1. Pro artist people are not against recasts because of their price. We are against them because they’re a form of art theft. Recasts hurt the companies and artists.
2. Doll companies are not large corporations. Doll companies are very small. These are real individual people that are losing profits, not nameless faces.
3. Several companies and artists have made public statements saying that recasts are harmful to them. Soom, Luts, Fairyland, Iplehouse, Dollzone, Kaye Wiggs, Atelier Momoni, and Lilycat, just to name a few of them.
4. Buying recasts is still harmful to the artists and companies whether or not you do good things like volunteer work or donating to charities.
5. Buying recasts is still harmful to the artists and companies whether or not worse things are happening in the world.
6. Buying recasts is still harmful to the artists and companies whether or not anti recast people do bad things too.
7. A company or artist having long wait times for their products does not justify stealing from them.
8. A company or artist not selling something in the color that you want does not justify stealing from them. Also, Rit Dye exists.
9. A company or artist having poor quality control does not justify stealing from them.
10. A company or artist doing something problematic or wrong does not justify stealing from them.
11. Being excluded for supporting art theft is not comparable to any group of minorities facing violence and discrimination.
12. It’s not elitist to disagree with stealing from doll companies and artists.
13. It’s not elitist to exclude recasts from legit only groups.
14. It’s not bullying to say “supporting recasts is supporting art theft”.
15. It’s not bullying if a faceup artist refuses to work on a recast doll.
16. Pro artist people asking you to tag your recasts is not bullying.
17. If you can afford to buy multiple recast dolls then you can afford to buy at least one legit doll.
18. Less expensive legit dolls exist, there are many wonderful legit bjd sculpts that are less than $300.
19. Most recast dolls go for around $130 or $200. There are plenty of legit dolls that cost the same amount or less.
20. For two recasts that cost $200 each, you could have one legit doll that costs $400 or even two legit dolls that cost $200 each.
21. Dolls are not a necessity. People getting paid for their work is a necessity.
22. You can use legit dolls for coping just as well as you could use a recast for coping.
23. Being mentally or physically ill is not an excuse to support art theft.
24. Being disabled is not an excuse to support art theft.
25. Being poor is not an excuse to support art theft.