Are gamers today, as a group, really this homophobic?
As a group, my answer would be "no." But, many gamers can unfortunately be the folks who are socially inept because no one has given a shit to let them know that those words are prejorative and not adjectives. That they are slurs and not jokes.
Fortunately I play on servers that the general population doesn't tolerate that -- aside from Proudmoore (where I have two Horde toons) -- non of the servers I play on mostly -- don't profess to be specifically GLBTQ friendly, but I have found that the realms I spend most of my gaming time, folks don't tolerate any slurs -- no matter for whom they are directed. One of the reasons I stopped playing on RP servers and gave up any hope of RP in WoW and just work the lore in my own way and sometimes with my guildies is that the RP servers do tend to be more "angry." Just my experience and I don't meant to overgeneralize. Like I said, just sharing my experience.
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Date: 2010-10-26 04:32 pm (UTC)As a group, my answer would be "no." But, many gamers can unfortunately be the folks who are socially inept because no one has given a shit to let them know that those words are prejorative and not adjectives. That they are slurs and not jokes.
Fortunately I play on servers that the general population doesn't tolerate that -- aside from Proudmoore (where I have two Horde toons) -- non of the servers I play on mostly -- don't profess to be specifically GLBTQ friendly, but I have found that the realms I spend most of my gaming time, folks don't tolerate any slurs -- no matter for whom they are directed. One of the reasons I stopped playing on RP servers and gave up any hope of RP in WoW and just work the lore in my own way and sometimes with my guildies is that the RP servers do tend to be more "angry." Just my experience and I don't meant to overgeneralize. Like I said, just sharing my experience.