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	[quote name="Literally the Devil"]<a href="http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/12/18/penny-arcade-leak-describes-diversity-hub-for-pax">Oh boy.</a> Leaked PA docs! [quote]]Koozer says: To me, calling some a ‘person of color’ is as bad calling people ‘blacks,’ or ‘queer,’ all of which seem to be perfectly acceptable in America.[/quote] [quote]Rincewind says: “People of color” is a generally accepted term among the activist community as a way around the problems raised by “ethnicities,” “minorities,” and “non-whites.” The word ethnicities carries with it a lot of historical baggage, so that one went out. Minorities isn’t a particularly good term because it defines people by the national demographic trends, even though in the particular area you’re looking at, that group may in fact be the majority. [/quote] [quote]daphne says: John Walker, you truly have no idea what a “safe space” refers to in that context. In your rush to find something to criticize, you have nitpicked on the most innocent detail there is. Please go to any self-respecting LGBT-friendly and/or feminist blog and get educated. You’ll find that they make similar claims of being a safe space. You go ahead and find about whether they mean to imply the rest of the whole world (or blogosphere) is unsafe. I anticipate your cheeky edit.[/quote] [quote]Deano2099 says: It’s true, but given that Walker is a huge proponent of feminism and equality in gaming, to the point of making half of the internet hate him, the fact that even he doesn’t know what ‘safe space’ means in this context pretty much demonstrates the problem with the phrase doesn’t it? If John Walker of all people doesn’t get it, what hope for your average Penny Arcade attendee?[/quote] [quote]Juan Carlo says: What I think Walker misses is that “Safe Zone” is a loooooong running program on college campuses which certifies professors and other administration in GLBT topics, then the certified people usually have a “Safe zone” sticker on their door which kind of advertises that people can safely talk to them about GLBT issues.[/quote] [quote]Drinking with Skeletons says: There’s a few problems here.[/quote] This is problematic. This is not okay! I am literally laughing at all this. John Walker is a good person. He cares more about stupid children getting offended at a convention few of them can afford to go to than any reasonable person probably should. He has a warm heart. He writes the best reviews on that site. <b>He doesn't deserve this kind of shit.</b> The social justice types can't agree on what the latest terminology is, which is very funny. I love that they are all tripping over each other. Get your talking points together, children. What was 100% acceptable last week makes you a transphobic virulent racist today. You have people on tumblr demanding they are referred to with the pronoun "qis." If you agreed to do that and then didn't check in eight days later you might not know that "qis" is the worst word in the world, like calling someone HE-SHE!!!!! and everyone is using xqH*#zzzis as a pronoun now, you monster. I support John Walker. Though I wish the people commenting on his posts were more grown up. [/quote]