I dont really know where else to go with this so that's why I'm bringing it here. Its not about the game itself, I've said many and plenty of times that I think ACNH is comparatively sparse on content but that I still enjoy playing. It's very fun and I know downloads will be coming for quite a while.
I'm gonna be blunt: my biggest problem with the game isn't with the game at all, its the new players, or rather, a subset of new players. Particularly new players that keep bringing things like hard right conservatism in general into the game, but have never even heard of AC before now. They keep trying to use the game to push horrible things.
Lately, I've been noticing it getting more...idk what to call it...aggressive? Esp. with the Trump thing. I just wanna know if its just me or not. Every time I've seen it, it devolves into vicious name calling, threats and threats of violence. I'm tried of seeing it. Im starting to see everything from trump hats to confederate flags and worse. Even with the mustache problem in WW it's never been this bad before. Its like the hair nonsense on twitter was just the beginning but now its gotten really bad. I always report them but geez. AC community was never this way and while I get that the political climate esp. in the US is pretty bad right now, this crap is ruining the one thing I thought it couldn't touch.
I'm honestly starting to wish that NH never got popular. I know its great for Nintendo, but it makes me want to interact with the larger AC community less and less when this crap is tolerated until reported. Someone asked me yesterday if I knew where to find certain hard right wing patterns then had the nerve to ask me, 'What is New Leaf?' I just sighed and wrote off ever playing with them again.
To be clear, I've never seen it on the Belltree. But going to other AC communities it's like, there be dragons...and worse.
/rant