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fandomsecrets2014-06-21 04:20 pm
[ SECRET POST #2727 ]
⌈ Secret Post #2727 ⌋
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(Anonymous) 2014-06-22 03:03 am (UTC)(link)"Appropriating language" struck me as poor word choice, maybe, but their secret expressed what they were saying in enough different ways that I didn't assume it meant anything like what people are extrapolating from that. The OP was saying (I think) that some of the ways people insult weeaboos are actually insulting to Japanese culture. There's a difference between "your fandom behavior is inappropriately exoticizing" and "all I have to do to prove you're worthless in a public space is mimic you badly by saying random nonsense in Japanese." The latter is not an argument. And I can definitely see how someone would think it's just as hostile to Japanese media as it is to weeaboos.
I don't think many people are hostile to Japan simply because some Westerners unhealthily idealize Japan. I do think that Weeaboo-ness is overly generalized in the US because it sees Japan as cultural competition, and has a vested interest in American kids identifying first and foremost with American media.
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(Anonymous) 2014-06-22 04:09 am (UTC)(link)Everything has to be a racist conspiracy theory with you, doesn't it?
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(Anonymous) 2014-06-29 02:57 am (UTC)(link)Actually, I'd go with "insulting," if that's what you think.