Again, discussing themes in a game isn't the issue. The issue is that the title was very specifically written that way to catch clicks. Clicks from similar culture warriors and from those who disagree. It's disingenuous and completely unnecessary.

[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 3 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Interesting, by your guidelines, there's quite some limits on expressing oneself to appease people who can easily avoid and skip over a clearly labeled piece of content.

From my perspective, it's as though someone came into a tavern and, fresh ale in hand, overheard a political discussion happening in a corner booth. Perhaps the subject was particularly distasteful to this theoretical tavern goer, and instead of ignoring it or moving to a seat where they can't hear it, they instead march up to said booth and demand these booth talkers cease their discussion immediately, explaining that they come to the tavern to relax, not have these political ideas pop up everywhere they go.

I suspect the people in the booth would be quite bewildered as to why this theoretical person is going to such trouble to involve themselves in ceasing an activity they could so easily avoid.

[–] JakobFel@retrolemmy.com -1 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

That analogy might work if not for the fact that I've attempted to block political discussions from my Lemmy feed through instance blocks, community blocks and word blocks, yet I still see people obnoxiously shoving their political views into everything.

[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 1 points 22 minutes ago* (last edited 15 minutes ago)

I think the analogy holds up beautifully.

The man proceeds to tell the booth talkers that he's taken great pains to avoid seeing or hearing politics in his daily life, such as quickly muting political ads on TV, and request that his neighbors take down their Trump flags and local candidate election signs in their yard. He's taken backroads to avoid seeing a political billboard on the way to work, all in the effort to spare their eyes the misfortune of sliding across disgusting politics. So it's perfectly reasonable that he demand to the booth talkers they cease their discussion immediately, and switch to a topic he approves of, he explains, confident in the knowledge that they will understand the pains he's gone through.

The two people in the booth glance at each other uncomfortably, wondering what terrible fate brought this demanding and oddly entitled man to their booth. Finally, one of them flashes a half-grin and spreads their hands disarmingly "Hey man, I get it that you don't like what we're discussing, but if we give in to your request, wouldn't that mean we'd have to give into any other request you have about topics? What if we were talking about sex amongst ourselves and that too wasn't acceptable since you go to efforts to avoid that topic as well? I don't think we want to live our lives beholden to your feelings on things, that's for us to decide. Have a good day."

[–] RubberElectrons@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago

Then go elsewhere.