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A video game proponent is a hardcore video game
player who is opposed to video game criticism from outside the video game community, including censorship, especially the
common video game controversy, such as religious
figures and politicians, and restrictions, regulations, and scrutiny based on the criticisms. Their side of the video game
controversy is called the left-wing side of the controversy, and the other side is called the right-wing side. They call the
restrictions and scrutiny religious and political nonsense. Such restriction is sometimes called Liebermanism after
Joe Lieberman, one of the biggest proponents of such restriction.
Video game censor is the opposite of video game proponent. Some video game players, including the video game
proponency crew, divide the video game censorship crew (or the right wing side of the video game controversy) into two sections,
calling the right-wing video game censors "fundies" and the left-wing
video game censors "Liebermanites." Video game proponents are usually males between the ages of 17 and 40. Video game players who
were raised by video game censors, especially religious ones, are likely to be video game proponents.
Video game proponents sometimes help fellow gamers who are undergoing such restriction or scrutiny, if beyond the Entertainment Software Ratings Board. They may argue that such restriction is a violation of the
First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. They are also against the
Greek electronic game ban, and that law is
unconstitutional. They view the law as a threat to the video game community.
Some video game proponents abstain from or deprecate religious organizations (especially Christian denominations) that impose
restrictions on video games, such as Jehovah's Witnesses
and Seventh Day Adventists. They believe that those
religions are too restrictive and that they are enemies of the video game community. They label such Christian denominations as
cults of Christianity. They also deprecate and refuse to vote for any politician who
endorses the regulations or restrictions based on that common video game controversy, such as 2004 Democratic Presidential candidate Joe Lieberman, and they
discourage fellow video game players to vote for such politicians. Video game proponents consider Lieberman and his family as
enemies of the video game community. The Entertainment Software Association is opposed to governmental regulation of computer and
video games. Video game proponents are also against Miami attorney Jack Thompson.
Video game proponents oppose the religious video game teachings of religious artist Jack Chick and preacher Al Menconi (whose
site video game proponents deprecate). They seem to have exposed the aforementioned religious organizations to the video game
teachings of Jack Chick. Video game proponents can be defenders or representatives of the video game community, defending the
rights of gamers. Some video game proponents are atheists. A video game player who has renounced faith in a religious group or a
religious heritage in favor of video gaming is sometimes called
an apostate gamer.
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