This isn't a Vox day thread. I don't want give the man any more free rent here however he he isn't a White Supremacists , he's a Western Christian Civilizationsist and a Nationalist
In his own words
- The Alt Right believes Western civilization is the pinnacle of human achievement and supports its three foundational pillars: Christianity, the European nations, and the Graeco-Roman legacy.
and
- The Alt Right is openly and avowedly nationalist. It supports all nationalisms and the right of all nations to exist, homogeneous and unadulterated by foreign invasion and immigration.
Note all nations, Native American, Western, African (he is a staunch anti colonialist) Asian
Simply, everybody gets to live in their own lands by their own customs without foreigners around including Eurpean people, Asian People, African people, everybody
His own views in race and heredity and egalitarianism are what gets him branded as a White Nationalist by his detractors . If you really care about it go to his blog . I won't post the link though. Its not germane.
Also bestial warlust missed my point. It wasn't about the OSR but about the more narrow subset of the hobby focused on heroic fantasy and yes very Conservative people and reactionaires play such games and tend to like the assciated literature . The .Alt Right and Neo reaction are packed with D&D people Its has jack to do with the hobby itself who writes it or anything else only the taste of those people. They are going to be at the table sometimes
In fact it may shock some peopel to know that both the founders of the hobby Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson were lifelong devout Christians . They didn't put it in the game because when it was made (70's early 80's) it wasn't a thing or necessary .The hobby being politicized like everything else is pretty new , probably around 10 years old or so. If yu aren't comfy with certain views you can always boot the player (I've been booted as bad fit a few times), not allow the player (I've done that with someone with a very unsavory reputation) or pass table rules banning put of context political talk. I've loosely done the later in recent years when things get out of hand too.
Its unfortunate that our little hobby has gotten this way but everything is political now and hopefully level heads will prevail and we can go back to tossing some dice. Now drop and give me a D20