And with that things have gotten into toxic territory, time for a lock.
As ever, AHQ isn't the place for political discussion, though most people in this thread have been trying to keep things civil.
@Topherrrrrrr wrote:+1 on the badge, it's a great way to polarize people and make the community either stop spending money on the game (like I have ever since that BLM badge came out), leave it, or just cause general toxicity. People play games to avoid the politics and have fun, not to make a statement. And saying "stop asian hate" has the same effect as me telling someone "Trump won 2020": It doesn't change anything and only puts them off.
Since when is promoting being a decent human being political? Why does it bother you so much? The only people who would be polarized by something like this is people who hate the message to begin with & most likely don't like that certain group of people. Anyone who doesn't care will simply ignore it & keep playing.
@Lord_Scorpion34
Promoting decency (like saying please / thank you) isn't political, but promoting social movements is. BLM has had a direct impact on social policy (aka "Defund the police"), and the more recent one is more subtle but it affects public outlook towards other parts of the world; in a vacuum it's not a problem and I agree with the message.
As to the second question, why would they promote one argument over the other? Assuming you vote blue; imagine if they made a "Build the wall" badge back in 2017, while removing the BLM and asian hate ones, would that irritate you? There's nothing inherently wrong or political about walls, but the subtext is where the problem comes in.
Since they can't find that balance and aren't inclusive of other view points, it causes that toxicity / loss of revenue / etc that I mentioned in my first post; hence should be kept out of the game. Of course, i'm not on the dev team nor did I work to get it to the point that it is now so whatever they want to do ultimately flies
Magically if you don’t want to put on the badge you don’t have to. And if you do, you can like me.
Neither badge is about politics unless you think politics is about race.
