Dude, you used it first, and now you have a problem with it?
I gather you think it's obvious that people who write women and minority characters only do it to make a political point (and perhaps a false political point at that, but that is less clear.)
I think it's just as obvious that people who object grew up in a world where women and minorities weren't worth writing stories about, like it that way, and are made uncomfortable by stories that feature them.
I have some sympathy for that; society is changing and change always makes me uncomfortable to start with. But I realize that about myself and try to take it into account so I can go away and think it over before opposing necessary and just changes.
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Date: 2015-05-13 09:25 pm (UTC)Dude, you used it first, and now you have a problem with it?
I gather you think it's obvious that people who write women and minority characters only do it to make a political point (and perhaps a false political point at that, but that is less clear.)
I think it's just as obvious that people who object grew up in a world where women and minorities weren't worth writing stories about, like it that way, and are made uncomfortable by stories that feature them.
I have some sympathy for that; society is changing and change always makes me uncomfortable to start with. But I realize that about myself and try to take it into account so I can go away and think it over before opposing necessary and just changes.