Ladybird
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Personally I don't think it's an outsider or censor thing because MacLennan et al are (Or at least were at the time) gamers too. But so many people at the time wanted to be like Maddox, without wanting to learn how to be funny, understand why what he did worked, or do the work that he did to find their own voice; instead, we ended up with a drearily long period of people all doing the same "caps lock as cruise control for comedy" schtick.My position, then as now, is that the knives that MacLennan, Sartin and their brainless acolytes were sharpening have been aimed at all of us. From Egbert to Dark Dungeons to Mazes and Monsters to Patricia Pulling to the Secret Service raid and forward, outsiders have wanted to serve us out in the same way. We have no business being censors ourselves.
As regards criticising of gaming content, I think it's a perfectly fine activity. I see no reason why anything should get a free pass, or why we should hold back just because outside influences went for us in the past. But there's nothing magical about criticism either, if someone doesn't like something that you like then oh well, no biggie, that hasn't taken anything away from you, and criticizing something is not the same as censoring something.
And as for having arguments based on differences of opinion, well, that's kinda what forums are for