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Starfields is one of the biggest games of 2023 – but it’s joined other recent games like Baldurs Gate 3 in being boycotted by conservatives because of the way it interacts with gender.

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[-] hotdaniel@lemmy.zip 17 points 9 months ago

I don't know if anyone knows this, but the Steam forum moderators are pretty far right as well. I'm currently banned for mentioning Nexus mods, in a 100 page thread about the site itself. The conservative attacking pronouns and free speech, are not banned. You can find plenty of threads with conservative alt-right talking points about pronouns and anti-transgenderism, including insulting and degrading behavior. These threads stay up. Meanwhile, myself and others who defend trans activism, are banned. I appealed the ban, and get no replies from any moderator over multiple days. It's fucking disgusting how the site is being moderated. I'll post the ban reason and what I said, below:

"Nexus only bans mods made for bigots They don't want to support any content that promotes bigotry and allows people to pretend certain marginalized groups don't exist. Trans people are part of the game, and anyone trying to erase them is acting on bigotry. You are perfectly free to mod the game yourself or get the mod elsewhere. You just can't get it from nexus mods."

Ban Reason: This post contains material that promotes software piracy. cheats, or exploits. This type of content is not allowed on the Steam Community.

[-] uglyduckling81@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago

Fortunately you've got this left wing echo chamber to vent in for solidarity.

I'm with you comrade 🫡

[-] hotdaniel@lemmy.zip 8 points 9 months ago

Thanks, mate. I'm still pissed. Can't do anything but, like, fuck them and fuck the system. Stupid conservatives arguing their free speech is so absolute they should be able to take over Nexus mods and FORCE them to publish the bigot mods. They hit me with the "I may disagree with what you say, but at least I'd defend to the death, your right to say it," then cheered when I was banned. They're so fucking thickheaded.

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