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Quoting my colleague: -- begin quote -- I'm not sure how many of you are aware of the political situation in Brazil. Basically, there's a fascist candidate wh

Quoting my colleague: -- begin quote -- I'm not sure how many of you are aware of the political situation in Brazil. Basically, there's a fascist candidate who disseminates hate speech against minorities and is very likely to win the presidential election that is currently in progress. As a result of him winning the first round of the election, we're already seeing many attacks against those minorities as reported here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/11/brazil-election-violence-bolsonaro-haddad https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/11/brazil-electio... And here: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-45829440 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-45829440 Yesterday I saw the news on the following "game" that it's available on the Steam platform: https://store.steampowered.com/app/930460/BOLSOMITO_2K18/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/930460/BOLSOMITO_2K18/ In this "game", one would play as Bolsonaro and attack black people, women, LGBTQs, and left-wing activists. -- end quote --

tracker1 8y ago
So, that's a no, you didn't actually play/review the game itself. Also, is the character making first attacks against others, or vice-versa? I've seen many attempts to shut down TV shows, games, and any number of things from both sides of the political isle. From "God, The Devil and Bob" which was a really funny show, shut down by religious zealots who protested the show without ever seeing it, to this. I cannot access the game's site from work, so I cannot give feedback. And when asked for specific feedback, you spew out a bunch of third party references that aren't even part of the game. In the end, even if the allegations are true, making noise only feeds the beast, so to speak. And all I'm seeing is a bunch of echo-chamber bullshit. I don't care if it's the left trying to shut down anything they disagree with, or the right. It's fucking bullshit to parrot a bunch of crap without any personal critical thought. I may be down-voted to oblivion on this. I am against censorship in general. By shutting down any chance at conversation, there's no way to learn. Pretending shit didn't happen does nothing for preventing it from happening again.

tracker1 8y ago

So, that's a no, you didn't actually play/review the game itself. Also, is the character making first attacks against others, or vice-versa? I've seen many attempts to shut down TV shows, games, and any number of things from both sides of the political isle. From "God, The Devil and Bob" which was a really funny show, shut down by religious zealots who protested the show without ever seeing it, to this. I cannot access the game's site from work, so I cannot give feedback. And when asked for specific feedback, you spew out a bunch of third party references that aren't even part of the game. In the end, even if the allegations are true, making noise only feeds the beast, so to speak. And all I'm seeing is a bunch of echo-chamber bullshit. I don't care if it's the left trying to shut down anything they disagree with, or the right. It's fucking bullshit to parrot a bunch of crap without any personal critical thought. I may be down-voted to oblivion on this. I am against censorship in general. By shutting down any chance at conversation, there's no way to learn. Pretending shit didn't happen does nothing for preventing it from happening again.