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You need to read between the lines when it comes to documents like this. It's not about banning racial prejudice but about stopping people from being educated about it, it's literal censorship of history. It's the very kind of ignorance and lack of understanding of other people that increases tension on topics like race in first place. Let's use World War 2 and Nazi Germany as an example. What if the history of Germany in the 1930's was never taught in schools? Most people wouldn't know or understand how Adolf Hitler, a man was openly antisemitic and anti-democratic came into power. His motivations for going to war with the rest of Europe and organising a genocide wouldn't be widely understood. It might be uncomfortable at times but it's very important to learn about it because if future generations don't learn these things they will be doomed to make the same mistakes. That's why this kind of legislation is a bad idea. You don't educate people properly (especially about history) if you cherry pick just the facts that glorify or demonize the subject in the way suits a certain agenda. You need to be honest and truth is America was built of the back of slaves. The Native American tribes cheated out of their land and slaughtered by European settlers. All Americans with the exception of those descended from those tribes are descended from immigrants or slaves. It wasn't even that long ago the that black people in America had to fight for basic human rights. I don't understand why anyone would think prohibiting educator's from teaching about these kind of events would do anything other than spread ignorance, confusion and isn't blatantly disrespectful.

You have friends here. Don't forget that. You helped me in a massive way on here a while back, it's only right that I try to return the favor whatever way I can.

@m76 If you want examples of racism on an institutional level, you only need to open your eyes. You won't find anything on paper that says "no blacks". But you will see blacks passed over for whites because they're black. It is a bone hard fact of the United States that more qualified people of color are passed over because they aren't the "corporate color". I don't know jack shit about computer specs, but I would very likely have a better chance of getting a job at Microsoft in their development than a black man who actually knows what the hell he is doing, simply because I'm white. It's the same in the higher education as well. If you look into the ivies, you will see a very small percentage of the student body that is not white. However more blacks get athletic scholarships than whites do. Some of them because they love the sport, some because they know that there's no way they could go to college without one. First off you have to get accepted. Then you have to either have the money to begin with to pay for your education or qualify for student loans. Another roadblock for people of color. You argue this from a blind spot because you know you're talking out of your ass, but refuse to admit it. It's pathetic.

GTA San Andreas to be honest, it's the game where i have the highest playtime in my gaming career and would love to see it being modernized

There was a RDR remaster in the works. I don't know the news on it anymore. I can't think of another good game that needs a remaster that doesn't already have one.

There is no such thing as security online. Even if you surf the surface web through TOR and use a VPN, you're still not secure. Someone is always watching, and hackers are getting more and more skilled every minute. The pentagon, FBI, and CIA have all been hacked more than once. And their infrastructure is some of the most heavily guarded and well protected in the world. If their top secret files were released to the public, that would constitute treason on the part of the one who leaked them, and would warrant an immediate "kill on sight" execution to prevent further leakage. There's most likely some government asshole (🖕fuck you you bastard🖕) who's watching me type this right now. They have programs designed and built specifically for them that allow them to watch people online in real time. They use specific terms to search for and spy on what they deem to be suspicious activity or suspicious sites. I doubt they care much about a video game forum, as they probably think we're all a bunch of angsty 12 year olds. But there's nothing they can't do. And there's nothing they won't do.

I think looking after yourself is a westernized culture because there are a number of people in different cultures that put family first. They take care of their parents and live with them; marriages are based more on loyalty rather than love and last longer and usually won't divorce. Westernized culture puts personal success before family while other cultures put family before personal achievement. To them family is success more than career or money. So I think capitalism, pursuit of personal achievement, career over family, individualism, all lead to unintended disloyalty in personal relationships. But these things also enables a democracy where people have personal or human rights. And in other places they are more passive, tend to live in authoritarianism, but hold family tradition.