I can see the headlines now..
Gen Con Attendees Lay Siege to Indianapolis Monthly Magazine
Much to the consternation of local police, the rioters actually assembled a fully functional trebuchet which they used to bombard the magazine offices with boxes filled with copies of Dangerous Journeys.
In other related news, Tony Rehagen was tarred, feathered, and run out of town by several thousand angry gamers.
One has to question the wisdom of an individual willing to risk the ire of tens of thousands of people that will be showing up in a few days. Kind of the reason that we never see Rush Limbaugh attending the Democratic National Convention.
Seriously though...
Lets say, for example, Tony had written an article where he used stereotypes, just for the sake of argument, about a religious group. Making vulgar references to this religious group, their activities, and members. I think it would be fair to say that no reputable magazine would have printed it. Why? Because, you can’t malign certain groups. However others, such as gamers, are perfectly fair game. For the simple reason, its ‘fun’ to be mean spirited to ‘geeks’ and ‘nerds’.
As a gamer for more than two decades, I can tell you that this is really nothing new. At the root of it, we have fun in an activity that they do not understand nor are they interested in learning about. Their mean spirited attack on us is basically their attempt to build themselves up at our expense.
I would suggest that you shrug and walk away.
All the best...
John