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Feb. 6th, 2012 08:15 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shamanicshaymin"Ugh, what a day I had! I'm so mad at this idiot at work who--"
"ABLEIIIIIIST!!1!1"
"What?"
"You used the word 'mad', and that means crazy, so you're insulting the mentally ill. And you called a person an 'idiot', and that is a slur against the mentally disabled!"
Gods, the Internet is giving me such a headache. Apparently, it's a fad now to be offended by EVERYTHING. Someone says something you don't agree with? It "triggers" you. You're offended by what a person has said? Call them "ableist."
To the people who throw around "ableist", "trigger", and "oppressive" like free candy, remember what dear old Inigo Montoya once said: You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
In a sort of related note, I had a dream I was studying Maurice with my high school English class. Of course, the kids around me acted like immature, homophobic morons. And I was the awkward kid everyone kept staring at. Ugh. I always feel like I'm in another planet in environments like these, because I can't help but think everyone's head would explode as soon as they have had their first encounter with fandom. (Welcome to Harry Potter, home of ten katrillion crackships!) You'd think we'd have gotten over homophobia by now, but nope. Like, this would be high school class's reaction if they had to read Giovanni's Room:
People: dude it's gay this book sucks. *doesn't even bother with the themes/plot/writing, all they care about is "it's gay" and whine about it over and over*
Me: No, it sucks because the main character is a self-pitying whiner that learns nothing by the ending except that life is unfair (which he already knew), and the only person I don't want to punch in the face is the chick the MC is using to cling to the "fact" that he is straight.
I'm glad I graduated. While I only spent two years at the university at Austin, at least it was LGBT-friendly based off the places I visited. :/
Meanwhile, I've been replaying SA2B and raising Chao.
- I've forgotten how tsundere half the cast is, especially Shadow. <.<;;;
- Security Hall still needs to die in a fire.
- Something funny happened while I was at Egg Quarters. You know how Omao-Chao makes these pained cries and lectures you when you beat him up? I think I pulled a glitch or something, because while I was trying to find a key, I kept hearing Omao-Chao screaming every few seconds. Now that is something that doesn't happen everyday. 8)
"ABLEIIIIIIST!!1!1"
"What?"
"You used the word 'mad', and that means crazy, so you're insulting the mentally ill. And you called a person an 'idiot', and that is a slur against the mentally disabled!"
Gods, the Internet is giving me such a headache. Apparently, it's a fad now to be offended by EVERYTHING. Someone says something you don't agree with? It "triggers" you. You're offended by what a person has said? Call them "ableist."
To the people who throw around "ableist", "trigger", and "oppressive" like free candy, remember what dear old Inigo Montoya once said: You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
In a sort of related note, I had a dream I was studying Maurice with my high school English class. Of course, the kids around me acted like immature, homophobic morons. And I was the awkward kid everyone kept staring at. Ugh. I always feel like I'm in another planet in environments like these, because I can't help but think everyone's head would explode as soon as they have had their first encounter with fandom. (Welcome to Harry Potter, home of ten katrillion crackships!) You'd think we'd have gotten over homophobia by now, but nope. Like, this would be high school class's reaction if they had to read Giovanni's Room:
People: dude it's gay this book sucks. *doesn't even bother with the themes/plot/writing, all they care about is "it's gay" and whine about it over and over*
Me: No, it sucks because the main character is a self-pitying whiner that learns nothing by the ending except that life is unfair (which he already knew), and the only person I don't want to punch in the face is the chick the MC is using to cling to the "fact" that he is straight.
I'm glad I graduated. While I only spent two years at the university at Austin, at least it was LGBT-friendly based off the places I visited. :/
Meanwhile, I've been replaying SA2B and raising Chao.
- I've forgotten how tsundere half the cast is, especially Shadow. <.<;;;
- Security Hall still needs to die in a fire.
- Something funny happened while I was at Egg Quarters. You know how Omao-Chao makes these pained cries and lectures you when you beat him up? I think I pulled a glitch or something, because while I was trying to find a key, I kept hearing Omao-Chao screaming every few seconds. Now that is something that doesn't happen everyday. 8)
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Date: 2012-02-07 12:59 pm (UTC)I remember someone on
What the people who want minorities on shining pedestals don't understand is that they're human, just like everybody else. We have flaws. We make mistakes. We do really, really shitty things to each other just because we can. Minorities are racist assholes. Women are misogynistic. Atheists abuse other atheists. If the main antagonist is evil because he's gay, I can understand where there would be a problem. But if he's evil because he manipulated the protagonist into shooting his dog while planting a bomb inside the school his daughter goes to, then it doesn't matter to me if he's gay. He's an evil douchebag, and therefore, has proven to be a successful villain.
Another mistake people make is categorizing minorities in "types" of personality. Women are either love interests/sex objects, damsels in distress, or action chicks. No inbetween, nuh uh. MLP: FiM is awesome is because it shows girls as individuals rather than portraying them as "how a girl should be"/"how I believe girls act." Rainbow Dash is a tomboy while Rarity likes fashion, while Twilight's nerdy and Pinkie's bouncy as hell, AND IT'S ALL GOOD. And that's another beef I have when people complain about the portrayal of Derpy Hooves. Yeah, because every mentally disabled person is clumsy and speaks slowly.
In short, if you're a minority character, there's no need to compensate for anything, via Magical Negro and whatnot. You're only human... what's there to compensate for?