Journal of Other Forum Analysis (Volume II, Issue 1)

[Eric Cartman]

(the See Here link just links to the original list of sins for the initial quarantine, while conveniently avoiding mention of the Harm in the thread itself... no elaboration why having a Switch 2 version of a game gives it a special temporary transphobia pass in linked explainer, of course)

Oh, I think its worth posting the rationale for a sitewide pseudo-ban in perpetuity (and the permaban of some poor cunt who wanted to make the OT becasue he was super hyped for it 💯)

• On August 20th 2018, the official Cyberpunk 2077 made a "Did you just assume their gender?!" tweet in response to another twitter user. This joke is transphobic in that it stereotypes transgender people as constantly being outraged. This stereotype is used to downplay real and valid concerns that transgender people have, and is considered extremely offensive. In response, the official account made an extremely generic apology. There was no acknowledgement of why the issue was offensive, acknowledgement of the groups that had been offended, or reassurance that this would not happen again.
  
• On October 22nd, GOG.COM a subsidiary of CD Projket, used the #WontBeErased hashtag that was trending on Twitter, and made joke of it in order to advertise their own platform. This hashtag was in response to the Trump administration trying to redefine gender and erase the legal existence of transgender folks. While GOG did fire the person in question, said person later went on to join an alt-right website. You can read more about this incident here.
  
• Cyberpunk 2077 itself is a dystopian first person RPG, which means there are advertisements within the game itself. One of the most controversial aspects of the game exists around the in-universe advertisement for a drink called Chromanticore. This advertisement depicts an offensive, fetishized woman, with glowing male genitalia in full view. To say there are multiple things wrong with this an understatement, but the biggest issue is that it makes a mockery of transgender folks, by portraying them as a spectacle, rather than as human beings.
  
• Chromanticore has also been the source of controversy even outside of the game. In the official cosplay contest hosted by CDPR, one of the finalists was the highly fetishized woman from the advertisement, portrayed by a cisgender woman. Once again, this makes a mockery of transgender folks, and their fight to be respected as human beings. To make this scenario worse, the cisgender woman in question has straight up treated the woman in the advertisement as a joke. A more detailed post regarding the issues with the cosplay has been compiled here.
  
• Another concern with the game is the character creator, which has made the decision to tie the voice used by the player character to the pronouns selected during creation. One of the most common forms of discrimination that transgender folks face are expectations and biases regarding their voices. Additionally, by tying voice and pronouns together, they have created an uncomfortable atmosphere for non-binary and gender-fluid people, as they can no longer create a character that accurately represents them.
  
• Compounding the issue is the fact that the character creator lets you pick your genitalia. This allows for transphobes to create avatars that can be used to once again make a mocker of transgender people. To make matters worse, CDPR have openly made some terrible, transphobic "jokes" on their own Twitter account about this feature.
  

Sooooooooooooooooo....

• Joke they apologised for
  
• the social media manager for a different product got fired
  
• A dystopian corporate environments in-universe advertising is crass
  
• A woman won a cosplay contest
  
• You can pick your pronouns as the context for your in game VA selection, which makes IRL people allegedly concerned their cyborg supersoldier doesn't accurately reflect them
  
• Transphobes can make dick girls for the lulz
  

Just because you wall of text every single bulletpoint doesn't make the underlying bulletpoint look less stupid as a reason for a forever ban