Geeks have very special little worlds where they feel safe. Many social groups like that do. Jocks have their locker rooms. Cheerleaders have their… locker rooms. The list goes on. Dungeons and Dragons and/or Medieval military buffs have Renaissance Faires. Some people go to these things to drink beer out of a clay mug on a nice day and watch carnival acts or wannabe knights beat each other with broom handles. (That’s me by the way.) Other people go to these things every weekend, dressed head to toe in hundreds of dollars worth of period garb and spend the whole day drinking and referring to each other as “muh lard” or “muh lady”. I’m fine with that. I’m really happy that people who enjoy that sort of thing have a venue to do so.
Sadly, that sort of venue seems to be under attack. It’s not by the groups you’d expect either. It’s not by the Overprotective Parents of America Coalition who fear that tweens playing role playing games are of the devil. It’s not by the NAACP who find that celebrating a time in history where the majority of people were systematically impoverished and blacks were enslaved to be a gross revision of facts. No, no… the traditional Renaissance Faire is under attack by other geeks.
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