Post #1935840

2026-05-01 14:07 UTC

> EA including women in a video game, saying "accept it or don't buy the game", and anyone continuing on after that *is absolutely perpetuating a societal ill*. Rather than give a full reply, I’m going to ask you to rephrase this because this is a really confusing line. I don’t know what “continuing on” refers to. The sentence structure suggests EA’s inclusion of women in a game was a societal ill; but I’ll give you time to clarify on that.

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@DomeGuy@lemmy.world 2026-05-01 20:26

I think you need to intentionally misread that sentence to get that interpretation. But, since you asked: >*[Since]* EA *[is]* including women in a video game, *[and responded to complaints by]* saying "accept it or don't buy the game", *[their message is clear]* and anyone continuing on *[with their complaints]* after that is absolutely perpetuating a societal ill. I'm not all that interested in letting you sealion about how it's unfair for me to dismiss somebody's "very real" concerns just because unrepentant sexist bigots are also making sexist attacks. So I'll also quote and annotate my original point: >*[Bigotry is]* either an easily addressed distraction or it's a persistent problem *[that is more urgent than near any other concern]*.

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