In which we blink...

[jesshartley]

What the hell?

When did gaming become a Republican political insult?

http://www.johnmccain.com/McCainReport/Read.aspx?guid=181471d0-5456-4434-9f78-2f30ffc39459

I try to avoid mixing my political views and my career, but seriously people... WTF?

The money shot is here: "It may be typical of the pro-Obama Dungeons & Dragons crowd to disparage a fellow countryman's memory of war from the comfort of mom's basement, but most Americans have the humility and gratitude to respect and learn from the memories of men who suffered on behalf of others."

Comments

[naebler.livejournal.com]

When did being a republican become an insult? It all goes in cycles, much like Connery's statement in the Untouchables. It is a cold war of insults and both sides use each other.

I am a Republican Gamer. I believe in Equal rights, but I believe in State Rights over those of the federal government. Yes I am a contradiction.

[jesshartley.livejournal.com]

I didn't use the term as an insult. I have friends on many sides of the various political fences. I just said that the Republican candidate was using gamer-references as an insult.

As a Republican and a gamer, how do you feel about the use of "Dungeons & Dragons" label here?

[matt-m-mcelroy.livejournal.com]

This doesn't really address the fact that the McCain staffer used D&D as an insult to Obama supporters.

It is a strange stereotype to include in a political post.

[ulaliya.livejournal.com]

Yeah, mostly I agree with the weirdness of including that particular stereotype when it seems like some other stereotype might be more applicable. I wonder if there was actually some tiny grain of truth that prompted the author to write that (aside from perpetuated tidbit of truth the stereotype itself arose from, I mean). Like, were the "liberal bloggers" he's talking about also gamers or something? Otherwise I'm really not entirely sure what he's trying to communicate. Maybe he just thought it sounded clever. Because, you know, Michael is totally one of the cool kids. Way too cool for me to hang out with EVAAAAAAAAAAAR. I can tell.