> Nothing gets stopped by merely refusing to extend some small measure of legitimacy to whatever is deemed "bigoted".
The targets of bigotry being subjected to both the bigotry itself and the additional insult of the community they are participating in legitimizing it is, in fact, stopped by the community not legitimizing it.
As that has long been a central purpose of RPG.net policy on acceptable participation, I think this particular rule is probably doing exactly what is intended.
> These policies and norms do not change minds
Perhaps, but in this case they aren't intended to, so that's not an argument against the policy.
Still don't think it's wise to adopt a burying one's head in the sand approach. It just leaves the participants unprepared when confronting this "bigotry" in the real world, as inevitably they will.
> Still don't think it's wise to adopt a burying one's head in the sand approach.
No one is suggesting that, so I'm not sure why you are beating that strawman.
> It just leaves the participants unprepared when confronting this "bigotry" in the real world, as inevitably they will.
Just because I'm quite prepared to (and used to) dealing with inclement weather in the “real world” doesn't mean I forego HVAC in my home or places I rent for social gatherings where that weather isn't conducive to the purpose of the gathering.
The targets of bigotry being subjected to both the bigotry itself and the additional insult of the community they are participating in legitimizing it is, in fact, stopped by the community not legitimizing it.
As that has long been a central purpose of RPG.net policy on acceptable participation, I think this particular rule is probably doing exactly what is intended.
> These policies and norms do not change minds
Perhaps, but in this case they aren't intended to, so that's not an argument against the policy.