That was not my intent, nor did I write that way to give that impression - and my "actually oppressed minority groups" friends (three of them) who I ran the contents of the post past before posting didn't read it that way.
But, OK, as obviously some people have read it that way, then I unreservedly apologise for causing that impression.
FTR my intent was to draw attention to, as Graylshaped put it (and way better than I did), the "tarring people with the same brush" aspect of the ongoing hostility (as you yourself have shown) towards a group of people who don't deserve it just because some people who can be classified within that group do bad things.
I'm not defending the WotC/Hasbro people for what they've done / are doing - I don't like what they're doing to the hobby I've been involved with and loved for over 40 years.
I used the first three statements in my list (as I did all the others) as a form of rhetoric to make a point. Should I have left those three off the list? Perhaps. But would people have been caused to move outside their comfort zones to examine their prejudices in this particular subject had I not? Again, perhaps, but I have my doubts.
In the end people will (hopefully) reflect on their views towards regarding the actions of individuals as the actions of groups and vice-versa - and while some people may not like having their views and preconceived ideas challenged, nether-the-less I have a right to voice my objections to comments I find distasteful and to ask people to stop making those comments (particulalry when they are not true when being generalized), just as others have the right to voice their objections to comments they find distasteful - including this one.
