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andromedasummer · 2 years ago

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honestly the biggest thing for me in this hamilton (the musical) v hamilton (the person) stuff is just the fact that there is still a hamilton (the musical) fanbase in 2023. that is honest to god mindblowing to me. i thought we'd left the slave owner musical in the past.

#i will note the person complaining about the shared tag is on the spectrum and that musical seems to be a special interest #so i guess. being that passionate makes sense.#also they seem to straight up hate hamilton and like that one red bull driver which.#is surprising to me as another autistic person #who knows that guy dropped ableist +racist slurs in a professional setting twice (2017 then 2020)#and also got to hear firsthand while watching him stream the casual use of one of those slurs.#but i also understand that a LOT of autistic people have difficulty simply dropping special interests or hyperfixations when morally #dubious stuff comes out about them #like hp/the musical i mentioned before etc #at the same time i feel that at times thats also used an excuse to justify continuing liking things/people who #act in harmful ways. because very many autistic people (myself included) can disconnect (its not easy but its doable) when it comes #to harmful special interests. and its use as an excuse generalizes autistic people as a whole as being unable to apply #critical thought to the media we consume which (while true in specific cases for people with specific autistic traits)#makes me uncomfortable. especially when its an issue of the media being racist or antisemetic #a LOT of white autistic and/or queer people try to use those aspects of their identity as an excuse when continuing to follow/support #media or people that portray racist things/behave in a racist manner #which furthet ostracizes the non-white queer and/or autistic people who the petson/media harms #anyway long rant in the tags which is super off topic all this to say i find this situation very very funny #but hope things dont get out of hand and people dont behave shittily to op because god knows #as much as i like lewis hamilton and have many many friends who love and support lewis #the fanbase can fire up needlessly at times and target people with abuse that is ideologically opposite #to a lot of the inclusivity it purports

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