Things you will always defend.

[Silvanus]

The right to my opinion i guess ? Because i tend to saythings like " i feel uncomfortable around homosexuals "( among other things ) and people read that to mean i am homophobic . But i'm not . I have no problems with gay people , in fact , gay men are some of the nicest people i ever met ( no so much lesbians but whatever ) , but they make me real uncomfortable. Seeing two men together makes me cringe . That being said , homosexuals are people too , and they can do whatever they like, where evere they like , when ever they like . It's my burden to bare not theirs .

I'm glad you posted this, because it's quite an important point. You're precisely right; that you recognise that it's your burden is the only really important part. My old roommate from uni admitted that at first, he found it a little uncomfortable being roommates with me (we had moved into the same room on purpose, wanted to share with eachother)-- but said that it took about a week of exposure to get over it. After that, he said it felt utterly normal to him, and I know he was being truthful; because we were housemates for two more years, and I got to know him very well.

And his initial feeling of aversion didn't make him a homophobe; the fact that he recognised it was his problem, and worked to overcome it, make him precisely the opposite.




Anyway, OT: Video games as art, comic-books as art, and the validity and scope of the scientific method for almost everything (if not everything).

 

[shrekfan246]

Sport games

NCAA Football was always a lot of fun. I liked breaking the games by making quarterbacks who could outrun every other player on the field and then optioning my way up for 80 yard touchdowns.

Annnnnnd as a simple observation, how come nobody thinks of Homophobia as a y'know, genuine phobia? Like people have Arachnophobia and such and they can't help feeling deathly afraid of spiders even if they KNOW said spider can't hurt them. Nope just offhandedly dismiss people with "oh it's 2013, stop being such a homophobe lol"

I know Relish already hit this point, but I'm just going to iterate that while I have arachnophobia, I don't actively hate spiders and try to infringe their rights as arachnids in my home. Sure, if I get a creepy crawly one hanging out in my personal space I'll give it a good whack, but that goes for any insect or arachnid, as it would stand for most people regardless of their sexuality.

EDIT: To clarify a little, 'homophobia' as a normal phobia, I'm basically fine with. I don't care if someone just feels uncomfortable seeing two men kissing or something. But that's not generally how 'homophobia' as a word is used.

OT: Reboots and spinoffs.

I can't tell you how many times I saw people hating DmC and Metal Gear Rising because of "how different" they were from previous games in their overarching franchises. Spinoffs in particular get an undeserved bad wrap. If it weren't for spinoffs, Persona would never have existed. Devil May Cry wouldn't exist, because it was originally going to be a spinoff of Resident Evil. And then people do things like lump Shadow the Hedgehog into the greater Sonic franchise as an example of why the games suck. Oh, that brings me to another one.

Sonic the Hedgehog.

Especially around here he seems to be a very popular punching bag, even though the last two (or three, depending on your point of view) 3D games have been pretty darn good.

And World of Warcraft, which is constantly decried by people who stopped playing years ago or people who never played it in the first place and just hate it because of its reputation. You know, mostly just games in general, to be honest. Even here, on a gaming website, I feel endlessly outnumbered by the sheer volume of negativity being constantly thrown at video games.

 

[cojo965]

Well here are some words to live by in this thread:

"I may not agree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it": Shin-Goji.

That said, FUCK YOU REPO! HATERS! THAT MOVIE'S GREAT AND IF YOU DON'T THINK SO YOU CAN FUCK OFF BACK TO YOUR TWILIGHT!

 

[Esotera]

Myself? Selfish as hell but I really can't think of anything that I will defend to my dying breath (especially as I'm open to the chance my viewpoint is completely wrong).

Towers in Dota maybe?

 

[BeerTent]

For me, it's equality. You're Human? You deserve the same rights as any other Human around. Though, bein' human isn't as great as bein' a Tent... We have more rights. You should be a Tent like me, yanno?

Seriously though, call me liberal, but everyone deserves an equal chance. Shouldn't matter if they like screamo, like kissing the same gender, or what color they are. It's positively fucked how people can single a group of people out and cast them out and strip their rights. It's even more fucked when I catch myself doing it.

 

[Hades]

Gay rights, animal rights(especially dogs!) and both a strong social safety nett and decent healtcare and lastly (the dutch) monarchy. Also the importance, or at least vallue of learning history. Mostly because its a big passion of mine.

Gaming related: Gaming itself when the inbred media morons start blaming it for the next shooting, jrpg's and kid icarus uprising

 

[JoJo]

On a serious note, freedom of expression and freedom to do, well anything really, as long as you aren't harming another sapient being. I really dislike authority figures telling me what to do and so I'd be a hypocrite to advocate enforcing anything more than minimal controls on people.

On a less serious note... the British monarchy, I've always loved the history and traditions of Kings and Queens and I genuinely believe that a monarchy is the best choice for a ceremonial head of state. For Queen and Country I'll defend Her Majesty tirelessly!

 

[TotalerKrieger]

1. Social Equality
2. Universal Healthcare (ie. single payer system)
3. Universal Education(including Post-Secondary)
4. Civilian ownership of firearms
5. Science
6. Video games as a legitimate entertainment medium

 

[A_Parked_Car]

-Human rights (especially equality)
-The value of post-secondary education beyond the idea of 'university as job training'
-My various conclusions in my area of study (military history)
-The adequate funding of public healthcare, education and post-secondary education systems (I'm Canadian)
-Defending gaming (or anything really) when it is wrongfully attacked by the ignorant

 

[Terminate421]

Two key things in gaming I will always defend:

Pokemon for it's originality, fun, simplicity, skill, and additions.

Halo for it's originality, fun, simplicity, skill, and additions.

Both titles are always hammered for certain aspects that piss me off. Pokemon is "bad because I hate this design" or "Pokemon died at this generation" and I fucking hate hearing that. It's people who dismiss something without even bothering to try it that piss me off. Then there is Halo which gets flak for updating it's original formula and somehow being a "Grey, brown, gritty, generic shooter" at which case I say to that person, "Fuck you, are you colorblind or something? the Halo franchise remains one of the most colorful shooters to date, not to mention it stands proud and tall as something far more different than anything on the market to this day.

In my life:

God existing
Sonic 2006 is a bad game
Animal rights
Human rights
Gun laws need not existing

 

[Hagi]

I'd like to think I'm rational enough not to defend something regardless of context and the situation.

But there's probably several issues I'd still kneejerk on and defend no matter what.

Stuff like game violence not causing real violence, human rights applying to everyone even if they're part of a minority, social policies such as universal healthcare and education as well as unemployement grants (or whatever they're called, getting money from the government if you're down on your luck).

 

[EvanJO]

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances."

 

[Phasmal]

-Equal Rights
-A person's right to do what they want with their body
-Ladygeeks rights to express themselves and exist in the wider community without people being all... how they get.
-Adorable kittens. This may extend to all adorableness.
-People being allowed to like childish things & things outside their gender roles.
-Teen parents. I know a lot of them, and I've been treated like one and they get judged way too harshly.

Lots of things are close to my heart, really. I'm a big bleeding heart.

 

[gmaverick019_v1legacy]

For me, it's equality. You're Human? You deserve the same rights as any other Human around. Though, bein' human isn't as great as bein' a Tent... We have more rights. You should be a Tent like me, yanno?

Seriously though, call me liberal, but everyone deserves an equal chance. Shouldn't matter if they like screamo, like kissing the same gender, or what color they are. It's positively fucked how people can single a group of people out and cast them out and strip their rights. It's even more fucked when I catch myself doing it.

mostly this. there are too many damn shades of grey elsewhere that it is hard for me to define what i would truly always defend, besides the above statement.

oh and let me see if i can find this picture that i like....

an over exaggeration to be sure, but i still think it applies, i can't tell you how much parts of school i absolutely loathed because of shit like this. I really hate our education system right now and how it's setup.

 

[Hyper-space]

A great steak. Hell, I would even defend a mediocre steak.

Just as long as its steak. Steak. Steak. Steek.

 

[Pinkamena]

My virginity. It's safe with me.

 

[Darken12]

Equality, feminism, LGBT+ rights, media representation of marginalised groups, social activism in general, environmentalism, separation of religion and absolutely everything else in the world (sort of like quarantine), the neutrality of science, science in schools, the principle of autonomy (and anti-paternalism), rape and consent education, sex ed (as well as equality ed, if such a thing was possible), sex positivism, sex negativism, sex neutralism, freedom of [x], free healthcare, socialist policies and a myriad other minor subjects.

 

[Scarim Coral]

Derpy Hooves is NOT suppose to be an offensive character to the special people nor people with lazy eyes!!!
Yesh, haven't those people ever heard of the concept of a clumpsy character used in media or did they find clumpsy characters offensive too?

 

[gmaverick019_v1legacy]

sex positivism, sex negativism, sex neutralism

curious, what are those specifically? a quick google search on one of them didn't come up with anything conclusive so i figured i'd just ask the source.