> Here's my blog's coverage of it, too:
>
> Speak out with your geek out!
>
> (Cut and pasted from The Escapist Blog -www.theescapist.com/blog)
>
> If you are a geek of any degree, you've probably heard the story about
> the journalist who dated a Magic: the Gathering champion by now. But
> if not, here's the nutshell version - an internet journalist went on
> a date with someone she met through a dating site, found out that he
> was a Magic: The Gathering champion, and felt the sudden need to take
> a long, hot shower and blog about how gross and icky the whole
> experience was. Geek rage ensued, and the whole thing turned out to
> be quite profitable for the judgemental journalist, who was getting
> paid for each click on her screed (in fact, that may have been the
> purpose of the whole thing, which is why I will not link to it here).
>
> In a similar vein, Joe Elliot of Def Leppard</a> recently referred to
> his more angry and unappreciative fans as "idiots who sit in their
> mother's basement eating Doritos and playing Dungeons and Dragons all
> day," using a popular pasttime to paint the image of unsocialized,
> unwashed loners holed up in dark basements, typing furiously on
> keyboards about how disappointed they are that the band doesn't vary
> their set list between shows. (http://www.spinner.com/2011/08/23/def-leppard-interview/
> )
>
> These aren't the only examples. Every day, I find more in my inbox -
> usually ESPN editorials accusing unpopular athletes of playing too
> much D&D. While flipping through TV channels about a month ago, I
> chanced upon two shows airing simultaneously - a reality program with
> repo men trying to collect a vehicle from LARPers who refused to break
> character, and a Disney Channel show in which a tween girl was
> horrified to discover that the boy she liked played a popular fantasy
> card game (no big surprise here - the Disney Channel actually has a
> long history of this sort of thing).
>
> Now realistically, this is minor compared to other, bigger injustices
> that are going on in the world. We're not some kind of tragic victims
> here. We'll live through this, certainly. But that doesn't mean that
> we can't do something to correct it.
>
> My friend Monica Valentinelli has started an event in response to this
> type of hatred: Speak Out With Your Geek Out, in which geeks of all
> types make their status known to all on blogs and social networks and
> anywhere else they want to let their geek flag fly. Monica explains it
> much better than I could:
>
> "Sometime during the week of Monday, September 12th to Friday,
> September 16th post about what geeky hobby you love. Then, tell us why
> we should try it, too. Leave your fears (and edition wars) at the
> door. Forget about your latest rant. Tap into that well of positive
> energy and share in the excitement of all things geek."
>
> Let us invite those who would stereotype us to sit at our table and
> share our interests. Let us combat being used as pawns for internet
> gaffes with the reasons why we're awesome, why we love what we love,
> and why it's good to be a geek.
>
> The Flames Rising blog (http://www.flamesrising.com/speak-out-with-your-geek-out/
> ) has more on the event. If you are on Facebook, you can join the
> event there -http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=190025581068159-
> and Twitter users are encouraged to use the #speakgeek hashtag in
> their tweets.
>
> (The idea is similar, but not identical, to another geek-related event
> that will be coming up soon, one that was concocted on this very site
> - http://www.theescapist.com/readrpgsinpublic- Read an RPG Book in
> Public Week - and I encourage any and all participants in that event
> to participate in this one - and vice versa!)
I have posted about this on My blog. http://theinnofpalmerst.blogspot.com/
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