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well this isnât necessarily a bad point. there are games with great stories and really awful shoehorned fighting sequences. then you also have handicapped/disabled gamers who donât necessarily have the dexterity to finish a game but would still like to be able to.
optional âcakewalkâ modes arenât that bad of an idea.
what if i want to just see the story of the game and dont want to actually play it? like??
as it is i would never pay for a bioshock game or a fallout game but i am very interested in the story. so i just watch youtube videos of it. they could get money from me if they sold the skip combat mode
iâm a games developer and an avid gamer and i really really think games should let you skip combat
honestly one of my favourite things about la noire was when you failed a sequence twice the game was like âyo do you just wanna skip this bit?âthe gaming industry/community has a huge problem with accessibility tbh. like, thank god for standardised control schemes (although bring back full customisation jfc not enough games have that anymore) but fights require time, literacy in both that type of gaming & in the individual game, you need to be able to navigate the system which can be anywhere from slightly difficult to hellish for people with visual/audio processing disorders. and tbh sometimes you just wanna enjoy the story and not get stressed the hell out doing the sAME FIGHT 700 times. itâs why i always put a game on easy/casual when Iâm replaying unless iâm specifically going for difficulty based achievements.not to mention SO MANY GAMES have either poorly designed battles or fights that have been shoved in for no reason other than to pad out the game (dxhr & da2 come to mind immediately) that sometimes itâd honestly improve the gameplay to just skip them altogether
Imagine if you were a gamer with arthritis or MS or some other disability that took away your ability to click buttons quickly, and every fight became as frustrating as THAT GODDAMN DA: ORIGINS OH FUCK IâM ON FIRE SLIDE PUZZLE.Â
Yeah. Skipping combat might seem like a not bad idea then.
Mass Effect 3 has this:
[Screenshot from a Mass Effect 3 menu, with title: âChoose Your Experienceâ, showing the options âactionâ, ârole playingâ and âstoryâ.]
âActionâ makes most story choices for you and conversations become straight up cutscenes. âRole playingâ is the default experience, both challenging gameplay and character/story building. And âstoryâ has the roleplaying but very easy combat, letting you breeze through it. (You also have a âcasualâ difficulty setting thatâs a bit more rewarding but still pretty easy.)
The thing about video games (particularly RPGs or in general games that allow you to explore or direct the story) is that the interactivity is what makes it different from movies or watching LPs on youtube. And Iâve played games that got FAR stronger emotional reactions out of me simply because I had to carry out the actions myself rather than just watching. And that experience should be more accessible.
Because SHOCKINGLY: games arenât always about winning, or being good at it. Itâs about having fun. This is kindergarten education here.
Yeah, it always baffles me when I see people react so negatively to a perfectly reasonable suggestion like this.
Why the hell shouldnât games let you skip combat if you want to? Why shouldnât there be a super-duper-easy-peasy mode for everything? No-one is gonna force YOU to play it like that if you donât want to! Continue to be as hardcore as you like!
I just donât understand the resistance at all. What weâre talking about is simply having more options for gamers. Youâre adding something that would make games more accessible and fun for loads of new fans, and youâre not taking ANYTHING away from existing fans.
LikeâŠdo youâŠnot want more people to enjoy these games?? Do you really hate the idea of other people having fun so much that youâll rile against it even when it literally has no effect on you or your experience whatsoever?? Are you honestly that selfish??
I am *horrifically* bad at gaming, but itâs a genre that Iâm intensely interested in and very desperately want to be more immersed in. I would HAPPILY buy so many more games if combat was a skippable option.Â
Not to mention one of the best indie games out right now is pretty much telling you if you want the best ending, donât fight.
Yeah, I hate the elitist mentality that only those ~*~*hardcore*~*~ enough should be allowed to enjoy video games. I mean, gaming should be an experience to be had and not just an obstacle to clear, right?Then again, my poor mental health situation and chronic pain+mobility issues on my right hand means that my gaming options are severely limited nowadays. So Iâm all about making gaming accessible for everyone in the first place.Anyone who thinks gaming will be ruined by making it more accessible need to realize that they have already ruined gaming for many.
Anyone who thinks gaming will be ruined by making it more accessible need to realize that they have already ruined gaming for many.
Iâve had to stop playing certain games because all the button mashing aggravated my carpal tunnel pain, and I rage quit some because they had a super frustrating part that I could never get past. Games should be fun, not a test of endurance. At least, they should let you skip the difficult parts you are unable to do. They can still have a hardcore mode for people who enjoy a challenge. They would still get to brag about their accomplishments without preventing others from enjoying an otherwise fun game.
Unpopular opinion but just watch the game on youtube then? Why spend money when you donât get the full experience?
The different between watching and playing is
Watching youâre seeing someoneâs experience
Playing youâre experiencing it
I watched a lot of gameplay and playing some of the games myself have a very different feels to it
Understandable but why waste money on a 70 bucks game if you cut out like 30 or 40 percent? Thatâs not worth it
I have to go 50/50 on that one because I tend to avoid fights in AC:
Syndicate
Isnât the whole point of AC to avoid fighting? Or did that change since Brotherhood?
Syndicate is based on victorian era & thereâs gangsI literally had to hide because I keep walking to area higher than my current level because of main story line
Goddammit AC. You had one job](https://pics.ballmemes.com/solaredarisen-randomnightlord-solaredarisen-randomnightlord-solaredarisen-randomnightlord-mordinette-rocketmermaid-atelierabintra-pmseymourva-72548735.png)
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GO WATCH A MOVIE
Next up on Worth Reading: The other team should just fucking let me win when I play baseball.Â
well this isnât necessarily a bad point. there are games with great stories and really awful shoehorned fighting sequences. then you also have handicapped/disabled gamers who donât necessarily have the dexterity to finish a game but would still like to be able to.
optional âcakewalkâ modes arenât that bad of an idea.
what if i want to just see the story of the game and dont want to actually play it? like??
as it is i would never pay for a bioshock game or a fallout game but i am very interested in the story. so i just watch youtube videos of it. they could get money from me if they sold the skip combat mode
iâm a games developer and an avid gamer and i really really think games should let you skip combat
honestly one of my favourite things about la noire was when you failed a sequence twice the game was like âyo do you just wanna skip this bit?âthe gaming industry/community has a huge problem with accessibility tbh. like, thank god for standardised control schemes (although bring back full customisation jfc not enough games have that anymore) but fights require time, literacy in both that type of gaming & in the individual game, you need to be able to navigate the system which can be anywhere from slightly difficult to hellish for people with visual/audio processing disorders. and tbh sometimes you just wanna enjoy the story and not get stressed the hell out doing the sAME FIGHT 700 times. itâs why i always put a game on easy/casual when Iâm replaying unless iâm specifically going for difficulty based achievements.not to mention SO MANY GAMES have either poorly designed battles or fights that have been shoved in for no reason other than to pad out the game (dxhr & da2 come to mind immediately) that sometimes itâd honestly improve the gameplay to just skip them altogether
Imagine if you were a gamer with arthritis or MS or some other disability that took away your ability to click buttons quickly, and every fight became as frustrating as THAT GODDAMN DA: ORIGINS OH FUCK IâM ON FIRE SLIDE PUZZLE.Â
Yeah. Skipping combat might seem like a not bad idea then.
Mass Effect 3 has this:
[Screenshot from a Mass Effect 3 menu, with title: âChoose Your Experienceâ, showing the options âactionâ, ârole playingâ and âstoryâ.]
âActionâ makes most story choices for you and conversations become straight up cutscenes. âRole playingâ is the default experience, both challenging gameplay and character/story building. And âstoryâ has the roleplaying but very easy combat, letting you breeze through it. (You also have a âcasualâ difficulty setting thatâs a bit more rewarding but still pretty easy.)
The thing about video games (particularly RPGs or in general games that allow you to explore or direct the story) is that the interactivity is what makes it different from movies or watching LPs on youtube. And Iâve played games that got FAR stronger emotional reactions out of me simply because I had to carry out the actions myself rather than just watching. And that experience should be more accessible.
Because SHOCKINGLY: games arenât always about winning, or being good at it. Itâs about having fun. This is kindergarten education here.
Yeah, it always baffles me when I see people react so negatively to a perfectly reasonable suggestion like this.
Why the hell shouldnât games let you skip combat if you want to? Why shouldnât there be a super-duper-easy-peasy mode for everything? No-one is gonna force YOU to play it like that if you donât want to! Continue to be as hardcore as you like!
I just donât understand the resistance at all. What weâre talking about is simply having more options for gamers. Youâre adding something that would make games more accessible and fun for loads of new fans, and youâre not taking ANYTHING away from existing fans.
LikeâŠdo youâŠnot want more people to enjoy these games?? Do you really hate the idea of other people having fun so much that youâll rile against it even when it literally has no effect on you or your experience whatsoever?? Are you honestly that selfish??
I am *horrifically* bad at gaming, but itâs a genre that Iâm intensely interested in and very desperately want to be more immersed in. I would HAPPILY buy so many more games if combat was a skippable option.Â
Not to mention one of the best indie games out right now is pretty much telling you if you want the best ending, donât fight.
Yeah, I hate the elitist mentality that only those ~*~*hardcore*~*~ enough should be allowed to enjoy video games. I mean, gaming should be an experience to be had and not just an obstacle to clear, right?Then again, my poor mental health situation and chronic pain+mobility issues on my right hand means that my gaming options are severely limited nowadays. So Iâm all about making gaming accessible for everyone in the first place.Anyone who thinks gaming will be ruined by making it more accessible need to realize that they have already ruined gaming for many.
Anyone who thinks gaming will be ruined by making it more accessible need to realize that they have already ruined gaming for many.
Iâve had to stop playing certain games because all the button mashing aggravated my carpal tunnel pain, and I rage quit some because they had a super frustrating part that I could never get past. Games should be fun, not a test of endurance. At least, they should let you skip the difficult parts you are unable to do. They can still have a hardcore mode for people who enjoy a challenge. They would still get to brag about their accomplishments without preventing others from enjoying an otherwise fun game.
Unpopular opinion but just watch the game on youtube then? Why spend money when you donât get the full experience?
The different between watching and playing is
Watching youâre seeing someoneâs experience
Playing youâre experiencing it
I watched a lot of gameplay and playing some of the games myself have a very different feels to it
Understandable but why waste money on a 70 bucks game if you cut out like 30 or 40 percent? Thatâs not worth it
I have to go 50/50 on that one because I tend to avoid fights in AC:
Syndicate
Isnât the whole point of AC to avoid fighting? Or did that change since Brotherhood?](https://pics.ballmemes.com/solaredarisen-randomnightlord-solaredarisen-randomnightlord-mordinette-rocketmermaid-atelierabintra-pmseymourva-dreamwalkertara-enigmaticagen-72548736.png)
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Abolishing prisons is a feminist issue.
How âbout quit doing crimes that would land you in these predicamentsâŠ.just sayin
Millions of us everyday go to work, get paid, donât commit crimes that would lead to our arrest.
I want a source on the $2k/year income statement. Because $40/weekâŠsurely not a US centered presentationâŠwhich begs the question where in the world do each of these claims come from?
I tried to reverse image search and got 2 pages of pintrest pages so yeah⊠Great, thanks for these in no way bias statistics tumblr user âall-cops-are-bastards-1312â
I need some evidence for these claims.
I think âprisons need reformâ and âyou shouldnât commit crimesâ arenât mutually exclusive statements. Iâm not one who believes just being in prison means you forfeit all human rights, especially when youâre imprisoned for non-violent crimes.But yeah some sources on this would be nice. It would also be nice if these âfactsâ werenât overplayed on OITNB characters, instantly making it more difficult to take them seriously. And it would be even nicer if feminists would stop co-opting issues like prison reform and labeling them as âfeminist issuesâ when nearly all menâs prisons have the same and sometimes greater problems.
Also somehow rape in menâs prisons is caused by men and yet women being raped in prison still doesnât have anything to do with women.While i definitely agree our prison systems need SERIOUS reform, âabolishingâ prison is absolutely out of the question.[Not to mention, women get more lenient sentances for the exact same crime. Stop acting like women get the short end of the stick in the legal system. They donât.]
Yeah thatâs an excellent point. Also it looks like Tumblr May have nuked half my response again](https://pics.ballmemes.com/in-some-prisons-inmate-on-inmate-wome-y-get-5-37637090.png)
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<p><a href="https://atomicsalmon.tumblr.com/post/176535484178/brett-caton-atomicsalmon-brett-caton" class="tumblr_blog">atomicsalmon</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p><a href="http://brett-caton.tumblr.com/post/176509323667/atomicsalmon-brett-caton-atomicsalmon" class="tumblr_blog">brett-caton</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p><a href="https://atomicsalmon.tumblr.com/post/176489965878/brett-caton-atomicsalmon-brett-caton" class="tumblr_blog">atomicsalmon</a>:</p><blockquote>
<p><a href="http://brett-caton.tumblr.com/post/176488525882/atomicsalmon-brett-caton-libertarirynn" class="tumblr_blog">brett-caton</a>:</p>
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<p><a href="https://atomicsalmon.tumblr.com/post/176487882003/brett-caton-libertarirynn-on-july-31-1968" class="tumblr_blog">atomicsalmon</a>:</p>
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<p><a href="http://brett-caton.tumblr.com/post/176468087807/libertarirynn-on-july-31-1968-a-young-black" class="tumblr_blog">brett-caton</a>:</p>
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<p><a href="https://libertarirynn.tumblr.com/post/176420298534/on-july-31-1968-a-young-black-man-was-reading" class="tumblr_blog">libertarirynn</a>:</p>
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<p>âOn July 31, 1968, a young, black man was reading the newspaper when he saw something that he had never seen before. With tears in his eyes, he started running and screaming throughout the house, calling for his mom. He would show his mom, and, she would gasp, seeing something she thought she would never see in her lifetime. Throughout the nation, there were similar reactions.</p>
<p>What they saw was Franklin Armstrongâs first appearance on the iconic comic strip âPeanuts.â Franklin would be 50 years old this year.</p>
<p>Franklin was âbornâ after a school teacher, Harriet Glickman, had written a letter to creator Charles M. Schulz after Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was shot to death outside his Memphis hotel room. </p>
<p>Glickman, who had kids of her own and having worked with kids, was especially aware of the power of comics among the young. âAnd my feeling at the time was that I realized that black kids and white kids never saw themselves [depicted] together in the classroom,â she would say. </p>
<p>She would write, âSince the death of Martin Luther King, âIâve been asking myself what I can do to help change those conditions in our society which led to the assassination and which contribute to the vast sea of misunderstanding, hate, fear and violence.ââ</p>
<p>Glickman asked Schulz if he could consider adding a black character to his popular comic strip, which she hoped would bring the country together and show people of color that they are not excluded from American society. </p>
<p>She had written to others as well, but the others feared it was too soon, that it may be costly to their careers, that the syndicate would drop them if they dared do something like that.</p>
<p>Charles Schulz did not have to respond to her letter, he could have just completely ignored it, and everyone would have forgotten about it. But, Schulz did take the time to respond, saying he was intrigued with the idea, but wasnât sure whether it would be right, coming from him, he didnât want to make matters worse, he felt that it may sound condescending to people of color.</p>
<p>Glickman did not give up, and continued communicating with Schulz, with Schulz surprisingly responding each time. She would even have black friends write to Schulz and explain to him what it would mean to them and gave him some suggestions on how to introduce such a character without offending anyone. This conversation would continue until one day, Schulz would tell Glickman to check her newspaper on July 31, 1968.</p>
<p>On that date, the cartoon, as created by Schulz, shows Charlie Brown meeting a new character, named Franklin. Other than his color, Franklin was just an ordinary kid who befriends and helps Charlie Brown. Franklin also mentions that his father was âover at Vietnam.â At the end of the series, which lasted three strips, Charlie invites Franklin to spend the night one day so they can continue their friendship.</p>
<p>There was no big announcement, there was no big deal, it was just a natural conversation between two kids, whose obvious differences did not matter to them. And, the fact that Franklinâs father was fighting for this country was also a very strong statement by Schulz.</p>
<p>Although Schulz never made a big deal over the inclusion of Franklin, there were many fans, especially in the South, who were very upset by it and that made national news. One Southern editor even said, âI donât mind you having a black character, but please donât show them in school together.â</p>
<p>It would eventually lead to a conversation between Schulz and the president of the comicâs distribution company, who was concerned about the introduction of Franklin and how it might affect Schulzâ popularity. Many newspapers during that time had threatened to cut the strip.</p>
<p>Schulzâ response: âI remember telling Larry at the time about Franklin â he wanted me to change it, and we talked about it for a long while on the phone, and I finally sighed and said, âWell, Larry, letâs put it this way: Either you print it just the way I draw it or I quit. Howâs that?â</p>
<p>Eventually, Franklin became a regular character in the comic strips, and, despite complaints, Franklin would be shown sitting in front of Peppermint Patty at school and playing center field on her baseball team. </p>
<p>More recently, Franklin is brought up on social media around Thanksgiving time, when the animated 1973 special âA Charlie Brown Thanksgivingâ appears. Some people have blamed Schulz for showing Franklin sitting alone on the Thanksgiving table, while the other characters sit across him. But, Schulz did not have the same control over the animated cartoon on a television network that he did on his own comic strip in the newspapers.</p>
<p>But, he did have control over his own comic strip, and, he courageously decided to make a statement because of one brave school teacher who decided to ask a simple question.</p>
<p>Glickman would explain later that her parents were âconcerned about others, and the values that they instilled in us about caring for and appreciating everyone of all colors and backgrounds â this is what we knew when we were growing up, that you cared about other people ⊠And so, during the years, we were very aware of the issues of racism and civil rights in this country [when] black people had to sit at the back of the bus, black people couldnât sit in the same seats in the restaurants that you could sit ⊠Every day I would see, or read, about black children trying to get into school and seeing crowds of white people standing around spitting at them or yelling at them ⊠and the beatings and the dogs and the hosings and the courage of so many people in that time.â</p>
<p>Because of Glickman, because of Schulz, people around the world were introduced to a little boy named Franklin.â (Source: The Jon S. Randal Peace Page, Facebook)</p>
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<p>Of course, nowadays one of the characters would suddenly be black, another would be transexual, and all the girls would be quasi lesbians at least. :P</p>
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<p>Diversity isnât bad, but using an outdated term for transgender people is. </p>
<p>Please do NOT use transsexual. </p>
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<p>â
using an outdated term for transgender people is
â<br/><br/>Who appointed you to the language police?<br/><br/>Trans <b>gender</b> doesnât make sense, since gender is the psychological depiction of biological sex. A transsexual is someone whose brain doesnât align with the body. They experience gender dysphoria, they donât flip genders because itâs Thursday.<br/><br/>â
Diversity isnât bad
â<br/><br/>Bullshit. <i>Diversity </i>as it is used now is the opposite of what it used to <i>be</i>. Every story has to be the <b>same </b>because <i>diversity?</i> Thatâs some Animal Farm levels of crap. <br/><br/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrlzSqLSGj8GIOeT5jrQsJA/videos">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrlzSqLSGj8GIOeT5jrQsJA/videos</a><br/><br/></p>
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<p>1. Trans people themselves would rather people use transgender, regardless of whether or not it makes sense.</p>
<p>2. Kek, I never said every story has to be the same because of diversity, youâre just pulling shit out of your ass.</p>
<p>Diversity isnât bad. Itâs not going to kill you if thereâs a story featuring someone that is gay, trans, disabled, of color, or anything else outside of what people usually choose to depict.</p>
<p>Itâs not that hard a concept to understand. If you get heated over there being diversity then you need to check yourself and your beliefs.</p>
<p>Forced diversity is understandable to dislike, but I wasnât even talking about that in the first place. I said a general statement. </p>
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<p>â
Trans people themselves would rather people use transgender
â<br/><br/>And your proof is.. your opinion. Dismissed as easily. Iâve known transsexuals all my life, they used the word, that is where i heard it, I donât care that your little group of 0.0001% of the english speakers want to control how english is spoken, any more than I care how scientologists want it to be spoken.<br/><br/>Authoritarians try to control minds by controlling words. Itâs very revealing to read books like 1984. SocJus fits in perfectly to that world.<br/><br/>â
I never said every story has to be the same because of diversity
â<br/><br/>And I never said you did. God, strawmannery already? I said âdiversityâ makes every story the same. You have to have the trans, you have to have the black person, the gay, blah blah blah. Art has to serve the needs of the ideology, not the audience, in the SocJus worldview.<br/><br/><br/></p><figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="1078" data-orig-width="881"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/4d0465e9b6c0eee84fa8ff9bf3e14229/tumblr_inline_pcrreh11Tt1qj6ut1_540.jpg" data-orig-height="1078" data-orig-width="881"/></figure><p><a href="http://brettcaton.blogspot.com/2018/04/has-squirrel-girl-acquired-downs.html">Which results in⊠that.</a><br/><br/>â
Diversity isnât bad.
â<br/><br/>By that same logic, having every story push communism or fascism isnât bad. I disagree.<br/><br/>â
Itâs not going to kill you
â<br/><br/>Bullshit. But even by that same bar, neither is pushing stories that talk about pushing transsexuals into gas chambers. Is that really the standard of morality you ascribe to? Something is acceptable if it wonât kill<i> you?</i><br/><br/>â
Itâs not that hard a concept to understand.
â<br/><br/>I understand it perfectly, just as I understand the claims of all sorts of religions and ideologies.<br/><br/><br/></p><figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="546" data-orig-width="728"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/ec0315ffbc32535d8b176e33bc0a4599/tumblr_inline_pcrrlfOi931qj6ut1_540.jpg" data-orig-height="546" data-orig-width="728"/></figure><p>There is something you - along with so many other fanatics do not comprehend. There are people who do not believe the same things you do, despite understanding your arguments. You cannot comprehend the idea that you may beâŠ<br/><br/><br/></p><figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="2592" data-orig-width="3888"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/287067269a75c067af2f0325ca17e5e7/tumblr_inline_pcrrnh1mG01qj6ut1_540.jpg" data-orig-height="2592" data-orig-width="3888"/></figure></blockquote>
<p>Lol have you ever tried to chill? You should try it sometime, you look like youâre desperate for it. </p></blockquote>
<p>Why in the hell did a post about Peanuts turn into this shitshow?</p>](https://pics.ballmemes.com/hi-im-im-very-glad-franklin-to-know-you-i-35215317.png)
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<p>âOn July 31, 1968, a young, black man was reading the newspaper when he saw something that he had never seen before. With tears in his eyes, he started running and screaming throughout the house, calling for his mom. He would show his mom, and, she would gasp, seeing something she thought she would never see in her lifetime. Throughout the nation, there were similar reactions.</p>
<p>What they saw was Franklin Armstrong’s first appearance on the iconic comic strip “Peanuts.” Franklin would be 50 years old this year.</p>
<p>Franklin was “born” after a school teacher, Harriet Glickman, had written a letter to creator Charles M. Schulz after Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was shot to death outside his Memphis hotel room. </p>
<p>Glickman, who had kids of her own and having worked with kids, was especially aware of the power of comics among the young. âAnd my feeling at the time was that I realized that black kids and white kids never saw themselves [depicted] together in the classroom,â she would say. </p>
<p>She would write, âSince the death of Martin Luther King, ‘Iâve been asking myself what I can do to help change those conditions in our society which led to the assassination and which contribute to the vast sea of misunderstanding, hate, fear and violence.'â</p>
<p>Glickman asked Schulz if he could consider adding a black character to his popular comic strip, which she hoped would bring the country together and show people of color that they are not excluded from American society. </p>
<p>She had written to others as well, but the others feared it was too soon, that it may be costly to their careers, that the syndicate would drop them if they dared do something like that.</p>
<p>Charles Schulz did not have to respond to her letter, he could have just completely ignored it, and everyone would have forgotten about it. But, Schulz did take the time to respond, saying he was intrigued with the idea, but wasn’t sure whether it would be right, coming from him, he didn’t want to make matters worse, he felt that it may sound condescending to people of color.</p>
<p>Glickman did not give up, and continued communicating with Schulz, with Schulz surprisingly responding each time. She would even have black friends write to Schulz and explain to him what it would mean to them and gave him some suggestions on how to introduce such a character without offending anyone. This conversation would continue until one day, Schulz would tell Glickman to check her newspaper on July 31, 1968.</p>
<p>On that date, the cartoon, as created by Schulz, shows Charlie Brown meeting a new character, named Franklin. Other than his color, Franklin was just an ordinary kid who befriends and helps Charlie Brown. Franklin also mentions that his father was “over at Vietnam.” At the end of the series, which lasted three strips, Charlie invites Franklin to spend the night one day so they can continue their friendship.</p>
<p>There was no big announcement, there was no big deal, it was just a natural conversation between two kids, whose obvious differences did not matter to them. And, the fact that Franklin’s father was fighting for this country was also a very strong statement by Schulz.</p>
<p>Although Schulz never made a big deal over the inclusion of Franklin, there were many fans, especially in the South, who were very upset by it and that made national news. One Southern editor even said, âI donât mind you having a black character, but please donât show them in school together.â</p>
<p>It would eventually lead to a conversation between Schulz and the president of the comic’s distribution company, who was concerned about the introduction of Franklin and how it might affect Schulz’ popularity. Many newspapers during that time had threatened to cut the strip.</p>
<p>Schulz’ response: “I remember telling Larry at the time about Franklin – he wanted me to change it, and we talked about it for a long while on the phone, and I finally sighed and said, "Well, Larry, let’s put it this way: Either you print it just the way I draw it or I quit. How’s that?”</p>
<p>Eventually, Franklin became a regular character in the comic strips, and, despite complaints, Franklin would be shown sitting in front of Peppermint Patty at school and playing center field on her baseball team. </p>
<p>More recently, Franklin is brought up on social media around Thanksgiving time, when the animated 1973 special “A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving” appears. Some people have blamed Schulz for showing Franklin sitting alone on the Thanksgiving table, while the other characters sit across him. But, Schulz did not have the same control over the animated cartoon on a television network that he did on his own comic strip in the newspapers.</p>
<p>But, he did have control over his own comic strip, and, he courageously decided to make a statement because of one brave school teacher who decided to ask a simple question.</p>
<p>Glickman would explain later that her parents were “concerned about others, and the values that they instilled in us about caring for and appreciating everyone of all colors and backgrounds â this is what we knew when we were growing up, that you cared about other people … And so, during the years, we were very aware of the issues of racism and civil rights in this country [when] black people had to sit at the back of the bus, black people couldnât sit in the same seats in the restaurants that you could sit … Every day I would see, or read, about black children trying to get into school and seeing crowds of white people standing around spitting at them or yelling at them … and the beatings and the dogs and the hosings and the courage of so many people in that time.”</p>
<p>Because of Glickman, because of Schulz, people around the world were introduced to a little boy named Franklin.â (Source: The Jon S. Randal Peace Page, Facebook)</p>](https://pics.ballmemes.com/hi-im-im-very-glad-franklin-to-know-you-i-35049874.png)
