yakfak Posted June 29, 2017 (edited) i'm a politically correct socialist tree hugger and i made a level where you can blow up elon musk's brain. I read slight political comment into that Italo Doom level with the title about corrupt dead cops, or something, but maybe it was done entirely to make fun of the naievity of making a political statement with the title of a doom level. like the ultimate tweet. edit: an obvious problem with professing to be "anti-political" is that you end up reflecting and even encouraging the worst tendencies of default mannist society when you claim that the intrigues of politics aren't affecting you, cos they are affecting you. but blah blah blah Edited June 29, 2017 by yakfak 5 Share this post Link to post
Lila Feuer Posted June 29, 2017 1 hour ago, Unholypimp1n said: TBH I'm neither left or right, I think both sides have their strengths and weaknesses. There are people who'll argue that you HAVE to pick a side, otherwise your argument isn't valid. They can eat plenty of fuck! 1 hour ago, Jimmy said: Politics can eat a fuck. Shut up and play your damn video games. I do think it's good idea to point out shit that's just blatantly wrong though from time to time, I won't deny that sometimes I do it as a test to see how many people are outta their goddamn minds. 3 Share this post Link to post
CARRiON Posted June 29, 2017 Politics need to fuck off from video games. 2 Share this post Link to post
Ol' Scratch Posted June 29, 2017 As an ardent demonic rites activist I find doom politically charged enough as is. 4 Share this post Link to post
Doomkid Posted June 29, 2017 (edited) Am I the only one here who finds great value in political discussion? Not to mention a whole lot of comedy! Granted, I can see why people don't want it here, many apparently can't resist the urge to turn it into a shit flinging pissing contest and who wants to clean up all that mess?? edit: FWIW both 'sides' can eat a massive bowl of fuck when it comes to their ideas/agenda/proposals on like 99% of topics 0 Share this post Link to post
Trupiak Posted June 29, 2017 All i'm gonna say is: I like politics but not in my vidya and I mean both sides, if your priority for your game/wad is to make it spread your agenda then the game/wad won't be fun at all. kthxbai 3 Share this post Link to post
BadLuckBurt Posted June 29, 2017 Don't know and don't care. All I know is that Doom exercises the right kind of 'shotgun policy'. 3 Share this post Link to post
MrSkeltal Posted June 29, 2017 2 hours ago, CARRiON said: Politics need to fuck off from video games. They've always been there since the beginning tho 0 Share this post Link to post
Jannak Posted June 29, 2017 So in conclusion, there are no actual leftists here, just a bunch of liberals using "muh shoehorn theories" and "why do you have to make everything political" despite everything is. Never mind. 1 Share this post Link to post
Lila Feuer Posted June 29, 2017 Well there might be some leftist sympathizers, I recall there being a poll a long time ago with the majority of Doomworld turning out to be libertarian. 0 Share this post Link to post
Jaxxoon R Posted June 29, 2017 Remember: you aren't a Real and True™ Leftist© if you don't twist everything around you into a soapbox with which to peddle your ideals. 4 Share this post Link to post
Da Werecat Posted June 29, 2017 7 minutes ago, Jannak said: So in conclusion, there are no actual leftists here, just a bunch of liberals using "muh shoehorn theories" and "why do you have to make everything political" despite everything is. Never mind. Finally, a punchline. 1 Share this post Link to post
Doomkid Posted June 29, 2017 7 minutes ago, Jannak said: So in conclusion, there are no actual leftists here, just a bunch of liberals using "muh shoehorn theories" and "why do you have to make everything political" despite everything is. That seems like a pretty unfair conclusion to come to, I can think of plenty of users who that doesn't describe even remotely.. (Also dude you just made a thread asking for wads lampooning the Alt-Reich and GamerGate that has Pepe the Frog as a boss and now you're gonna twist the replies into some all-encompassing assumption that's way off base and frankly condescending? wtf lol) 1 Share this post Link to post
Jayextee Posted June 29, 2017 8 minutes ago, Jannak said: So in conclusion, there are no actual leftists here, just a bunch of liberals using "muh shoehorn theories" and "why do you have to make everything political" despite everything is. Dat ideological purity test tho. So to re-interpret your original query about "leftist Doomers", what you're really asking about is "extreme-left Doomers". Good luck on that front, most folk here are moderate and (varying degrees of 'reasonably') sane. And the last thing this community needs is a .WAD about Sargon of fucking Akkad. Fuck off with that cringe shit. 0 Share this post Link to post
Graf Zahl Posted June 29, 2017 I don't like people who have to bring their political views into everything and poison the environment with their toxic attitude. And that goes for the entire spectrum of opinions. 3 Share this post Link to post
RoboticRocketeer Posted June 29, 2017 24 minutes ago, cyan0s1s said: Well there might be some leftist sympathizers, I recall there being a poll a long time ago with the majority of Doomworld turning out to be libertarian. That makes sense. Dooming can be a highly individualistic decision, and doom editing even more so. Very do-it-yourselfy. 0 Share this post Link to post
Maes Posted June 29, 2017 I wonder if I should put up a mirror of my old "Fascist Thug/Right Wing Doom" concept post... 0 Share this post Link to post
GarrettChan Posted June 29, 2017 (edited) 19 minutes ago, VGA said: Doomguy is mowing down illegal aliens. I assume you're talking about Chaingunners? Skillsaw has foreseen this! 6 Share this post Link to post
MarsHappyNation Posted June 29, 2017 That would be funny to see. I got a kick out of that one Trump mod with the sombrero wearing imps and Clinton as the final boss. 1 Share this post Link to post
Maes Posted June 29, 2017 Let alone that the concept of "Leftist" can be very different in different countries. Even Obama at his "leftiest" phase, would be considered a hard-core right-wing neolibertarian, if compared e.g. to Greece's Tsipras or even the last right-wing government we had. The US Democratic party as a whole wouldn't rank much better than "moderate Right" if it was to compete in Greek elections. And let's not even touch the ambiguity of terms like "liberal": in Greece they almost always associated with NWO, economical liberalism etc. so someone self-describing as "liberal" won't get many "Leftie" points here. The word you're looking for is "progressive", "cultured" etc. ;-) 0 Share this post Link to post
Mr. Freeze Posted June 29, 2017 I'm a liberal and hate leftists and fascists equally. Punching Nazis and Commies is the most American thing you can do! 3 Share this post Link to post
NuMetalManiak Posted June 29, 2017 1 hour ago, Doomkid said: That seems like a pretty unfair conclusion to come to, I can think of plenty of users who that doesn't describe even remotely.. There are lots of unfair conclusions on this forum. 0 Share this post Link to post
seablock Posted June 29, 2017 (edited) Doom is a fun video game. Edited June 29, 2017 by moonboot 3 Share this post Link to post
Maes Posted June 29, 2017 In a way, it's ironic that a game centered on guns and violence seems to attract mostly players with political views that reject either. 5 Share this post Link to post
40oz Posted June 29, 2017 People are generally too complex to be 100% left or 100% right. What is happening is that there's too much data on the internet to interpret all at once so people tend to place these labels on other people and things and organizations as a way to quickly describe them without spending the time to hash out each persons independent beliefs. Its just too exhausting when there's so much other stuff on the internet to do. Very rarely do I see people state that they are leftwing or rightwing and actually meet every single stereotype people have for both parties on a very personal level. There's exceptions and different perspectives and a whole mess of other variables that shapes everyone's individual opinion. If people continue not to address that, that's when people start becoming extreme left or extreme right or misogynist or homophobic or racist or all that. Its based primarily on the virtue of numbers of people who paste those labels on other people. 3 Share this post Link to post
Maes Posted June 29, 2017 6 minutes ago, 40oz said: People are generally too complex to be 100% left or 100% right. That's what party lines (nope, not the premium call fee ones) are for. To make things simpler for the people. 0 Share this post Link to post
Graf Zahl Posted June 29, 2017 7 minutes ago, Maes said: That's what party lines (nope, not the premium call fee ones) are for. To make things simpler for the people. Yeah. Too bad if the system is so broken that you only got two parties to choose from. That's when this kind of stereotyped thinking gets really ugly because all that's left is "Us" (i.e. "right") vs. "Them" (i.e. "wrong".) 2 Share this post Link to post
Job Posted June 29, 2017 I don't care about your opinion on politics. If that's something you're not willing to discuss in good company or with friends and family, it's not something to dredge up on the forums. There's plenty enough people in the mainstream media who want to preach that at me, one angle or the other. All I care about is your opinion on the DPS efficiency of the Doom weapons and what the love child of the marine and a mancubus would look like. 3 Share this post Link to post