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⌈ Secret Post #2354 ⌋

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[Kodomo no Jikan]

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[figure skating/Brian Joubert]

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[Stargate: Atlantis/ Sesame Street]

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[K project]

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[Teen Wolf]

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[Married...With Children]

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[Homestuck]

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[One Piece]

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[Game of Thrones]

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[Pokémon Black & White]

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[Phantom of the Opera 2004]

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[Iron Man 3]

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[Neverwinter Nights 2]

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[Almost Human/Total Recall 2077]

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[Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer]

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[Fire Emblem: Awakening]

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[A Bag of Hammers]

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[Without a Trace]

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[Big Bang Theory]

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[The Three Investigators]

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[Team Fortress 2]

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Hercules movie aside, why do you find it problematic/side-eye? I always thought they were such interesting stories! :)

It's chock full of rape, for starters. Zeus is so dead-set on raping people he'll change his shape just to make the rape easier. Including animals. And it isn't just Zeus either. Apollo got rapey. So did Hades.

It's also terribly eurocentric. If you know about Hercules but don't know what I'm talking about when I mention Asansi or Coyote you're probably a racist.

You are ridiculous.

So you're denying that Greek mythology is incredibly problematic?

Nope, not at all. But I'm not about to call someone racist for not knowing certain mythological or historical figures. I'm also not going to side eye anyone for enjoying mythology or history with problematic aspects.

Then you're part of the problem.

I mean, you're right about Zeus. But not knowing Asansi and Coyote doesn't make me racist. Unenducated or uninformed maybe, but "racist" seems a bit harsh. What culture do they come from? It would be interesting to know their stories too. I love mythology, so if I know ehat to look for in classes next semster that would be great!

Anansi is West African, while Coyote was a figure in a few western Native American cultures.

But I'd contend that ignorance is no excuse. Your ignorance of nonwestern mythology combined with your love of a genre more problematic than Game of Thrones makes you a racist rape-apologizer. If you're old enough to type on a message board, you're old enough to know this on your own.

Consider this a callout, 30 Rape Office

Are you just randomly trolling? You cannot be serious in this thread.

into our discussion of other cultures?

Trolls are Norwegian. You can't get whiter than that.

It's also terribly eurocentric. If you know about Hercules but don't know what I'm talking about when I mention Asansi or Coyote you're probably a racist.

I wouldn't say that the general public who know Hercules but don't know Anansi or Coyote are racist. It's that the media and all are racist for only focusing on white people's gods.

/just my two cents

You have the whole internet at your fingertips. If you never once googled West African spider gods but know who Hercules you're nothing but a patriarchal white rapefanboy.

Oh FUCK OFF. I know you're being sarcastic, but doing annoying things "ironically" or sarcastically is still annoying.

Not really, not in my opinion. Like, people know Hercules because of Disney and all, right? But Disney hasn't made a movie about spider gods in my experience. The average person can hardly be called racist for that.

But if someone is into mythology and googles stuff about Hercules and inevitably stumbles across stuff about other gods in other cultures and still ignores their existence, I'd say that's fairly racist.

Badass_tiger, you are so white right now your avatar is a skeptical white man.

#you're so white you're only badass at the Siegfried and Roy show #please read further up the thread

Edited 2013-06-13 23:44 (UTC)

Yeah it was ok until right about here.

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