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this post was submitted on 10 Sep 2023
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we dont have a system that destroys the bodies of millions of child minorities trying to save themselves from poverty via dnd. no one is getting injuries in their brain that leads to them taking their own lives. theres no history of making slaves play dnd for white peoples entertainment. no local town politics are based around dnd. wizards of the coast doesn't have the American government by the balls. no dnd college player is getting cheated out of millions of dollars their labor earned, while also working minimum wage job to keep the lights on. we smash black children's brains together till its a fine goo that is not playing around.
I also struggle to think of any DnD campaigns that caused mass rioting, or a statistically significant annual spike in domestic violence.
you know they aren't non abusers who watch sports and then become abusive right. It's the already domestically violent aggravated by their hobby not going the way they wanted if they had a different hobby they would be just as abusive but at different time periods
Its almost as if sports in the US are tied up with toxic masculinity and patriarchy, and thats the heart of the issue some people have with them.
I should have said that sports correlates with a spike in DV and not causes it. However, just as I can't say for certain that sports events directly causes DV, I don't think it's correct to say that there's no link between sports and DV and that the same net amount of abuse would result even if sporting events are removed from the equation.
Anecdotally, I used to volunteer with a charity that helped out young people who were in trouble, including DV. Major sporting events were always times where they tried to get all hands on deck because there was always a surge in calls compared to just about every other time of year except Christmas.
Obviously alcohol is a huge factor too, but sporting culture in the Angloshere is also incredibly entwined with drinking culture so its hard to separate those factors.
That's kind of presumptive and even if your claim could be verified (it really can't), way too many domestic partners have reported violence peaking during The Big Game style events for there to not at least be influence on when their violent outbursts break out, or how often.
It'd be like saying soccer hooligan riots would 100% happen exactly the same way if every single soccer hooligan was collecting stamps instead, while also blissfully ignoring when soccer hooligan riots happen (after soccer games), which isn't just out of thin air.