ladyandrist:shakethecobwebs:jsscvlnt:springfevertour:jsscvlnt: So Patrick has been approached
ladyandrist: shakethecobwebs:jsscvlnt:springfevertour:jsscvlnt: So Patrick has been approached about the cultural appropriation of THIS shirt a few times on twitter but no one has ever really followed through on it after their original tweets. Someone tweeted him today about it and never replied back, so I figured I would send him some relevant links (HERE and HERE ), and he DM’d me with this. Patrick Stump continues to be my favorite person in the world and my almost 10 year crush is not going to go away anytime soon. i think i just literally cried because this is probably the best thing i’ve EVER seen anyone in the bandom world do for well… my culture, my ethnic heritage. to see him respect my heritage, something i’ve been denied so often in the bandom world… i just… i’m going to need a moment because i feel like bursting into tears this is literally the sweetest thing that anyone’s ever done and i know it’s not entirely for me… but at the same time… it’s like i feel really truly welcome into that world, that someone out there isn’t going to trample over me and my feelings and my heritage and oh god i’m just babbling but holy fuck patrick stump just when i think i couldn’t love you any mmore… you do this and you respect my culture a fucking first for me in this bandom world… big baby sobs just reblogging this for that comment up there^ To the few of you who are reblogging this and saying stuff like “I don’t understand how it’s offensive” or “why are people so sensitive these days”… please fuck off. And then go educate yourselves. :’))))))))))))) the appropriate way to respond when you find out your band has been attached to racist imagery. (not ignoring it, letting 800 people call the person who called you out a cunt before saying anything and then ultimately doing nothing about it at all ) (i’m looking at you touche amore) More and more every time I see a post involving Patrick Stump, my appreciation for him grows. This is a dude who actually gets it. -- source link