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ginalinettiofficial · 2 years ago

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idk i just don’t trust ppl who say “billy is a racist abusive piece of shit” but then turn around and reblog jason content like. okay if u have that opinion that’s your prerogative but it’s MY prerogative to point out that it’s weird af to feel that way abt billy and NOT abt jason

#d speaks #st #billy hargrove #jason carver #like if u hate billy that is your prerogative esp as a black person. that said #these are white ppl i’m seeing who’re like billy is so racist!!!! btw here’s my blorbo jason #it’s just like ??????? does not compute #like if we’re comparing things that got said in canon. saying ‘there are types of ppl u stay away from and that boy is one of them’ and #saying to a black kids face ‘i thought u were one of the good ones’ like. those are. very on par with one another #like there are 4 characters on this show who made racist comments: troy. mike. billy. jason.#as far as i remember at least those are the Big Ones #and while i understand not liking billy and having his racism be one of your driving reasons behind that #i do NOT understand turning around and liking jason?????#mike okay! yes he was fully microaggressive to lucas but yeah he’s a protagonist #and the show does a lot to try and make u like him. he was younger than billy & jason and they also played that moment off for laughs so #like i get if you can sit there and be like i have no reason to dislike mike wheeler for his racism #troy tbh just doesn’t get any talk in the fandom so idk how ppl feel about him. he IS the only one to fully use a slur but #he’s also 13 and i’ve seen many ppl in the fandom who define morality based on this middle schoolers are learning high schoolers should have #already learned and should be better narrative so i wouldn’t be surprised if i saw ppl defending troy #but billy and jason are. very on par with one another in terms of the micro aggressions they committed and the level of antagonism #so i am just very thrown by seeing ppl hating one and praising the other like #it’s almost like they…… don’t actually care about racism and are in fact nowhere near as anti racist as they believe themselves to be #and instead just use the term ‘racist’ as a trump card to try and win arguments abt characters they don’t like without ever actually #putting any critical thought into this show and the way racism is intertwined into every aspect of it #because surprise!!!! it was written by blatant racists lmfao #fandom wank #i suppose lmao. wank in the tags at least #also to clarify. i think both billy AND jason are compelling and interesting multifaceted characters #they’re both good antagonists and they both present very good looks at The Type Of White Boy You Meet In Small Towns #stranger things

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