#problematic discourse

[your-average-mess-on-all-fronts]

I think a question that's good to ask yourself sometimes when you're trying to recover from tumblr-induced moral OCD and reading into the lore behind 20th century artists who's art you like is, "am I deliberately trying to make myself as uncomfortable as I can with this information because I see it as my moral obligation, or does this information actually genuinely bother me to the point where it means I can no longer engage with that person's art and persona on its own terms?" because the distinction might be subtle, but it IS actually worth it to be able to tell when you do and don't actually care. I think a lot of us are capable of acknowledging someone who's artistic and personal contributions we value did/said something problematic at some points in their life, and then coming to terms with it and being at peace about it. It just kinda feels vaguely immoral to just decide you're actually okay with dialectics when it comes to YFIP-inspired gossip culture, but like... it's not actually a moral thing. it's not about them, not really. it's about your internal peace of mind, and you do actually deserve to sleep at night.

[secretsocietyxmen]

To be honest, the worst flavor of feminism is when you go so far to defend a piece of work you deem feminist, that you fall right around and hit pockets of racism, sexism, and homophobia.

Because trust me, calling people misogynistic for not liking/having problems with a piece of media is not healthy, nor is implying that the problem they have is that it “isn’t sexy enough”.

You can still like it, no one’s going to stop you. But if you attack people for having a few grievances with a property, then you really don’t come off as a good person here. 

[traviskelces]

hi! I’m a hockey fan just starting to get into baseball and I’m wondering if there are any problematic organisations/players like the h*wks etc in the mlb?

this is such an important question and i’m happy to answer it for you as best as i can. if anyone else has information to add for this new fan, please feel free to make the addition!

the most problematic team in the mlb is the cleveland indians. they have a crudely drawn cartoon indian as a mascot that the chairman has repeatedly refused to get rid of. on the upside, there is talk that the indians will stop using ‘chief wahoo’ on uniforms starting in 2019, but, on the downside, they still plan to have it licensed for use on merchandise. you can read more about the history of the controversy here.

i will not turn a blind eye to the atlanta braves despite them being my team. in the past, the braves have used a laughing/screaming indian logo and once had an indian mascot that resided in a teepee and came out when a home run was hit. unlike the cleveland indians, the braves have made strides to phase out the use of their indian logo ( yet, it is still licensed and used on a very small portion of merchandise ) and, in 1986, the use of the mascot ceased. unfortunately, the tradition of the ‘tomahawk chop’ still exists and i believe there’s no intention of removing that specific tradition.

as for players, i don’t have much knowledge about who is problematic and who isn’t.

i do know there is current controversy surrounding josh hader and tweets he posted a little less than a decade ago. you can find the tweets here, but please read at your discretion because the tweets contain vile, racist and homophobic content. recently, hader made a public apology which you can find here.

[archiveofourpwn]

too ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) to live, too uwu to die

[phytine]

I will never understand this idea that it's better to supress problematic content rather than educate people about how fiction is not reality and that you musn't always have the same reaction as your favorite characters because they are just metaphors, representations. They are not real.

Like you know, the moment you understand that fiction is not reality and that they are two separate things (which are having interraction but that's all), it's really okay to consume whatever you want, even the trashest thing.

Fantasies are not harmfull if they aren't brought into reality you know?

So please, stop thinking that other people are dumb and that they can't make the difference between fiction and reality without your holy help. I assure, it's not the case, benevolant internet stranger.

[traviskelces]

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