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 No.426181

Well, 2 nights ago a member of my D&D group got kicked out after several years of playing with us. Why? Because he thought it was a bad idea to defund the police, and had the nerve to express that. Now, this group started as a couple friends in college, then grew later as we sort of glommed on others from various social groups. I'm sure one of the "geek social fallacies" was at work in full force here. But things worked out for a while. Yeah we knew some people disagreed politically, but we lived with it. Until things with trump got worse and worse and suddenly that guy became That Guy and before long I'm getting dragged into a separate Facebook group where everyone has decided to kick him out. Now there were other reasons including in-game behavior so maybe this was just the straw that broke the camel's back. Either way, the guy was a bit upset but composed when he was confronted in a group chat about this and then was promptly given the boot. They brought his gaming possessions to his apartment and left them there. Then he was banned from everything.

I talked to him later and explained why revealing your power level is a bad idea. I think he understood, but it's too late now.

Now for my first question: am I as justified in being angry over this as I am? I feel this sort of pit in me, that our long-time group lost a member over this. Things are getting worse. I'll hang out with literal left-wing commie ACAB weirdos and enjoy talking to them. Do I think their opinions are retarded? Yeah, but as long as they aren't "GTFO of my house" they are sometimes fun to engage with. Or at least listen to. I think it's stupid to throw someone over politics. But perhaps I am too tolerant.

And for my second question: should I retaliate, or leave as well? I run our current campaign which is quite high level. I have plans for the ending to be potentially quite deadly. I could make it so, and it would not be a "bad" ending necessarily. Then if I wanted to I could simply pack my things and leave and never come back. The kicked player is interested in OSR. I am also interested in OSR. We could form an OSR group together. I like the others but their intolerance (maybe of intolerance itself, but still) disturbs me.

Perhaps I am falling for another "geek social fallacy" of friendship comes above all else. I don't know. I'm sorry for this somewhat off-topic thread. But I need to let this out and I don't know where else to do it.I can elaborate further but I think I've typed enough for now.

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 No.426183

>>426181

> got kicked out

Passive voice.

I'm going to assume a giant leg appeared out of thin air and kicked him out, then dissolved into thin air again. That's how it happened, right korrekt?

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 No.426184

>>426183

No. The others kicked him out. Their minds were made up. I could have fought it but I'd have been kicked too for no real benefit.

I'm annoyed by this treatment (he is ok with it because he is realizing they didn't like him anyway and it was for the best) but I am annoyed they are destroying the continuity of my campaign. So I want ideas for how to respond. Especially whether I should let this guy keep declaring background actions for his character as he manipulates people against the party.

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 No.426186

>>426184

>I could have fought it but I'd have been kicked too for no real benefit.

If your own position in the group is really that shaky then it's probably best to wrap up the campaign and leave. This bullshit drama already sounds like it's cutting into your enjoyment of the game. Honestly, if this group's salvageable then stay, but if you genuinely would rather go do OSR then do it. Even if it's unjustified or you're being too good of a friend it's better to play the game you actually want to play.

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 No.426187

>>426186

Well the other player's position in the group was shaky already. One of the group recently came out to everyone except the kicked player because that player has been slightly-less-than-100% accepting in the past of such things.Whereas if I shared the same opinion... would I get the same treatment? If I argued against defunding the police? Or whatever? Would I be next? I think they like me more. But this hysteria knows few bounds.

It cuts into my enjoyment of the game only when it is brought up, hence why we had the rule not to discuss it. We were all friends but they let this shit get in front of that.

Is the group salvageable? I'd rather play OSR but I don't mind running nuD&D for them. I enjoy it. I will keep playing with them for now. Revenge seems childish but I don't know how to pack away my resentment at what happened.

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 No.426193

this kind of thing is why I only play with people who deny the holocaust tbh

>>426187

the resentment will not go away and it will color your enjoyment of gaming with this group forever, they are shitty people who would never show you the consideration you show them.

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 No.426194

>>426193

Yeah I am considering adopting that motto. Thing is, I'll play with anyone. Commies, fascists, cuckservatives, lolbertarians, I don't care. I only care that (1) politics does not come up, or (2) if politics does come up, it sticks to relatively well-tempered debate and doesn't drag down the game. This shit is just disgusting to me and not just because they disagree with me. I find it disgusting that they cannot leave it out of the game.

Maybe I should power-wipe them with the final encounter and leave. Feels sad to lose all these years though.

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