[Stargate] The Elephant in the Room

[David Whitford]

I think I'm gonna withdraw from this topic before I
get in trouble.
 Robert
--- Joe McGrew <oscagne at gmail.com> wrote:

> > How about "authenticity zealot" or "...tyrant" or
> "...dictator"? I
> > think those words capture the gist of it: someone
> who, in their
> > passion to achieve Global Domination... er, I
> mean, uniform
> > authenticity... inflicts their vision on others
> with overbearing and
> > often thoughtless zeal, unaware (or uncaring) of
> the harm they are
> > doing to others and to our society.
> >
> > Besides, I've met some very nice Nazis in WWII
> reenactment groups. :-)
> >
> > Michael
> 
> I don't know if we should shy away from the word, at
> least not in this
> particular conversation.  Y'all are discussing (at
> least partly) what
> other groups have going for them that may be
> draining our new
> recruits.  And "Nazi" is a word that THEY use.
> 
> Specific example: I was grumping about a word
> someone had with me as a
> beginner on my LiveJournal.  A friend who's into
> Dagohir replied that
> I should "forget those garb-Nazis and come play with
> us... we don't
> care what you wear as long as it's not street
> clothes."
> 
> My own anecdotal datum, anyway.
> 
> Gregor MacBeathain
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