https://www.tumblr.com/nevcolleil/818917988526850048/theres-this-really-sweet-and-capable-woman-i-know?source=share -- this seems... overly simplistic? the analogy would be more accurate if the hypothetical "guy" had "f*****t" written somewhere on him and then another guy had dicks all over his face and another girl had something vagely yonic on her. you're forgetting that all the guys in that photo had "AIDS" written on them and that a different guy had a hitler mustache drawn on him. the argument isn't "hudson is the most evil ever," but, rather, that he should take accountability--apologize, officially--for the company he used to keep and the way hate was normalized through their immature "humor." he's shown in other ways that he's likely grown, from statements condemning fan bigotry to being anti-ICE to giving interviews talking about coming into himself and wanting to deconstruct toxic masculinity. nothing says he cannot also show he's grown by releasing an official statement about condemning hate symbols, homophobia, & serophobia... and surrounding himself with different company.
"Nothing says" he HAS to answer for "the company he (kept)" as a child, either. He doesn't owe anyone that. Because you get to see him in creative content and know about his part in that content doesn't mean you've been invited to see every moment of his life and know everything about it. Whoever dug up that photo is shitty and TMZ has done nothing for their shitty track record by giving it any attention.
Actually, you know what, I think maybe I could argue that COMMON SENSE says he can't issue out needless apologies and explanations about this because he'd just be encouraging the delusion that he is in any way obligated to answer for other people and for parts of his life that have no bearing on anything any of us should be talking about.
Also, IMAGINE. You're half-asian and you go to school with kids who think it's okay to draw a swastika on your face. You're a theater kid who, at the very least, has some appreciation of the value and hardships of lgbtq people, and you're surrounded by kids who think writing AIDS on someone's face is okay. And you're grown now and can choose who you're around for real and make it clear with everything you say and do that you AREN'T cool with those kinds of mindsets, AND PEOPLE WANT YOU TO APOLOGIZE FOR THE SHIT YOU HAD TO MAKE IT THROUGH TO GET HERE.
I don't KNOW that that's how it is. It's possible, AS YOU SAY YOURSELF, that they were all trying to be ironic (writing one another's worst fear on each other's face or something?) But if there's even a CHANCE that this was an uncomfortable situation for him back in the day, then nah. Absolutely not.
But most of all, YOU SAID THIS YOURSELF: "he's shown himself that he's likely grown". On top of, you know, LITERALLY GROWING. Because he was a CHILD in that photo. So WHY does he need to talk about this at all? Because he was asked to? Being a performer doesn't mean anyone can ask him to do anything at all and he just has to perform. Be real.
I usually don't engage in all this ridiculous celebrity gossip and I haven't forgotten why 🤦♀️😅😮💨
This specific story, though, pissed me off SO MUCH. To drag him, they had to GO BACK TO HIGH SCHOOL. That there is ANYONE humoring the attempt anyway...
I need to stop scrolling just any tags late at night, y'all 😂
But also, I need to go offline and remind myself that a pocket of digitally illiterate folks online isn't proof that the whole world is getting dumber to the point of becoming more dangerous overnight. IT JUST FEELS THAT WAY BECAUSE SOMEONE IS LITERALLY IN MY ASKS SAYING A POC OWES THE WORLD PROOF THAT HE'S GROWN SINCE THE TIME HE, A CHILD, UNKNOWINGLY HAD A HATE SYMBOL DRAWN ON HIM BY ANOTHER CHILD.
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