose us."

The developers that are going to win are the ones who find a way to be inclusive.

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Except no one is freaking out about including women!!!! - Scots-IrishStephen Mar 17, 21:26 1
- Clarification: that's NOT what the vast majority of the pro side is criticizing... - Scots-IrishStephen Mar 17, 21:28

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Here's the difference. The mostly white male gamers with their panties in a bunch over being inclusive to women are punching down.

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