If the word ‘reeducate’ unironically shows up in your gaming post, just delete the entire post.

Seriously. If at any point in an essay or argument you find yourself saying how players of video games (or any other amusement) need to be ‘reeducated,’ I am afraid that you have pretty much hosed your position, and you should definitely abandon it on the spot.  Don’t throw good money after bad on this one, folks: you won’t be able to salvage whatever you’ve already invested anyway.  Instead, you have to show some moral courage and cut your losses.

Why?  Because when you’re at the point of discussing the best way to make people change their minds on something, whether they want to or not, then you are at least flirting with the idea that people are things.  …That attitude rarely ends well. It certainly won’t end in ‘reeducation.’

Moe Lane

PS: If I was gonna link to the article that spawned this thought, I would have.

5 thoughts on “If the word ‘reeducate’ unironically shows up in your gaming post, just delete the entire post.”

  1. For some reason this makes me think of Serenity- Captain Reynolds speech specifically:

    “…they will circle back around to the idea that they can MAKE people better. And I do not hold with that.”

  2. Gamergate, round 2?
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    I’m done being lectured about what *should* be in a game, book, or comic. Especially from people that don’t play games, don’t read books, and sneer at comics (unless Thor is suddenly a woman. But they won’t buy more than an issue or two. Meanwhile, you’ve pissed off your actual fan base.)

    1. I seem to recall(can’t find link) the CEO of Marvel saying recently they’d be stepping back from their “diversity first” story lines and returning to their more traditional presentation. Good news, if so.

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