if there's one thing that i'd want killed in politics, it's the expectation that any liberal or left-wing politician is still held fully responsible for whatever happened (or might have happened) under their (or "their") rule decades ago, whereas any conservative blunders are forgotten near-instantly
trump's first term was a disaster he actively caused, and somehow that was forgotten enough that biden's disappointing four years suddenly made enough people go "you know what, trump was fine actually, let's elect him again"
whereas any bad move by a politician on the other side is remembered for decades
some people still think the democrats hate video games because, back in the 1990s, joe lieberman and hillary clinton saw that video games were not rated the same way movies are, with nintendo, sega and other publishers basically coming up with their own inconsistent private censorship rules and rating systems, and threatened the industry with regulation if they wouldn't get their shit together
the latter part is what happened, when the video game industry created the ESRB, a private board that hands out ratings for north american releases of games -- basically the same way the MPAA, another private board, rates movies
ultimately, this was a good thing for gaming (including players who like violence, sex jokes and characters with boobs), because instead of nintendo forcing all games to be squeaky-clean or sega having to hide blood behind a cheat code, now there was a single consistent system that made the parents' question of "should i buy this game for my little timmy?" easy to answer
and now with online distribution, it's possible (and easy) to make and sell games without an ESRB rating at all -- platforms like steam and itch can show an ESRB rating for a game if one exists, but they now also have their own private content warning system that works internationally and provides more detailed information
but nooooo, instead we had gamergaters go "we can't let hillary clinton win or she'll remove sexy women from gaming!!", all because of a position she held as a bargaining tactic 20 years before (you might notice that the united states, as a country with a tradition of free speech, has very few restrictions on violence and sex in regards to books, movies and music, the idea that gaming would suddenly get a government censorship board even though most other entertainment industries were allowed to self-regulate would be absurd, that was the goal in the first place)
even though, on this specific issue, hillary clinton already won, and that victory made things better for you and other sexy video game women appreciators specifically
trump's first term was a disaster he actively caused, and somehow that was forgotten enough that biden's disappointing four years suddenly made enough people go "you know what, trump was fine actually, let's elect him again"
whereas any bad move by a politician on the other side is remembered for decades
some people still think the democrats hate video games because, back in the 1990s, joe lieberman and hillary clinton saw that video games were not rated the same way movies are, with nintendo, sega and other publishers basically coming up with their own inconsistent private censorship rules and rating systems, and threatened the industry with regulation if they wouldn't get their shit together
the latter part is what happened, when the video game industry created the ESRB, a private board that hands out ratings for north american releases of games -- basically the same way the MPAA, another private board, rates movies
ultimately, this was a good thing for gaming (including players who like violence, sex jokes and characters with boobs), because instead of nintendo forcing all games to be squeaky-clean or sega having to hide blood behind a cheat code, now there was a single consistent system that made the parents' question of "should i buy this game for my little timmy?" easy to answer
and now with online distribution, it's possible (and easy) to make and sell games without an ESRB rating at all -- platforms like steam and itch can show an ESRB rating for a game if one exists, but they now also have their own private content warning system that works internationally and provides more detailed information
but nooooo, instead we had gamergaters go "we can't let hillary clinton win or she'll remove sexy women from gaming!!", all because of a position she held as a bargaining tactic 20 years before (you might notice that the united states, as a country with a tradition of free speech, has very few restrictions on violence and sex in regards to books, movies and music, the idea that gaming would suddenly get a government censorship board even though most other entertainment industries were allowed to self-regulate would be absurd, that was the goal in the first place)
even though, on this specific issue, hillary clinton already won, and that victory made things better for you and other sexy video game women appreciators specifically