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crueltygames · 13 days ago

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forcing yourself to stop interacting with media that has any problematic aspects at all is just not at all healthy tbh. i notice it just makes it harder for a lot of folks to be (a healthy amount of) critical of the interests they have that they don't want to drop for being problematic

like. 'anything that anyone who's ever done anything bad has been involved with has to be dropped but not MY special show. not MY special music. you don't understand. it's not racist/sexist/homophobic because no. yeah that person did a thing but there are other people. no that doesn't apply to your thing'

idk do what you want forever and also. you're allowed to notice and care when something isn't right, is in poor taste, or is just straight harmful and you don't need to abandon or let go of anything because of it. reflect on the flaws of the people and things you love and/or look up to and use it to grow into a better person yourself

this wasnt prompted by anything or anyone ive just been pondering

#mine #obviously if it makes you so uncomfortable you have to drop it for your own mental wellbeing then by all means #but falling into that black and white thinking and enforcing it on others doesnt make for a very growth-friendly environment #just makes you more defensive and combative when something goes wrong with a thing you never wanna let go of #makes me think of my g*nsh*n(censoring to avoid showing up in tag) phase a few years ago #i bent over backwards to explain everything wrong with it away to myself #i ended up dropping it because it did eventually make me too uncomfortable #but id been following their games for years at that point and it brought me so much comfort #i dont think i was a bad person for that and i dont think anyone else is either #fucky as fandoms get #but i just made excuse after excuse for everything they did wrong #as did many others i spent time around #because WE couldnt be into something that wasnt innocent and free of all wrongdoing #/s #thanks for reading my rambling if u read this far ily take care of urself. dont doomscroll #are ppl still saying doomscroll

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