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> Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act is being actively relitigated by both parties I feel like I am taking crazy pills. We're talking about the crea

> Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act is being actively relitigated by both parties I feel like I am taking crazy pills. We're talking about the creator of a video game banning the confederate flag in-game, we are a long way off from free speech rights in the supposed public square of a private enterprise. In what world can you imagine video game creators not being able to determine what kind of content is acceptable in their own game. I don't feel convinced that this is anything other than aggrieved culture warriors trying to make something mundane into a controversy.

pfraze 6y ago
> I don't feel convinced that this is anything other than aggrieved culture warriors trying to make something mundane into a controversy. I don't wholly disagree, my point is that the culture war is hot right now over this specific topic and that's why it's news-worthy.
lopmotr 6y ago
> In what world can you imagine video game creators not being able to determine what kind of content is acceptable in their own game. You're over-generalizing. If a game explicitly banned players from creating characters that look like black people, would you still make that comment? I'm sure you can at least see why others would find that newsworthy.
- root_axis 6y ago
  > If a game explicitly banned players from creating characters that look like black people, would you still make that comment? YES! Without a shadow of a doubt I would. In the most extreme case I might say "Wow, very disappointing, I won't be purchasing any more titles from that publisher" and that'd be the end of it, I certainly wouldn't regard it as newsworthy discussion except in a gaming forum. I'd also add that for the vast majority of gaming history, the vast majority of games do NOT allow you to create black characters, and while I've heard activists decry the lack of inclusion, I've never seen the lack of black characters in a specific video game title presented as a news story.

pfraze 6y ago

> I don't feel convinced that this is anything other than aggrieved culture warriors trying to make something mundane into a controversy. I don't wholly disagree, my point is that the culture war is hot right now over this specific topic and that's why it's news-worthy.

lopmotr 6y ago

> In what world can you imagine video game creators not being able to determine what kind of content is acceptable in their own game. You're over-generalizing. If a game explicitly banned players from creating characters that look like black people, would you still make that comment? I'm sure you can at least see why others would find that newsworthy.

root_axis 6y ago
> If a game explicitly banned players from creating characters that look like black people, would you still make that comment? YES! Without a shadow of a doubt I would. In the most extreme case I might say "Wow, very disappointing, I won't be purchasing any more titles from that publisher" and that'd be the end of it, I certainly wouldn't regard it as newsworthy discussion except in a gaming forum. I'd also add that for the vast majority of gaming history, the vast majority of games do NOT allow you to create black characters, and while I've heard activists decry the lack of inclusion, I've never seen the lack of black characters in a specific video game title presented as a news story.