My gut feeling is that our society in general and our hobby in particular is in danger of chasing its own tail on this one. Our sensitivities can become too “meta”, in the sense that we can end up censoring ourselves from discussing historical and cultural phenomena and closing down debate in the interests of not challenging anyone’s preconceptions or comfort zones, and I think when that happens we’re actually falling prey to tactics of factions who are against precisely that diversity, liberty, and cultural sensitivity we’d like to champion.
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A notable highlight from 6th January 2019 by Andrew Girdwood is described as "He plans to channel the YouTube community he's build up over Twitch to watch the live campaign. However, the show will be uploaded to YouTube after the session wraps. ". It also was tagged with Critical Role.
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