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Overreach is always a possibility, and its one we must both be vigilant to prevent and fight where we see it. Removing 'gross-out' porn containing scat and vomit is overreach.

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Deplatforming is sometimes ok, and its ok that web platforms don't owe users a platforms. But I don't agree with state censorship. Germany has some good laws, their ban on nazi media is awesome, and it has unfortunately lead to the banning of games where you kill 100000000 nazis. We begin to touch on broader topics here like the perception of games in popular culture, and who has the monopoly on violence. It seems unfortunately obvious that a state wouldn't consider propeganda celebrating the violence it monopolises as 'glorification'.

I am not a pacifist, and think glorification of violence is ok in some contexts. glorification of sex too. sex ftw

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There are many people who are defending obvious cases like a girl marrying her rapist, with slippery slopes and catastrophising. They see it as "throwing acceptable targets under the bus".

However, I do not see people who produce and consume games in the obvious case category as a group who would have solidarity me if. I mean I SEE them, I can lurk their forums and discords and pick up on this sentiment. In certain filter bubbles, the idea that this hurts queer games at all is not even discussed. These are not the kind of people who would speak for me if only alas.

I can certainly imagine situations where these rules are used for overreach. But "they banned the bible lol also, btw you need to have solidarity with women raper simulator 9000" sounds stupid to me. No thank's.