It’s easy to see the resemblance. These guilds are also usually named after these hate groups as well. (In this case, the guild’s name involves the word “Crusading”.) Combined with the hooded helmets that the players in the guild wear, it’s quite clear what they’re trying to do.
It’d probably be a good thing to remove (or adjust) the Cross-style guild symbol from the game, so that these guilds don’t quite look so much like that aforementioned hate group.
Thank you!
Also, here’s an article for anyone who wants to read about the link between medieval imagery and hate groups.
Edit: Added a bit to make it clear that it’s fine to adjust the symbol instead of absolutely removing it. Also added a link to that article!
Nope, it’s not bait. I’m being serious that maybe it shouldn’t be so easy to create a look that clearly references hate groups. I get that there’s bigger fish to fry, but it’s still a suggestion that fits Blizzard’s goal of making WoW less toxic.
Also, sorry, I’m here now. Had to do some things elsewhere. Gotta give me time to respond!
It’s a bit long, so I get if you don’t wanna read the whole thing. But here’s a passage from it talking about the link between hate groups and medieval symbology:
He saw it in footage of the Charlottesville rally, he says: “The imagery that these white nationalist, white supremacist groups were using was really in a lot of cases very noticeably medieval.” Some of them carried “crusader shields with a red cross on it that said ‘deus vult’”—a Latin rallying cry meaning “God wills,” used by some Christian knights in the first Crusade. The red crosses evoke those worn by the Knights Templar, a Roman Catholic order that has long been fodder for myth, legend and conspiracy theories.
you know… cause of the Crusades.
