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fursasaida:scifigrl47:historymiss:brothasoul:blacksupervillain:invisiblelad:northstarfan:gamoradorable:i don’t even know what to say to thisWhile implying that things are better when people don’t think critically about what they read is clearly the mark of a free and enlightened society.Critical thinking is bad and might be fascist. I could have sworn I saw that one on Fox News. what is happening today?it is apparently time for comics writers to rally against their fans againNice use of scare quotes there, ‘Brubaker’(slow, sarcastic clapping) No, no. The GOVERNMENT telling writers what they are allowed to write, often under the threat of imprisonment, torture, or death, is how that ‘worked.’ The READERSHIP saying ‘we do not like what you’ve written, and we are not interested in paying for it or anything else you’ve written, and we are encouraging your current employer to replace you with someone who can do the job better, because we consume their product, you goddamn HACK’ is how CAPITALISM works. I know it’s confusing, but they’re a little different.And is he really doing this? Are we really comparing the threat placed on legitimate journalists and authors under a violent dictatorship or regime to the fan lead efforts to get a 3rd rate, misogynistic HACK removed from a flagship title? A flagship comic book title whose circulation numbers that he has driven into the ground? That’s… What we’re doing here.Gotta say. I’m a little ‘outraged’ by his comparison.It’s amazing to me how I see this argument over and over and over again, specifically when it comes to media representation/narrative criticism—not just from creators but from consumers who don’t want to be bothered. Because what it reveals is that these people think the discomfort they experience when confronted with these arguments is literally equivalent to institutional violence.  -- source link

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