Editing User talk:Timgretio

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==In response to your concerns==
Yasuke's communities across the ''Assassin's Creed'' fandom have been dealing with a widespread problem of racists and misogynists decrying the choices of [[Yasuke]] and [[Fujibayashi Naoe|Naoe]] as protagonists. All of these communities, including Access the Animus, the ''Assassin's Creed'' subreddit, and even other subreddits not directly related to the series, have had to take extensive moderation measures in response. Apart from this, it is a normal practice of wiki moderators to lock and end forum posts when tensions are flaring and a debate has devolved into an ceaseless, unproductive argument.

Now, I have allowed you to share your opinions and engage extensively in debate about Yasuke and Naoe instead of denying that outright. I also do not know you on a personal level nor well enough to be confident that your problems with Yasuke and Naoe stem from prejudice, but the issue that I personally observe is that it does not seem like you ever really advance your arguments based on my own rebuttals. I am being careful here now to describe this as my own observation, rather than as a fact. 

I also honestly do think that your reasons for criticizing Yasuke and Naoe as protagonists are disingenuous, and ever more so throughout our debates. For example, you have repeatedly alleged that I do not address your points even though I have written essay responses doing my best to meticulously address them at great expense of my time. If there is a point you think I have missed, it would have been more helpful for you to just highlight them, but my impression is that you were just not advancing the conversation. It is also unclear to me why you are not receptive of the explanations by historians in the r/AskHistorians subreddit, which is known for its authoritativeness through its strict moderation to permit only experts' answers. For these reasons, I cannot deny that I developed suspicions that there was underlying racism and misogyny towards Yasuke and Naoe. I am being careful here to describe this in terms of my honest thoughts and feelings, not in terms of indisputable facts about who you are. I am not accusing you, but I am sharing my opinion and concerns and why I developed that opinion and concern.

I am also being mindful here that because we have opposing opinions—and I gather political values as well—it is hard for me to evaluate our debate impartially. From my perspective, your tone was becoming unfriendly and losing civility. When you start adding sarcasm to your replies, that can give that impression, and it is what cued me that it was about time to stop the debate. At the same time, I acknowledge that as someone with strong beliefs and who is being vigilant about racism and misogyny, I do not have the impartiality to assess that I moderated myself well enough in the midst of a tense debate.

For the record, I unlocked the thread a couple of times to edit my comment clarifying why I am locking it. It is fair for you to feel that I locked the thread to get the last word, but I honestly locked it because I had already spent two hours debating you, and it was already past midnight for me. I had meant to sleep early and have work tomorrow, and I could not allow the thread to go on further without moderation while I go to bed. Like I said, from the tone of the debate, I judged that it had exhausted all constructiveness and was soon to devolve further, and thus it was the right time to close it. [[User:Sol Pacificus|<span style="color:#990000;font-family:Monotype Corsiva;font-size:17px">'''Sol Pacificus'''</span>]]<sup>[[User talk:Sol Pacificus|<span style="color:#D4AF37;font-family:Californian FB;font-size:11px">(Cyfiero)</span>]]</sup> 09:50, 15 June 2024 (UTC)