User blog comment:Siobhanna/To M. Greensaber and Community/@comment-18749702-20170206050316

Hi, everyone. Been stalking this wiki for a while now. Thought I would just briefly throw in my two cents concerning the cyber-Cold War between T.R.E.E. and everyone else here. There's apparently not much love for Humans on this wiki, so it may be a hit or miss going forward.

To begin, for those who don't know me, here's some slight background on my character. I'm Rue Goodwin. ICly, Raymond Goodwin is/was my adoptive father (no OOC relations). He warded me up until the close of the third Civil War. From there, I somewhat followed in his footsteps and formed my own organizations based on the ones that he led in the past. I became part of this community by virtue of being an essential antiheroine, and by having relations with a prominent Human protagonist in this particular RP environment.

I'm not going to call myself the lore expert here, but as far as organizations that, for a fact, meant to suppress Warrior Cats in some form, I think the following is a valid comparison:

Raymond Goodwin (2009-2011)/Fruitful Futures Co./Red Legion: Wanted to establish Human democracy, and keep those he felt were a threat to those values in check. This was carried out by treating Warrior Cats and Werewolves as savage animals, and clearing out areas where they "posed a potential threat to nearby Humans". Genocide was an action reserved for the Vampires, who were trying to reestablish an oppressive dynasty. Pixies were initially oppressed up until the mercenary boom inspired by Civil War 1.

Myself/Blue Dominion/Azure Knights: Believe that the best way to ensure freedom and safety for Humans AND Pixies is to keep those two canon races and other third parties separate. In other words, segregation between Humans/Pixies and Warrior Cats/Werewolves/Vampires/etc.. Genocide seen as needless, over-the-top, and serving only to spark more wars in the future. Rights and values of all races considered. Separation is the primary thing enforced.

T.R.E.E.: Sees Humanity as superior, and all other races as flawed and destructive. Wants to assume control of Sacred Grove's capitol, take a purely offensive stance, and wipe out the "lesser races". Genocide is apparently seen as a necessary mean for a desirable end.

All three of these groups are based on the grounds of controversial concepts (counter-terrorism, segregation, and fascism respectively). What I think people are failing to realize is that these groups are only like this ICly. Does me planning to split virtual citizens in a game automatically make me a KKK initiate in real life? Not necessarily (For the record, I'm mixed Black and Caucasian). I think that's the point a few people were trying to make concerning Greensaber.

As far as the posting of swastikas, if I'm not mistaken, that was the work of Jaystar who was trying to call Greensaber a Nazi OOC (something I don't think any of us can really determine in real life). Reading Greensaber's contributions, all he did was make a blog post, refute a number of comments on said blog post, confront at least two people who edited his profile, and make a final claim in regard to his ban on his own message wall. According to his own comments, I sincerely doubt that he thinks too fondly of the Nazi party himself. My personal take on all of this is that it's a clear example of the consequences of living in an era of political correctness. I don't believe that people should be afraid to speak their minds for the sake of not being punished for hurting the feelings of overly sensitive people, or in this case, people who make a habit of taking things way out of context. But, I digress.

While I too stand against what T.R.E.E. is planning (we have a strict policy against genocidal megalomaniacs), I do encourage the introduction of a new antagonist to cross swords with, provided anything negative that occurs ICly stays IC. With the potential for FreeRealms to be redeveloped in the future, I think it's good that we have an opponent that we can begin plotting against. For that reason, I welcome T..R.E.E. into the community as an IG organization. Now yes, you do have the right to choose as to whether or not you want to roleplay with particular people. But, that doesn't make it right to be an ass and ban people for no justifiable reason (Being Human is not a good reason, otherwise, Raymond Goodwin, myself, AscendingKnight, etc. would have been banned as well). That's where the admins stepped out of line, and I really feel like they need to gather themselves for a moment and reevaluate their decisions.

If the RP community is coming back alongside FR, then I'd prefer it to be a fun and OOC drama-free environment for all parties involved. So, let's not raise each others' blood pressure and instead work on healthy OOC communication in order to avoid needless conflicts such as this. Just a suggestion. Take what you will from all of this. Have a nice night.

