I actually know this connection from viewing comments on other sites. Check comments on something like wccftech and there’s a large cohort of folks always ready to blame “DEI” for everything wrong with gaming today. They seem to believe that the “woke hive mind” infiltrated the highest ranks of both gaming publishers and investment banks in order to speak the “woke virus”.
I wish I was making this up. It’s as dumb as it is toxic.
I don’t know if they believe it, and it’s not just gaming. I see it under any story about something bad happening. Some troll instantly says “DEI” because it’s the current buzzword, and it gets a reaction.
The problem is that is goes into the “sphere”. Click on one video and it feeds into many others.
I used to think it was a smaller section and then my streamer friends complain about “woke”. The thing that always gets me is when someone says: “I don’t mind a minority character as long as it makes sense for them to be there”. Oh right, minorities should explain our existence shall we? I would like to think that they mean when social commentary feels shoehorned or there’s corporate pandering (which I think we can have discussions about) … however, we don’t need to suffer from woke-paranoia just because someone doesn’t fit the mould. I remember the Star Trek Beyond “controversy” and when the scene happened I didn’t even register it because it was so forgettable to me.
I’ve been in arguments with friends about how “how many genders we have …” and I have to be like, there’s so few actual trans people and trans issues that are “in your face” to get as worked up as you guys are …
Im somewhat perplexed whats is the connection between the article and your comment.
I actually know this connection from viewing comments on other sites. Check comments on something like wccftech and there’s a large cohort of folks always ready to blame “DEI” for everything wrong with gaming today. They seem to believe that the “woke hive mind” infiltrated the highest ranks of both gaming publishers and investment banks in order to speak the “woke virus”.
I wish I was making this up. It’s as dumb as it is toxic.
I don’t know if they believe it, and it’s not just gaming. I see it under any story about something bad happening. Some troll instantly says “DEI” because it’s the current buzzword, and it gets a reaction.
The problem is that is goes into the “sphere”. Click on one video and it feeds into many others.
I used to think it was a smaller section and then my streamer friends complain about “woke”. The thing that always gets me is when someone says: “I don’t mind a minority character as long as it makes sense for them to be there”. Oh right, minorities should explain our existence shall we? I would like to think that they mean when social commentary feels shoehorned or there’s corporate pandering (which I think we can have discussions about) … however, we don’t need to suffer from woke-paranoia just because someone doesn’t fit the mould. I remember the Star Trek Beyond “controversy” and when the scene happened I didn’t even register it because it was so forgettable to me.
I’ve been in arguments with friends about how “how many genders we have …” and I have to be like, there’s so few actual trans people and trans issues that are “in your face” to get as worked up as you guys are …
Sorry I went on a deeper rant than I should have.