McCain Bashing D&D players

[ardantheblack]

ok, so this isn't exactly discussing game issues, but i feel this discussion needs to be made. McCain launches an attack on a specific group of people without a real connection being made, and i'm wondering if anyone can shine some light on this. Leave a comment

Comments

[waiwode]

Your title is false, your information is incorrect and either purposefully misleading or indicative of poor reading comprehension.

It wasn't McCain who wrote it. It's a political blogger, Michael Goldfarb.

I mean, have you ever read Michael Goldfarb?

His tongue-in-cheek apology is hilarious.

"If my comments caused any harm or hurt to the hard working Americans who play Dungeons & Dragons, I apologize. This campaign is committed to increasing the strength, constitution, dexterity, intelligence, wisdom, and charisma scores of every American. "
--Michael Goldfarb

Doug.

[ardantheblack]

no, i hadn't, however it was presented as mccain's statement, notice the "quotations that appear to simulate a statement by john mccain" so i was posting it as i read it, and as i am not one who reads michael goldfarb, i didn't see any other statements made by him. thanks for shining some light on the situation as i had asked.

[ardantheblack]

oh, and secondly, even if the man himself didn't blame the pro-obama dungeons and dragons crowd, his campaign did. anything said by his campaign is a a statement from him. because he appointed those people and therefore responsibility for their statements rests on him

[balamuthia]

Exactly.

[balamuthia]

"and i'm wondering if anyone can shine some light on this."

And shed some light you did, though not without being a superior snot.

Way to go.

[waiwode]

Five hundred threads in forum-land about how McCain showed up at GenCon and slapped the taste out of every gamer's mouth ... and I'm being a snot? Sure, I'll accept the mantle.

Doug.

[balamuthia]

*shrug*

I'll admit to not trolling the intarweb forums for news (with pleasure), but yeah- you have the self-righteous thing down.

[waiwode]

*Counter-shrug.*

I guess it had to come in handy some day.

Doug.

[maglaurus]

All the same, I would argue that "hard working Americans" is a euphemism for "the good folk who keep their heads down, don't back-talk or question authority, and would never dream of forming a labor union." So, in the mind of Michael Goldfarb, you can play D&D as long as it distracts you from the hijacking of political power by corporate entities, the disappearance of the middle-class, and the strangulation of equal social rights.

[balamuthia]

*high five*