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1. of nothing (apropos@freespeechextremist.com)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Apr-2023 08:38:33 JST of nothing

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   @olmitch @coolboymew @Moon @noyoushutthefuckupdad more likely that she did think of mixed-race people, but associated all discussion of them with racism. Take Obama: to everyone on the left, he's just black. It's only right-wing people who took note of his white mother. It's only right-wing people who express irritation when the Obamas or Kapernicks or the Malcolm Xes actively despise their white admixture.
   
   Also, although in the old days you could just say that a half-elf has both elf and human ancestry and who cares more about it, progressive D&D has to apply the same "Obama is just a black guy" logic, and it gets tricky:
   >a half-elf is just a human
   because elves are white?
   >a half-orc is just an orc
   because orcs are black?
   ... then what are humans?
   >drow parent and white human parent -> drow?
   >drow parent and black human parent -> human?
   
   They can't just say "here's my exact parentage. Let's play the game. Maybe you'll notice that I didn't get the elf genes of lewdness, maybe you'll notice that I got an orc gene for aggression. This is all just some fun observations."
   They have to say "wait wait we need to establish my exact placement on the progressive stack. Who can I cancel and who can cancel me? Also it's racist to take note of my genes in any way."
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