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fandomsecrets2023-05-23 06:16 pm
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(Anonymous) 2023-05-24 07:40 pm (UTC)(link)I have my ideas about right and wrong already, thanks. There are situations when I want to hear about other people's, but I certainly am not volunteering for anyone to try to manipulate me into believing what they believe. And that's what a lot of message-fiction amounts to. Not just the kind written by skeezy, gay-hating Christians.
Of course, there's also the fact that a lot of message-fiction will sacrifice storytelling to making sure the plot only says what the author thinks it should say. But that's sort of a different gripe. When I let myself get into a story, I feel like my defenses come down to a certain extent. I feel betrayed when someone tries to take that as an opportunity to propagandize me, and regardless of whether I think their beliefs are laudable or abhorrent, I don't forgive that, or them.
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(Anonymous) 2023-05-24 08:39 pm (UTC)(link)Yes it has clear theme of racism and slavery, but it does not preach you anything. It just has message.
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(Anonymous) 2023-05-24 11:38 pm (UTC)(link)Because I'm pretty sure most things that do evangelize just see themselves as 1. having a message and 2. trying to communicate it to others.
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(Anonymous) 2023-05-25 01:09 am (UTC)(link)Yeah, no.
When you feel "betrayed" by a movie saying "racism is bad" then the only reasonable conclusion is that you're racist. Why not own it? I thought you people were proud of being ~anti-woke or whatever.
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(Anonymous) 2023-05-25 06:12 pm (UTC)(link)*rolls eyes* You seem intent on finding enemies everywhere. I don't especially care what the "message" of this particular movie is. I might agree with the specific point. What I don't agree with, in general, is the motivations behind wrapping political arguments in entertainment. There are stories that have no message at all, and there are stories that have a moral bent because this how the author sees the world but they aren't making any particular effort to convince you that they're right. And then you have stories where it feels more like the story is there to keep you listening and open to the message. I make no apologies about avoiding stories based on that last thing, with little regard for whether what they're trying to propagandize for is something I think is good or bad. Because they're assuming they don't need consent for something that they very much do.