Serious question: Where will it end? Gone with the Wind was taken off of streaming services just recently. It seems like what is ans is not acceptable is a moving target so how will we know when we have cleared all the problematic artifacts of our past and present?https://twitter.com/wizards_magic/status/1270825048241135616 …
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Replying to @Molson_Hart
GONE WITH THE WIND was taken off of one streaming service, which has said it's going to put it back up with a discussion of context but leave the original film intact. Still available to stream everywhere else.pic.twitter.com/dsFek9zukS
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Appreciate the additional info. That said, I think my point that self-censorship continues to expand still stands. It doesn't always make sense to extrapolate out a trend, but...it's been continuing unabated now for a while.
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What you call "self-censorship" I would call "being more thoughtful" since imo you can only be censored by others. Magic: The Gathering reviewing their catalogue to check for racial stereotypes is reasonable self-reflection, not censorship.
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Replying to @tmandel11
Just wait. Soon your views will be non-consensus and then you'll feel differently. Self-reflection as well?https://comicbook.com/irl/news/lego-police-white-house-sets-statement-about-selling/ …
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Replying to @Molson_Hart
Yes, this is self-reflection as well. A business made a business decision on which items to promote. Businesses do this all the time. I see it as akin to a company taking certain ads off the air based on current events. Again, commonplace.
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Replying to @tmandel11
Dartmouth banning AD would be self reflection too right?
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Replying to @Molson_Hart
A better example of business self-reflection would be a beer co pulling an ad campaign showing a crowded bar when the context of a crowded bar has changed because of social distancing. They made a business decision around promotion based on changing environment.
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It's clearly the same thing. The same way MTG was fine with printing allegedly racist cards for multiple decades, Dartmouth was fine with AD branding the occasional consenting pledge. Dartmouth didn't know that was happening? Give me a break. Self-reflection.
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If you want to call out MTG for printing racist cards for years, I'm cool with that. If you want to say their timing is opportunistic, I'm cool with that. That's different than "the mob" censoring them.
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Fwiw, check this out. It fleshes out my thoughts, though apparently not well enough because I've accused of being a bigot, homophobe, and racist as a result of writing it:https://twitter.com/Molson_Hart/status/1270547580993273857 …
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