Controversial Opinion:
I’m Jewish and I really don’t get offended by stuff like that so easily. I Know a lot of things have messed up origins but that’s why I like that they evolve way from them, Hell Lovecraft was racist as crap. I’ve read his stuff and even know that he was considered racist for the time! What I like is that we get farther away from the xenophobic and racist origins as we progress. It’s buried like him. The martian trilogy was colonialist propaganda, but now it’s smothered and discarded behind a mediocre kids movie (Whomst the frack decided to make that decision is stupid but whatever.) Things drift from their initial purpose. I get it. Like the word band-aid they become a general term. If I tried to distance myself from all things that have origins in the screwed up I fear I would not only give those associations power but restrict myself from my favorite genre, Horror. I want to be able to see sea based-horror, mad scientists, the fear of getting swarmed, Evil organizations (I work for walmart so I want to see those organizations suffer like they make me) and my personal favorite, body horror. So let’s carefully sever these roots from the ideas, but never forget where they came from. Avoid stereotypes and continue to make these ideas something FAR removed from their origins. Never forget to tag, though. Respect that people have limits. They should be able to chose not to see something if they do not want to partake.
