If you'd asked me a few months ago I probably would have spouted some spool of nonsense and double standards, but I honestly just recently realized that my own emotions towards the identity tag of "gamer" are pretty much the same basis for the arguments for cultural appropriation.

I agree though, that probably a lot of people here wouldn't be able to make that distinction, but I think the simple solution is to just accept that humans are walking contradictions. I do actually want to be able to like anything I want to at any level and not be criticized for it, but I also don't want people to shallowly engage in the things I take seriously. I think everyone pretty much feels the same way, but it's too difficult to do that because what comes next? You either change your behavior and attitudes to try to appease everyone or just accept that some people are going to think you're a dick. My thing is that I'm okay if some people get offended, as long as I know I'm not trying to offend them on purpose, and on the opposite side of things, I always tell myself that I don't know if those people appropriating my culture are doing it to be rude and they may just be enjoying themselves too. I think basic emotions aside, we should all strive to make sure we really know someone is trying to hurt us before we decide to do anything about it. Most of the time they're just doing what they've always done.