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A key point people dont seem to be talking about much is how people wbo say "listen to bipoc!" dont seem to know what that means?

Bipoc are not a monilith. You cant just say that to support your own point, because there are bipoc who disagree with you. I know it may seem crazy to Woke Whites but i don't wanna....like dictate what you think. I want you to listen with intentional sympathy to poc of all viewpoints and then also use your own brain to figure out what you think is right.

#THIS.#dont only listen to bipoc when you want to use them to prove your point lmfao #we arent one persom that you can call upon whenever you need to be justified in your moral crusade.

nietzhat

the most frustrating thing about this Lindsay Ellis nonissue that for some reason so many people are jumping on (including ppl that haven’t seen her videos and didn’t even know who she was until now), is just the sheer unproductiveness of it. it’s a lot of moral posturing with few aims, beyond assaulting a youtuber with death by a thousand blemishes. if you’re sincerely troubled by her tweets and the video addressing them—maybe consider what you want accomplished? cos if it’s genuinely about those tweets, then she’s actually been fairly receptive to the complaints, made an effort to understand, made an effort to explain herself, and discussed it publicly. that’s the opposite of avoiding responsibility, that is someone who is engaging with your criticisms. it's a very good thing, because, regardless of whether she agreed with every point, it demonstrates openness and gives us the opportunity to address her take on the issue. that’s a whole lot better, whole lot more honest than a reflexive apology surrendered out of self-preservation. but people are angry that she had the gall to even make such a video, or that she did anything but lie prostrate on the church floor begging your forgiveness. for real, people? that's the sort of response that makes others question how sincere the hoard of detractors were in the first place: were you bringing an issue to the table, or were you issuing a notice to disqualify someone from discourse? and if you're doing the latter, you're actively trying to make your tribe & your audience smaller and more exclusive. that is not effective. that doesn't serve your cause. it only serves your ego. personally, i think the amount of vitriol aimed at Lindsay Ellis over two dubious-at-worst tweets is wild. it’s also hard to believe that all the abuse in the replies is coming from people who saw the content and were sincerely reacting vs ppl who saw the outrage and took the cue. that latter tends to be the case when there's such a major, disproportionate reaction to yes, a minor infraction. seriously, let's recap: Lindsay Ellis tweeted about Disney movie Raya and compared it to ATLA, prompting a backlash so strong (mainly on twitter) that she closed her account. Even if you find that comparison problematic, that level of censure and harassment is a profoundly unreasonable reaction, and also (as I said above) an unhelpful one.

apprenticenanoswarm-deactivated

hmmm kept thinking about it and now i'm actually seething over what ellis was put through. heads up, anyone who thinks what happened to her was in any way justified or appropriate needs to block me right this damn second.

magic-can

The ironic thing about Lindsay Ellis’ “Mask Off” video is that people are gonna look at it and assume that it’s just a nearly 2 hour YouTuber Apology™️, proving one of Lindsay’s (many) valid points about cancel culture (people jumping to conclusions and forming an opinion before hearing the perspectives of others).

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I want to make this abundantly clear: this blog supports Lindsay Ellis. This blog supports personal growth. This blog is against “cancel culture.” If you have an issue with that, the block button is right there.

shoulderpads-mcgee2

Do people just have such trust issues that’ll they’ll scrutinize everything a leftist/progressive creator says or does for “evidence” that they were secretly a bad person all along?

Like I get if you’ve been hurt and are trying to protect yourself but maybe like...try to learn to not cope that way and don’t attack people while you’re at it?

may-odaigahara

dear everyone:

it's not actually helping me, an asian person, for you to get mad about lindsay ellis online. especially because I know a lot of you haven't done anything for asian people except for post a few hashtags on your social media profiles. go outside

childoffallingrain

as an asian, please touch some grass. when all of you raising your pitchforks and screaming on twitter (and this hellsite) say listen to poc voices, you meant only the ones you agree with huh?

Only the ones who make you feel like your overreaction to an observation about similar plot structure was in the name of anti racism.

lord-king-saint

lindsay ellis never said all asian fantasy was the same. she wasnt even talking abt asian fantasy. she was talking abt plot points in YA fiction that extend to every genre, inspired by atla. the fact that you think its even abt asian fantasy is in error. receipts:

this is the official raya synopsis:

the plot points are there

please share and stop spreading misinformation. other content creators and critics have made the same comparison. HonestMovieTrailers did a whole video on it. comparing raya to atla isnt racist and does not mean she thinks all asian cultures are the same. it has nothing to do with culture or aesthetic-- only plot.

and for people saying that it's also like LoTR:

her take was totally innocuous. countless others made the same take, and she admitted that her wording was careless. but raya just has more in common with atla than lotr. not "because asian". because plot.

i dont want asian folks to feel reduced or tokenized by this. that is not my intent. but we need to be more critical before joining a mob without reciepts. its just a good habit.

im not a lindsay stan either. im just someone whose a fan of investigation, and truth, and who thinks the left needs to learn proper discernment.

hurkhurkdurkburk-deactivated202

There’s this incredibly childish dichotomy with the way a lot of people discuss racism. That there are the racists, and the non-racists. The two genders. And the way to solve racism is to root out the racists and cast them onto racist island away from me and mine, the non-racists, one of the good ones. They do this because they are insecure about their own internalized racism. They cannot conceive that they have any. That thought is terrifying to them, because a racist is the worst thing you can be. So instead of doing any introspection, they remain hypervigilant to root out the secret bad people so that everyone else will know they’re one of the good ones […]

Do not give me this horse shit about accountability. This is obviously just entertainment to you. Just fucking own it!

Obsessively chronicling every perceived misstep we’ve ever made that could be interpreted badly, all while completely ignoring the rest of our entire bodies of work… Why are you wasting so much energy on this? Because you can’t impact people who are actually doing your community harm. You can’t shame the shameless […] So you shame those who can be shamed. And if you call one of us biggoted enough times, people will start to believe it. And then you can feel like you solved racism by spreading lies about a person you have never met, and never will, and was doing your community no [actual] harm. Well done […]

The reason campaigns like this gain traction is because they prey on communities that try to operate in good faith. They take advantage of people’s good will, and they condition cynicism. So inevitably people harden over it. They default to skepticism […]

And they take that desire to do right and exploit it because it makes them feel powerful […] So militantly ‘performing alyship’ by rooting out corruption like it’s the fucking red scare… Sharing doctored screenshots of tweets that don’t exist, and willfully misinterpreting things to prove [your fake point]… Deep down you know you’re just doing it for clout, right?

You should be sensitive to marginalized groups, and you should constantly be advocating for a more just world, and against racism, because we all have the stink on us. But that should be the goal in and of itself. Not performing on twitter so people can reassure you you’re 'one of the good ones’; so you can get max retweets for an awesome dunk […]

And I understand why there is this lingering culture of distrust- especially among communities of color. But it is the height of dishonesty to suggest that the kind of atmosphere where everything is taken in bad faith leads to a more just world […]

I’m furious because this keeps happening and we have deluded ourselves into thinking that savaging each other for the smallest transgression and the most minor disagreement, is helping right the wrongs of the world. That there’s this broad refusal to admit that our systems that operate on good faith are very often abused […]

And that backlash did not come from the alt-right or even the diet nazis, but our own community. 'Our side’ […]

This social media culture where we participate in the public shaming one day, and become chained to the pillory the next… We can’t even talk about it, because the beast does not even have a name. If we admit that this is a problem then the right will just take it and run with it and use it to increase their own power […] If it has name, then it has power, so it is a discussion that cannot be had. And so we do not have it; we say “cancel culture doesn’t exist" and ignore this disease, pretend it isn’t doing real harm […]

It isn’t even about saying something tone deaf or insensitive. A mere difference of opinion might get you fired from your job if enough people raise a stink about it […] Because god forbid you say something positive about 'one of the bad ones’ that you did not know were bad.

— Fucking Lindsay Ellis just owning people in Mask Off for a whole ass 1 hour, 40 minutes, and 31 seconds, like a goddamned queen- and she ain’t wrong about a single bit of it.

#i havent reposted anything in like 3 years but dont fucking come to me with this lindsay ellis cancelled bullshit.#i used to argue HARD that cancel culture was good actually and could be productive but sometimes went the wrong way but now?#whats the fucking point? to publically shame a female creator off her platform? to take glee in her public fucking execution #so you feel like you solved racism? good job #apparently pointing out plot similarities that are so obvious tons of other creators have also noted is too much for twitter

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Johnny Depp is innocent

LIST OF PEOPLE WHO'VE KNOWN JOHNNY DEPP AND TOOK AN OPEN STAND FOR HIM OR SPOKE OF HOW GOOD AND GENTLE HE WAS

Vanessa Paradis

Lily-Rose Depp

Kate Moss

Winona Ryder

Paul Bettany

Alice Cooper

J.K.Rowling

Zoe Kravitz

Jude Law

Gwyneth Paltrow

Dakota Johnson

Tim Burton

Helena Bonham Carter

Judi Dench

Angelina Jolie

Michelle Pfeiffer

Gore Verbinski

Armie Hammer

Kate Winslet

Alison Sudol

Ezra Miller

Geoffrey Rush

Kaya Scodelario

Javier Bardem

Penelope Cruz

Anne Hathaway

Orlando Bloom

Kiera Knightley

Marilyn Manson

Patti Smith

Paul McCartney

Doug Stanhope

Alysson Paradis

Geoffrey Rush

Sacha Baron Cohen

Kevin Smith

Kevin McNally

Keith Richards (basically Jack Sparrow's dad)

Lori Anne Allison

Juliette Binoche (activist by the way)

Joe Rogan (radio interview)

Robert Downey Jr.

Victoria Mary Clarke

Shane Macgowan

Joe Perry/ Tommy Henriksen (his Hollywood Vampire friends)

Danny Huston, his co-star in The Professor, said when he met Johnny Depp he "fell in love instantly. There is a short film on the making of The Professor. All of the actors praised Johnny.

being a fan of Johnny Depp is one of the things I‘m most proud of about myself. I never, for once, doubt him. always stood by his side since the beginning of all this shit despite ppl sending me death threats. I will always be there for him. he IS innocent. The fact he’s still so strong and remains so sweet and gentle despite everything he’s been through. He is my hero.

Justice for Johnny Depp