I'm playing RDR2 again and this is literally the dumbest thing I have ever read. This is like the liberal that can only conceive of stereotypes.
Arthur is a complex character who nevertheless consistently chooses (or allows the player to choose) to be on the right side of history in an otherwise fucked up world.
Racists (actually awful shitheads in general) violently suppress the realization that they're just the fucking worst people imaginable. So they have to constantly make up contrived reasonings that anybody who claims not to be racist is just lying to themselves and that it's completely fine and normal to be like them. Once you're aware of that kind of cope, it's easy to notice it everywhere in posts made by bigots.
He's been a part of a rag tag group of outcast and outlaws since he was a kid, the gang very much stands apart from 19th century society for better and worse.
Why you would expect Arthur to conform to any of the prevailing notions of the time just because he is white is mind boggling to me.
Also Sean is based AF.
https://youtu.be/k93aGx5Zy7M?t=14
His Fenian dad raised him well. Not just the no such thing as "no politics", but that everyone around Arthur is hated for their race or religion, and just because he doesn't think about it doesn't mean it doesn't effect everything around him.
Arthur is an incredible character and it is insane that they imagine to themselves that his mannerisms and shit change cause he is not being racist. Like same mo-cap as always ffs. Like they show Arthur be ignorant to racial injustices, or nuances, and learn, he doesn't make a declaration about white privilege or anything, but he recognizes how fucked things are in his own way.
Also the game is set in 1899 FFS, like pro-native american sentiment for instance was at its peak, racial justice was as much a battleground as ever but this was just 9 years after the UMWA came onto the scene taking up the fight of the KOL but significantly being integrated. It would be a shock if across the states in RDR2 the UMWA wasn't operating at least one union or had connections. The point is the 1890s are not some monolith of bigotry
I'm playing RDR2 again and this is literally the dumbest thing I have ever read. This is like the liberal that can only conceive of stereotypes.
Arthur is a complex character who nevertheless consistently chooses (or allows the player to choose) to be on the right side of history in an otherwise fucked up world.
Racists (actually awful shitheads in general) violently suppress the realization that they're just the fucking worst people imaginable. So they have to constantly make up contrived reasonings that anybody who claims not to be racist is just lying to themselves and that it's completely fine and normal to be like them. Once you're aware of that kind of cope, it's easy to notice it everywhere in posts made by bigots.
He's been a part of a rag tag group of outcast and outlaws since he was a kid, the gang very much stands apart from 19th century society for better and worse.
Why you would expect Arthur to conform to any of the prevailing notions of the time just because he is white is mind boggling to me.
It’s also a gang run by a weirdo anarcho-primitivist
Also Sean is based AF. https://youtu.be/k93aGx5Zy7M?t=14
His Fenian dad raised him well. Not just the no such thing as "no politics", but that everyone around Arthur is hated for their race or religion, and just because he doesn't think about it doesn't mean it doesn't effect everything around him.
Sean is incredibly based.
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RIP comrade this drinks to you bud
Arthur is an incredible character and it is insane that they imagine to themselves that his mannerisms and shit change cause he is not being racist. Like same mo-cap as always ffs. Like they show Arthur be ignorant to racial injustices, or nuances, and learn, he doesn't make a declaration about white privilege or anything, but he recognizes how fucked things are in his own way.
Also the game is set in 1899 FFS, like pro-native american sentiment for instance was at its peak, racial justice was as much a battleground as ever but this was just 9 years after the UMWA came onto the scene taking up the fight of the KOL but significantly being integrated. It would be a shock if across the states in RDR2 the UMWA wasn't operating at least one union or had connections. The point is the 1890s are not some monolith of bigotry
The actor is pretty cool too
Oh yeah. He is a total sweetheart
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Arthur's general annoyance mixed with bemusement is the most historic and realistic thing in gaming
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Their twitter is private now lol
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