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    Holden Shearer‏ @HoldenShearer 26 Apr 2020

    I see the new D&D fans are having their first brush-up against the 30+ year old WELL-KNOWN history of orcs as deeply problematic racist stand-ins, and it's not going well.

    7:16 AM - 26 Apr 2020
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      2. Holden Shearer‏ @HoldenShearer 26 Apr 2020

        New folks: Nobody is going to take your orcs away. Shit, I play them when I get the chance. Being green and shouty is fun. But you know how you love D&D being all progressive and inclusive? Part of that is insisting they do better when they fall short.

        28 replies 103 retweets 954 likes
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      3. Holden Shearer‏ @HoldenShearer 26 Apr 2020

        They're not going to delete your half-orc rogue because someone called them out on the internet. Fucking relax.

        5 replies 32 retweets 547 likes
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      4. Holden Shearer‏ @HoldenShearer 26 Apr 2020

        Also, if you think this is bad, you should see the ur-alignment argument, "Can a Lawful Good paladin kill a baby orc without losing his paladin status?"

        9 replies 23 retweets 530 likes
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      5. Holden Shearer‏ @HoldenShearer 26 Apr 2020

        Holden Shearer Retweeted Freyja Katra, Girl IRL Cat URL

        (Here's the creator of D&D tossing in his two cents, by the way. Since we're ripping off the band-aid today, yes, Gary Gygax was a horrifying arch-conservative and massive racist. This is from three years before his death.)https://twitter.com/FreyjaErlings/status/1180544774723571712 …

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        Freyja Katra, Girl IRL Cat URL @FreyjaErlings
        [CW; slurs, genocide] Gary Gygax quoting this guy as being Lawful Good really should end all alignment arguments permanently pic.twitter.com/juso6tHLPK
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      6. Holden Shearer‏ @HoldenShearer 26 Apr 2020

        (And yes, you are still allowed to play and enjoy D&D in spite of that. But the HISTORY IS THERE AND IT INFORMS THE PRODUCT'S LEGACY AND CONTEXT.)

        6 replies 35 retweets 613 likes
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      7. Holden Shearer‏ @HoldenShearer 26 Apr 2020

        muting this thread now, be aware that "ackshually by pointing out this trope's racist roots and history you are the TRUE racist" is not the good look you might think it is. Mebbe learn a thing instead:https://jamesmendezhodes.com/blog/2019/1/13/orcs-britons-and-the-martial-race-myth-part-i-a-species-built-for-racial-terror …

        8 replies 46 retweets 529 likes
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      8. Holden Shearer‏ @HoldenShearer 26 Apr 2020

        p.s. since this is spreading around, if you think all that above is wild, wait til you hear about how still-current D&D head honcho Mike Mearls doxxed a bunch of people who came to him for help to the serial rapist stalking them just a few years back.

        8 replies 44 retweets 460 likes
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      2. C Stratton‏ @WicketStratton 26 Apr 2020
        Replying to @HoldenShearer

        We need a process for gently talking them through this so we don't have to reinvent the the wheel when we have the same conversations about Klingons and Romulans.

        3 replies 4 retweets 110 likes
      3. Need Change‏ @PantherAlyxx 26 Apr 2020
        Replying to @WicketStratton @HoldenShearer

        Ferengi ....

        2 replies 1 retweet 80 likes
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      2. Social Sci-Fi‏ @social_scifi 26 Apr 2020
        Replying to @HoldenShearer

        ...I guess I should delay the "why Dwarfs love gold" explanation session....

        6 replies 5 retweets 338 likes
      3. Holden Shearer‏ @HoldenShearer 26 Apr 2020
        Replying to @social_scifi

        (Interviewer, tossing softball question) Some have speculated your dwarves are intended as symbolic Jews. (Tolkien, oblivious) well obviously I mean look I made their names and language as Semitic as I could (Interviewer) ..........

        4 replies 8 retweets 248 likes
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