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Being a product of its time really makes Redcloak's thing about the goblins being the designated fodder race of the world read far differently today. It might have had a degree of point in regards to D&D a decade or two ago, when there were less Goblin webcomics and monster PCs were more of a fun option rather than a serious one. But we're so far down the rabbit hole of the idea that everyone can potentially be a player character, coupled with the subsequent scorning of "evil only/guilt-free designated target" antagonists in gables that Redcloak's particular gripe rings more hollow. His surface level argument of wanting people to see the goblins as people sound along the lines of "always evil races are bad", but his actions and actual gripes make his motives more like his moralized justification for revenge mixed with envy and guilt of other races having it easier rather than a totally 100% justifiable condemnation of an enforced system of oppression. Redcloak's bitching that Goblins aren't allowed to be PCs under how "the world works" rings a lot more hollow when Critical Role, isekai slop, and video games have made goblins far more acceptable as a race of heroes than ever before.. And if you need it spelled out further how much of a hypocrite he is beyond pic related, notice how Redcloak never talks about how shit lizardfolk, kobolds, gnolls or orcs have it either as the designated punching bags of adventurers, even dismissing orcs as possible allies since they have half-orcs as a PC race.

It's why I always find it funny to see readers trying to talk about Redcloak as somehow being noble and justified in his anger beyond the boundaries of wanting to get back at the world for burning down his village. Revenge for losing your family is totally cogent. The whole "systemic oppression" thing is now based on a rather myopic attempt to frame enemy encounters from an older edition, from before people were trying to make even beholders into uwu cute beans.