Right wing nuts thread (2 Viewers)

[DaveXA]

Wasn't sure where to put this, but we need a thread for the wing nuts. Lauren Boebert.

 

[V Chip]

Wouldn’t this be much easier if we had a thread “Right wing non-nuts thread”?

Probably save lots of DB space.

 

[Optimus Prime]

Nancy mace is losing it
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Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) says she was assaulted at a foster youth advocacy event earlier this week; witnesses say it was just a handshake.

Whatever the truth, the South Carolina Republican sure would be a lot happier if the media stopped reporting on it.

Mace told far-right influencer Benny Johnson Thursday she believes the reporting amounts to defamation, and warned that media outlets covering the story better watch their backs.

“I have a warning for any media outlet that says I wrongly, falsely accused this guy of physically accosting me, of assaulting me,” she told Johnson.

“That is defamation. And so I would be walking on eggshells if I were you,” she said with a giggle.

The congresswoman also accused anyone who disputes her characterization of the interaction of “victim-shaming.”

“This guy came in for what I thought was going to be a friendly handshake, and I know the difference between a passionate handshake and a violent one, and here I sit here today with an injury from it,” she said.

Mace also shared a photo of herself wearing an arm sling and a brace on social media Thursday. The photo was immediately ridiculed by Natalie Johnson, a former Mace staffer, who called it “a pathetic ploy for attention.”

“This is the same woman who told staff, myself included, during Jan. 6 that she wanted to get ‘punched in the face’ by a rioter so she could get on TV,” Johnson said on X, formerly Twitter.

While Mace says she was “physically accosted,” witnesses speculate it’s what James McIntyre, the man who shook her hand, said ― not how he acted ― that set Mace off.

McIntyre, the co-founder of a foster care advocacy group, reportedly told Mace, “trans youth are also foster youth, and they need your support.”

Elliott Hinkle, a foster youth advocate and consultant on foster issues who was at the event, told The Washington Post that McIntyre reached out with both hands to shake Mace’s hand while delivering his message. Mace has become increasingly fixated on anti-trans legislation.

“It didn’t look like an assault or intended aggression,” Hinkle said.

Capitol Police arrested the 33-year-old after the incident. McIntyre, a co-founder of the Illinois chapter of Foster Care Alumni of America who was named “Public Citizen Of The Year” in 2019 by the Illinois chapter of the National Association Of Social Workers, has pleaded not guilty..............

Rep. Nancy Mace Threatens Media For Reporting On Handshake She Says Was Assault

A former Mace staffer said the Republican is engaged in "a pathetic ploy for attention."

www.huffpost.com

 

[Optimus Prime]

 

[SamAndreas]

Wouldn’t this be much easier if we had a thread “Right wing non-nuts thread”?

Probably save lots of DB space.

That right wing non-nuts thread thing sounds like a propeller on top of those propeller hats.

At most hardware stores it's pretty easy to find right threaded wingnuts. They at least will have some of them, if not more than some.

It's not as likely that they will have any left threaded wing nuts in the whole store. They might not even have any left threaded ordinary nuts.

 

[SamAndreas]

Nancy mace is losing it
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Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) says she was assaulted at a foster youth advocacy event earlier this week; witnesses say it was just a handshake.

Whatever the truth, the South Carolina Republican sure would be a lot happier if the media stopped reporting on it.

Mace told far-right influencer Benny Johnson Thursday she believes the reporting amounts to defamation, and warned that media outlets covering the story better watch their backs.

“I have a warning for any media outlet that says I wrongly, falsely accused this guy of physically accosting me, of assaulting me,” she told Johnson.

“That is defamation. And so I would be walking on eggshells if I were you,” she said with a giggle.

The congresswoman also accused anyone who disputes her characterization of the interaction of “victim-shaming.”

“This guy came in for what I thought was going to be a friendly handshake, and I know the difference between a passionate handshake and a violent one, and here I sit here today with an injury from it,” she said.

Mace also shared a photo of herself wearing an arm sling and a brace on social media Thursday. The photo was immediately ridiculed by Natalie Johnson, a former Mace staffer, who called it “a pathetic ploy for attention.”

“This is the same woman who told staff, myself included, during Jan. 6 that she wanted to get ‘punched in the face’ by a rioter so she could get on TV,” Johnson said on X, formerly Twitter.

While Mace says she was “physically accosted,” witnesses speculate it’s what James McIntyre, the man who shook her hand, said ― not how he acted ― that set Mace off.

McIntyre, the co-founder of a foster care advocacy group, reportedly told Mace, “trans youth are also foster youth, and they need your support.”

Elliott Hinkle, a foster youth advocate and consultant on foster issues who was at the event, told The Washington Post that McIntyre reached out with both hands to shake Mace’s hand while delivering his message. Mace has become increasingly fixated on anti-trans legislation.

“It didn’t look like an assault or intended aggression,” Hinkle said.

Capitol Police arrested the 33-year-old after the incident. McIntyre, a co-founder of the Illinois chapter of Foster Care Alumni of America who was named “Public Citizen Of The Year” in 2019 by the Illinois chapter of the National Association Of Social Workers, has pleaded not guilty..............

Rep. Nancy Mace Threatens Media For Reporting On Handshake She Says Was Assault

A former Mace staffer said the Republican is engaged in "a pathetic ploy for attention."

www.huffpost.com

I don't like to see that in the photos. Nancy's weight appears to have slipped below what is ideal.

She might actually have experienced a painful injury from an ordinary handshake. Whereas a person who's not that underweight would not have a problem with the same handshake.

Getting bushwhacked by an ordinary house or car door might harm her as well.

For a severely underweight person if the wind is blowing, there might be an increased risk of a problem arising.

Poor Nancy.

 

[SamAndreas]

I found this on Twitter where "Eyepatch McCain" is trending.

"Fun fact: Eyepatch McCain has 14 letters and only one i."

That's a pun. It's kind of weird at Twitter right now. "Dollar Store Obama" is also trending.

I've been afraid to look.

 

[Optimus Prime]

Fox News host Emily Compagno asserted that First Lady Jill Biden “voted for” President-elect Donald Trump this past election because of her animosity over Kamala Harris replacing her husband on the Democratic ticket.

To hammer home her point that President Joe Biden’s spouse cast a ballot for the Republican nominee, Compagno – decked out in a blue dress – pointed out that the first lady has been seen “wearing red” several times in recent weeks….

In other words, according to Compagno, it was a certainty which candidate the first lady marked on her ballot last month.

“We saw all the wearing red. I do think she voted for Trump,” the Fox host proclaimed. “And I think she is gleeful that Kamala didn’t win, as is her husband.”

In recent weeks, it has been taken as the gospel truth within MAGA media circles that Jill Biden is a secret Trump fan and has been signaling her support with her sartorial choices. Specifically, right-wing commentators have pointed out that the first lady wore a red dress – the official color of the Republican Party – when she went to the voting booth on election day.

“I know Jill Biden voted for Trump,” Daily Wire founder Ben Shapiro exclaimed at a conservative gathering this week. “Jill Biden voted for Trump! It’s a fact,” Newsmax host Chris Plante posted to Facebook earlier this month,

Compagno isn’t the only Fox News personality who has insisted that the president-elect pulled in the Biden vote this past election.

Fox Business host Larry Kudlow declared earlier this month that “she voted for Trump,” citing not just the first lady’s recent red outfits but also the friendly encounter she had with the incoming president at the Notre Dame reopening ceremony.……

Fox host insists that Jill Biden ‘voted for Trump’ because she’s been ‘wearing red’

Decked out in a blue dress herself, the conservative host said “we saw all the wearing red” by the first lady, citing it as proof that a “vengeful” Jill Biden decided to go MAGA this year because of her anger towards Democrats’ treatment of her husband.

www.independent.co.uk

 

[bird]

Fox News host Emily Compagno asserted that First Lady Jill Biden “voted for” President-elect Donald Trump this past election because of her animosity over Kamala Harris replacing her husband on the Democratic ticket.

To hammer home her point that President Joe Biden’s spouse cast a ballot for the Republican nominee, Compagno – decked out in a blue dress – pointed out that the first lady has been seen “wearing red” several times in recent weeks….

In other words, according to Compagno, it was a certainty which candidate the first lady marked on her ballot last month.

“We saw all the wearing red. I do think she voted for Trump,” the Fox host proclaimed. “And I think she is gleeful that Kamala didn’t win, as is her husband.”

In recent weeks, it has been taken as the gospel truth within MAGA media circles that Jill Biden is a secret Trump fan and has been signaling her support with her sartorial choices. Specifically, right-wing commentators have pointed out that the first lady wore a red dress – the official color of the Republican Party – when she went to the voting booth on election day.

“I know Jill Biden voted for Trump,” Daily Wire founder Ben Shapiro exclaimed at a conservative gathering this week. “Jill Biden voted for Trump! It’s a fact,” Newsmax host Chris Plante posted to Facebook earlier this month,

Compagno isn’t the only Fox News personality who has insisted that the president-elect pulled in the Biden vote this past election.

Fox Business host Larry Kudlow declared earlier this month that “she voted for Trump,” citing not just the first lady’s recent red outfits but also the friendly encounter she had with the incoming president at the Notre Dame reopening ceremony.……

Fox host insists that Jill Biden ‘voted for Trump’ because she’s been ‘wearing red’

Decked out in a blue dress herself, the conservative host said “we saw all the wearing red” by the first lady, citing it as proof that a “vengeful” Jill Biden decided to go MAGA this year because of her anger towards Democrats’ treatment of her husband.

www.independent.co.uk

Wow. MAGA reaches new depths of stupidity.

 

[Optimus Prime]

 

[Optimus Prime]

I seem to recall celebrating Christmas these past four years

 

[cuddlemonkey]

I seem to recall celebrating Christmas these past four years

Tubs was too busy hating the existence of all Democrats to remember to celebrate Christmas these past four years.

 

[Optimus Prime]

Anti woke dog food????
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Among the many odd things to come out of Donald Trump’s political movement – see ear bandages, doomed boat ralliesand rubbish dancing – one that could be here to stay is more prosaic: the creation of a series of rightwing marketplaces and products seeking to capitalize on anti-establishment fervor.

In recent years a number of platforms have sprung up to sell conservative-made items, from “anti-woke” dog food to pro-America lipstick, in a pushback against what they claim is “cancel culture” in the US – and what others might see as a fairly cynical attempt to cash in on rightwing Americans’ political beliefs.

Mammoth Nation and Public Square are among the most prominent in the movement, both offering an Amazon-esque service, but stocking only goods which they claim are made by companies which have “conservative values”.

Mammoth Nation makes its values clear on the homepage of its website: “Join Mammoth Nation to fight against Radical Left agendas,” booms a message, with the company claiming to stock only “brands who align with your beliefs”.

“When all of this wokeness started to happen and cancel culture, and then you start to see these companies stand up and say, ‘We’re not supporting this conservative or this Christian value any more,’ and just really lines in sand were starting to get drawn,” Drew Berquist, the national spokesperson for Mammoth Nation, told The Need to Know Morning Show, a North Dakota-based rightwing radio show, in December.


“And a lot of people were trying to figure out: OK, well, who are the good companies? Who are the companies that share our values, that support our constitution, support our troops or, you know, our Christian values as a country.”

But Mammoth Nation isn’t the only one trying to capitalize on those conservative American values.

“Welcome to a new kind of marketplace. A place where you can buy everything your family needs from businesses who respect traditional American values,” reads the blurb on PublicSquare’s website. PublicSquare – think Amazon, but for the right wing – launched in 2022, and claims that it now lists products from more than 70,000 businesses.……..

Other companies have sprung up to provide a range of “anti-woke” products to conservative Americans.


The Daily Wire, a conservative news outlet, launched a range of razors in 2022, after the company’s CEO deemed a rival razor brand to have “canceled” conservatives. The publication has since branched out into chocolate, soap, floor cleaner and, earlier this year, “manly green vitamin capsules”.

“Do you want to buy your men’s health products from a company that partners with drag queens and supports radical organizations that push gender procedures on children?” the Daily Wire asked readers in an article announcing the multivitamin – which at their launch cost 10 times more than Centrum-branded multivitamins.

Warren pointed to Jeremy’s Razors as an example of how easy it can be to appeal to a certain political audience.

“All they did was introduce razors with a message: ‘We are not Gillette and we are not Harry’s, [brands who] are criticizing toxic masculinity and who are being very woke. We are not woke,’” Warren said.

“It’s not that the razor is good, it’s not what the razor is doing, but it’s going to capture its market because of that demand.”……

‘Anti-woke’ dog food and pro-America lipstick: US sees rise in rightwing stores

A number of marketplaces have sprung up seeking to make use of anti-establishment fervor – are they here to stay?

www.theguardian.com

 

[bird]

Anti woke dog food????
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Among the many odd things to come out of Donald Trump’s political movement – see ear bandages, doomed boat ralliesand rubbish dancing – one that could be here to stay is more prosaic: the creation of a series of rightwing marketplaces and products seeking to capitalize on anti-establishment fervor.

In recent years a number of platforms have sprung up to sell conservative-made items, from “anti-woke” dog food to pro-America lipstick, in a pushback against what they claim is “cancel culture” in the US – and what others might see as a fairly cynical attempt to cash in on rightwing Americans’ political beliefs.

Mammoth Nation and Public Square are among the most prominent in the movement, both offering an Amazon-esque service, but stocking only goods which they claim are made by companies which have “conservative values”.

Mammoth Nation makes its values clear on the homepage of its website: “Join Mammoth Nation to fight against Radical Left agendas,” booms a message, with the company claiming to stock only “brands who align with your beliefs”.

“When all of this wokeness started to happen and cancel culture, and then you start to see these companies stand up and say, ‘We’re not supporting this conservative or this Christian value any more,’ and just really lines in sand were starting to get drawn,” Drew Berquist, the national spokesperson for Mammoth Nation, told The Need to Know Morning Show, a North Dakota-based rightwing radio show, in December.


“And a lot of people were trying to figure out: OK, well, who are the good companies? Who are the companies that share our values, that support our constitution, support our troops or, you know, our Christian values as a country.”

But Mammoth Nation isn’t the only one trying to capitalize on those conservative American values.

“Welcome to a new kind of marketplace. A place where you can buy everything your family needs from businesses who respect traditional American values,” reads the blurb on PublicSquare’s website. PublicSquare – think Amazon, but for the right wing – launched in 2022, and claims that it now lists products from more than 70,000 businesses.……..

Other companies have sprung up to provide a range of “anti-woke” products to conservative Americans.


The Daily Wire, a conservative news outlet, launched a range of razors in 2022, after the company’s CEO deemed a rival razor brand to have “canceled” conservatives. The publication has since branched out into chocolate, soap, floor cleaner and, earlier this year, “manly green vitamin capsules”.

“Do you want to buy your men’s health products from a company that partners with drag queens and supports radical organizations that push gender procedures on children?” the Daily Wire asked readers in an article announcing the multivitamin – which at their launch cost 10 times more than Centrum-branded multivitamins.

Warren pointed to Jeremy’s Razors as an example of how easy it can be to appeal to a certain political audience.

“All they did was introduce razors with a message: ‘We are not Gillette and we are not Harry’s, [brands who] are criticizing toxic masculinity and who are being very woke. We are not woke,’” Warren said.

“It’s not that the razor is good, it’s not what the razor is doing, but it’s going to capture its market because of that demand.”……

‘Anti-woke’ dog food and pro-America lipstick: US sees rise in rightwing stores

A number of marketplaces have sprung up seeking to make use of anti-establishment fervor – are they here to stay?

www.theguardian.com

None of these “people” can define woke.

 

[Optimus Prime]

I’m sure we’ll see many more of these incidents in the future
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DENVER (AP) — A Colorado man is facing possible bias-motivated charges for allegedly attacking a television news reporter after demanding to know whether he was a citizen, saying “This is Trump’s America now,” according to court documents.

Patrick Thomas Egan, 39, was arrested Dec. 18 in Grand Junction, Colorado, after police say he followed KKCO/KJCT reporter Ja’Ronn Alex’s vehicle for around 40 miles (64 kilometers) from the Delta area. Alex told police that he believed he had been followed and attacked because he is Pacific Islander.

After arriving in Grand Junction, Egan, who was driving a taxi, pulled up next to Alex at a stoplight and, according to an arrest affidavit, said something to the effect of: “Are you even a U.S. citizen? This is Trump’s America now! I’m a Marine and I took an oath to protect this country from people like you!”

Alex, who had been out reporting, then drove back to his news station in the city. After he got out of his vehicle, Egan chased Alex as he ran toward the station’s door and demanded to see his identification, according to the document laying out police’s evidence in the case.

Egan then tackled Alex, put him in a headlock and “began to strangle him,” the affidavit said. Coworkers who ran out to help and witnesses told police that Alex appeared to be losing his ability to breathe during the attack, which was partially captured on surveillance video, according to the document.……

Man accused of attacking TV reporter, saying 'This is Trump's America now'

Court documents show a Colorado man is facing possible bias-motivated charges for allegedly attacking a television news reporter after demanding to know whether he was a citizen, saying “This is Trump’s America now."

apnews.com

 

[MT15]

Tubs was too busy hating the existence of all Democrats to remember to celebrate Christmas these past four years.

Don’t forget his stupidity - it actually explains most everything about him.

 

[Optimus Prime]

If you wanted to, you could smell like Donald Trump. Or you could drink coffee developed by Rudy Giuliani. You could also use a nicotine product developed by Tucker Carlson, read your children a Trump-themed book written by Mike Huckabee, take health pills hawked by Dr Oz and wear T-shirts designed by Kash Patel.

These are only a few of the products that Trump and people in his circle are selling to the American public, as Republicans and the right wing have established an unprecedented culture of grifting – hawking everything from Bibles to scraps of fabric to NFTs in a ruse that has become a multimillion-dollar micro industry.

Trump’s gold sneakers, launched in February, have brought him almost $400,000 alone. He’s also made $300,000 from selling poorly reviewed Bibles, according to financial disclosures, and has recently been pushing a “fight, fight, fight” range of colognes and perfumes.

The incoming president also sells, in no particular order: watches, guitars, boots, drinks coolers, flip-flops, candles, drinking glasses, doormats, water bottles, a “candle care kit”, slippers, corkscrews, a cheeseboard, a bottle opener, dog leashes, a “Gold Trump Serving Tray”, a “Trump Havana Wood Cigar Ashtray”, a $95 Christmas ornament, an $85 passport holder, a picnic blanket, a baseball, a $62 throw pillow and a $70 “Trump Leatherette Coaster Set”.

Others have noticed the apparent willingness of Trump’s supporters to buy almost anything, as long as it is pushed by a famous person with rightwing politics………

Trump Bibles, Rudy coffee, Tucker nicotine pouches: the rightwing knick-knack racket

Republican figures are using their influence to sell a variety of goods, preying on people’s political affiliations

www.theguardian.com

 

[Optimus Prime]

As always the tiniest bit of diversity and sensitivity to diversity leads to a “rightwing backlash”
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“My first Dungeon Master was an anti-racist skinhead,” Jeremy Cobb says of his introduction to the role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons.

For Cobb, a 32-year-old actor, one of the joys of D&D is that it unites nonconformists – “the nerds who didn’t want to play sports”, as he puts it.

Despite that, efforts to draw back from stereotypes and give the orcs, elves, and dwarves who populate its fantasy world a little more individuality have provoked a rightwing backlash.

“For me, overall, from the creative side, the game is doing better than ever,” says Cobb, who started playing in 2018 and is now a professional Dungeon Master (or referee/narrator). “But from the business side, fan relationship side and culture war side? No, not really.”

The latest controversy involves the new rulebook for the game, in which “races” of characters have been renamed “species” and they no longer have specific attributes. Previously, orcs were labelled as savage, dwarves as strong, and elves as perceptive.

Announcing the changes, the D&D publisher Wizards of the Coast (WOTC) said “race is a problematic term that has prejudiced links between real world people and the fantasy peoples of D&D Worlds”.

But critics have complained that attempts to make the game more inclusive will make it less fun, with some social media users complaining of “wokeism personified” and “inclusive oblivion”.

The foreword to a book to commemorate D&D’s 50th anniversary, The Making of Original D&D, referred to “derogatory language” and “cultural appropriation” in the 1974 version, prompting Elon Musk to urge Hasbro, the owner of WOTC, to “burn in hell”.

Writing in Wargamer – a site dedicated to tabletop games and wargaming – the writer Timothy Linward conceded that D&D’s earliest version of orcs as “a simple violent threat to civilisation that needed to be pacified by brave adventurers” had “unfortunately echoed stereotypes used against tribal and indigenous subcultures”, but argued that the game’s “core fantasy relies on the existence of uncomplicated baddies”.


“Dungeons & Dragons “– considered purely as a rule system – is not a game about creating intercultural harmony in a multiracial community”, he said.

Cobb, of the podcast 3 Black Halflings, which explores diversity in D&D and pop culture, welcomed the rule changes, saying they make the game more “customisable, open and friendly … it’s easier for people to come in and build a character”.

He sees two issues in the background of D&D’s “culture war” – an old guard of players unsettled by a more diverse wave of fans attracted by the boom in online content and D&D featuring in Stranger Things, and lingering tensions between the game’s publishers and fans over previous, unconnected attempts to maximise profits from the game.

Welcoming the dropping of the term “races” as a positive change – although he would have preferred “lineage” to “species” – Cobb, who grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio, before moving to the UK, said: “I don’t think there’s anything wrong with having an individual character who behaves brutally – but when you start painting a particular race that way, you’re inevitably going to draw on real world stereotypes.”………

Orcs, elves and culture wars: how diversity in D&D met a rightwing backlash

Some complained of ‘wokeism’ when the role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons dropped ‘races’ in favour of ‘species’

www.theguardian.com

 

[cuddlemonkey]

As always the tiniest bit of diversity and sensitivity to diversity leads to a “rightwing backlash”
===============


“My first Dungeon Master was an anti-racist skinhead,” Jeremy Cobb says of his introduction to the role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons.

For Cobb, a 32-year-old actor, one of the joys of D&D is that it unites nonconformists – “the nerds who didn’t want to play sports”, as he puts it.

Despite that, efforts to draw back from stereotypes and give the orcs, elves, and dwarves who populate its fantasy world a little more individuality have provoked a rightwing backlash.

“For me, overall, from the creative side, the game is doing better than ever,” says Cobb, who started playing in 2018 and is now a professional Dungeon Master (or referee/narrator). “But from the business side, fan relationship side and culture war side? No, not really.”

The latest controversy involves the new rulebook for the game, in which “races” of characters have been renamed “species” and they no longer have specific attributes. Previously, orcs were labelled as savage, dwarves as strong, and elves as perceptive.

Announcing the changes, the D&D publisher Wizards of the Coast (WOTC) said “race is a problematic term that has prejudiced links between real world people and the fantasy peoples of D&D Worlds”.

But critics have complained that attempts to make the game more inclusive will make it less fun, with some social media users complaining of “wokeism personified” and “inclusive oblivion”.

The foreword to a book to commemorate D&D’s 50th anniversary, The Making of Original D&D, referred to “derogatory language” and “cultural appropriation” in the 1974 version, prompting Elon Musk to urge Hasbro, the owner of WOTC, to “burn in hell”.

Writing in Wargamer – a site dedicated to tabletop games and wargaming – the writer Timothy Linward conceded that D&D’s earliest version of orcs as “a simple violent threat to civilisation that needed to be pacified by brave adventurers” had “unfortunately echoed stereotypes used against tribal and indigenous subcultures”, but argued that the game’s “core fantasy relies on the existence of uncomplicated baddies”.


“Dungeons & Dragons “– considered purely as a rule system – is not a game about creating intercultural harmony in a multiracial community”, he said.

Cobb, of the podcast 3 Black Halflings, which explores diversity in D&D and pop culture, welcomed the rule changes, saying they make the game more “customisable, open and friendly … it’s easier for people to come in and build a character”.

He sees two issues in the background of D&D’s “culture war” – an old guard of players unsettled by a more diverse wave of fans attracted by the boom in online content and D&D featuring in Stranger Things, and lingering tensions between the game’s publishers and fans over previous, unconnected attempts to maximise profits from the game.

Welcoming the dropping of the term “races” as a positive change – although he would have preferred “lineage” to “species” – Cobb, who grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio, before moving to the UK, said: “I don’t think there’s anything wrong with having an individual character who behaves brutally – but when you start painting a particular race that way, you’re inevitably going to draw on real world stereotypes.”………

Orcs, elves and culture wars: how diversity in D&D met a rightwing backlash

Some complained of ‘wokeism’ when the role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons dropped ‘races’ in favour of ‘species’

www.theguardian.com

As an avid player myself, I can tell you that I and many other DMs have already made a lot of these changes ourselves, from the way certain species are treated to altering the arbitrary "all half-orcs are stronger and heartier than others" crap. If I want to play an intelligent, half-orc wizard, I either have to follow RAW (Rules As Written) and be at a disadvantage compared to human, elven, and gnomish wizards... or I can say my guy/gal/androgynous person didn't spend time outside as much as others, so he's stronger mentally than physically.

The only thing these changes do is tell the DM in no uncertain terms that they must follow Rule Zero- the DM is in charge of the world and any rule or lore that doesn't fit, you can and should change it.