Jim Davis Article

[Estel2931]

I don't get out to my LGS very often because of my job, but there was an instance where I was pretty upset; it involved a cocky player(male) and a female player who had just started playing a few weeks back. The female player had a bunch of great standard(standard FnM) cards, but didn't really know how to play the game. The guy would "help" her out which seemingly made the game go faster. All the while he was snickering about the whole incident.

I mean the guy would've won anyways (experience and deck construction), but seriously, why would you take advantage of the situation, knowing you would probably win. I'm hoping that experience didn't chase that lady away...I'm not sure she caught onto what was going on at the time. I know a judge talked with him later about it, but I'm not sure anything was done about it.

Just saddens me that people have to do that, regardless of the gender.

[MuggyWuggy]

Yeah

In tournaments some people just want to beat their opponent & if the person is new to the game, many try to manipulate the game in their favor.

I mean $25 bro

[LinkCelestrial]

My LGS has two female employes. They are badassess in their own rights. One of them is hardcore into magic and I've discussed countless combos and decks and overall had a great time. She's a great person that loves her job. 

The other isn't as into magic (they're more into LARP I think). My dad and uncle have both had negative experiences with her not being helpful with the buy list and some other stuff. I've had 0 issues. You're supposed to check the buy list online before going in. It even says on the website that if it's busy they won't help people that haven't checked the buy list (as it can take a helluvalot of time). She's been really nice to my mom and me so again, I have zero issues.

Mostly due to this my LGS has no problems with female players. My mother and her friend, both noob females, had an absolute blast at M15 and Khans prerelease.

All this to say I haven't seen any sexism.

But let's talk about sexism. The root of the problem is that people are put into categories and then people consider those not in their category as beneath them. The whole problem stems from thinking of somebody as different than you and then snowballing into placing yourself above them.

So how do you fix it? Well if you listen to SJW you shove your opinion up the ass of everyone then beat them to death with it. One of the worst things I ever read in my life was,

"Friendly reminder that it's okay for LGBTQ people to vent and stereotype about straight/cis people."

No. No it's not okay. It's okay to call the .rearexit. out and say "hey you're being an .rearexit. don't be like that." But it is not okay to stereotype. In the name of equality there are so many SJWs stereotyping and discarding people. The exact thing they're pretending to fight for, equality, is being ignored by them.

"But straight/cis/white males are privileged and LGBTQ/females/people of colour are oppressed so it's okay to..."

Stop. Why are those groups oppressed? Because they've been stereotyped and discriminated against. If your "solution" is to start doing the same to them, what will you accomplish? Nothing.

My dad once told me that the world is a constant pendulum. With good in the middle and bad on both sides. It never settles where it should, just moves back and forth between extremes. Example, feminism.

Back in the day there was a lot of BS happening. Women couldn't vote, job restrictions, gender roles. There's still some of that going on. But the pendulum has swung to this breed of feminatzi extremists that .poo. on everything. I strongly agree with true feminism. But this extremist bullshit isn't helping anyone.

I have come so close to deleting tumblr so many times because of SJW shitposts.

Enough of me bitching. The solution.

In a perfect world, there would be no segregation. No categories. You'd see a person and you'd think "oh look a person" not "look at that white boy" or whatever.

This isn't going to happen. True equality could exist only if nobody was different.

Besides that point, people /are/ different. And it's a beautiful thing. Wether you believe we were created or evolved there are differences between men and women for a reason. There are facts involved. But those do not justify anything.

Being an .rearexit. is being an .rearexit.. There is no justification.

So the solution? Do not think of other's as different from you. Unless you're celebrating those differences or it matters factually (ie medically blah blah.)

It's really simple, people are different. That is a good thing (can't stress that enough). Be happy about that. Nothing else. Don't treat them differently.

(Sidenote: As a "Christian" I think the Tower of Babel is where most of this stems from. Interesting to think about.)

[Kyrosis]

*tears up* ^^ this is beautiful and i appreciate you and this post

[Kaylesh]

I'm not going to quote the whole text. But Link, you're right on it. Lets celebrate our differences instead of judging each other.

(Even though I have another opinion on where it comes from, which is a discussion for another time and sub forum)

[Deebiia]

Link, I agree with much of what I read. I always say to people that "wish" for world peace, "There never will be world peace because I like the color purple and my mother doesn't." Disagreements cause a ton of tension and people having different thoughts and morals is what makes people either like them or dislike them. I agree with supporting true feminism or anything else that is pure in its morals with just making sense. Extremist BS of any kind just blows me away and I can never understand a person that follows that extremist thought process.

All in all, people are different and that's okay. You like turquoise, I don't. That's okay. I'm impulsive and you're cautious. Ya know what? That is okay. Live with the differences and move on man. Life is too short to debate wether Pluto should still be a planet for hours.

[Kaylesh]

Link, I agree with much of what I read. I always say to people that "wish" for world peace, "There never will be world peace because I like the color purple and my mother doesn't." Disagreements cause a ton of tension and people having different thoughts and morals is what makes people either like them or dislike them. I agree with supporting true feminism or anything else that is pure in its morals with just making sense. Extremist BS of any kind just blows me away and I can never understand a person that follows that extremist thought process.

All in all, people are different and that's okay. You like turquoise, I don't. That's okay. I'm impulsive and you're cautious. Ya know what? That is okay. Live with the differences and move on man. Life is too short to debate wether Pluto should still be a planet for hours.

Well, Pluto really isn't due to scientific definition
On the topic of world peace being threatened by differences in opinion however: I like to think that one day people can live in peace with each other despite these differences.

However, I'll not derail the topic too much. Something with respect.