As an optimist, I like to think there are no “bad people” in
this world, just bad role models. I believe that a lot of the problems we as a
society face can be attributed not to a willingness to be malicious but a
desire to be understood (because we don’t know any better ways). So how can
gamers help curtail the rampant ignorance that seems to hold not just our
country but countries around the world in its sway? Sometimes the answer can be
a simple willingness to listen and learn; other times, it can be finding the
strength *not* to listen and instead question the motives of those we admire or
look up to.
