#a kind of trolly problem ig

[dirtsoilmulch]

molten terrarian design?. i feel like the hallowed armor is so iconic i want to incorporate parts of it for a pre hardmode set (mostly so i can make comics and try and flesh out this “oc” ig idfk

[sleeptight-grimrite]

Previous anon here. I see your point. Sorry if I gave the impression that I thought calling someone a racist was the same as calling someone a dick, but being rude as a reaction to respectful feedback is cause for criticism. That being said, both sides should learn how to interact respectfully with the commenters bearing in mind that it has become an unfair gang-of-reactions-vs-one-woman thing. We can only hope she educated herself; I don't think she was purposely trying to offend people.

Thing is – particularly with the protest post – people who responded respectfully to her, she was respectful back to them. I know, I saw it myself, as I was involved in those conversations myself. What I did observe was that people coming at her crazy, calling her a nazi and a racist and saying stupid stuff like, “I wish Alex would wake up and kick a racist cunt like you to the curb” (hmm, I wonder where are all of THOSE screencaps), she was a less willing to listen to those people and yes, her reactions were a lot more negative.

Problem is also, a lot of these comments come completely unwarranted and unsolicited. Last week, I made a post showcasing an IG hate account actually going to one of TB’s friends posts and making a comment there. So when you say that there’s a problem when someone responds negatively to helpful criticism, of course you’re correct. But speaking for myself, I actually would’ve been pretty upset if that protest post was left up. But she took it down. Same thing with the arian post that pissed everyone off. So when someone is given criticism – even when most of it is, quite honestly, NOT helpful and NOT coming from a place of true ‘woke-ness’ or a desire to educate someone who is ignorant – and then they seemingly apply that criticism by removing the offensive content, what kind of asshole brings it up as an excuse to harass an individual on their page about it constantly? And even more pathetic, refer to it as a reason why their boyfriend should leave them to pursue a MADE UP romantic relationship with his best friend?

How many white friends do you or any one reading this have – or even if you’re white yourself – and you made a comment that was racist or racially insensitive that wasn’t out of malice or ill intent, just plain and simple ignorance? My job would be to make you aware of it and your job would be to stop doing /saying /remove the offensive thing and try to not do it again. I would be a piece of shit to then refer to you as, or call you a racist every time you did something mildly trolly or annoying. You guys don’t understand – racism is such an important issue (to me and just in general) and when you throw the word “racist” around where it doesn’t belong, you do nothing but weaken the urgency and arguments for those areas and situations where it DOES belong. If everyone is a racist, then no one is.

So yea, both sides should be respectful of each other, that is obviously the goal. But don’t believe in doing the false equivalency thing here. I believe one side has been quite shitty for a while. And I honestly think its unreasonable to assume that she just does stuff to offend people for the hell of it. I think its unreasonable to assume she's this racist, nazi piece of shit. Because if that's true, then that would imply Alex and by extension all those he associates with are as well or are okay with, to some extent. And I don't believe that because I'm not a f*cking idiot.