“But I want my fun thing! Why can’t we just pretend this person didn’t force himself on these vulnerable people? This slightly INCONVENIENCES me!!!”
STOP 👏 Canceling 👏 shows 👏 because 👏 the 👏 main 👏 creative👏 force 👏 behind 👏 it 👏 who 👏 will 👏 profit 👏 most from 👏 its 👏 success 👏 is 👏 abusing 👏 women 👏
I had a snarky reply, but then i spent two days in the woods and realized you have a point (although I’m not inconvenienced, just in outrage burnout)
Honest question, and this comes from a place of genuine good faith:
Where do you draw the line? Hollywood is rife with abuse. SA of women, men, and minors. Toxic work environments. Labor abuses. It’s easy when there’s a single point that one can direct their anger towards. Neil Gaiman, J.K. Rowling, Harvey Weinstein, etc. And I’m not advocating that abuse in any form, once brought to light, should be ignored just because others are getting away with it. But when it comes to boycotts, where is the line? It’s easy for me, I just pirate everything and directly support the artists I’m interested in supporting. But I’d like your perspective
I’m gonna ask a couple of other commenters in this thread as well, because I’m curious
It’s a dynamic thing and an ongoing struggle frankly. The goal isn’t perfection though, the goal is to not avoid confronting objective truths about these people once they are clear/valid. It’s also about not allowing myself to conveniently forget when I want to. Pirate and direct support otherwise is a valid layer, but you can’t pirate a trip to a theme park for example. So it’s also about missing out on some things unfortunately. Not great, not perfect, but an effort I’ll make.
Good to hear you reconsider and stay open to thinking about general approach.
“But I want my fun thing! Why can’t we just pretend this person didn’t force himself on these vulnerable people? This slightly INCONVENIENCES me!!!”
STOP 👏 Canceling 👏 shows 👏 because 👏 the 👏 main 👏 creative👏 force 👏 behind 👏 it 👏 who 👏 will 👏 profit 👏 most from 👏 its 👏 success 👏 is 👏 abusing 👏 women 👏
That’s you.
I had a snarky reply, but then i spent two days in the woods and realized you have a point (although I’m not inconvenienced, just in outrage burnout)
Honest question, and this comes from a place of genuine good faith:
Where do you draw the line? Hollywood is rife with abuse. SA of women, men, and minors. Toxic work environments. Labor abuses. It’s easy when there’s a single point that one can direct their anger towards. Neil Gaiman, J.K. Rowling, Harvey Weinstein, etc. And I’m not advocating that abuse in any form, once brought to light, should be ignored just because others are getting away with it. But when it comes to boycotts, where is the line? It’s easy for me, I just pirate everything and directly support the artists I’m interested in supporting. But I’d like your perspective
I’m gonna ask a couple of other commenters in this thread as well, because I’m curious
It’s a dynamic thing and an ongoing struggle frankly. The goal isn’t perfection though, the goal is to not avoid confronting objective truths about these people once they are clear/valid. It’s also about not allowing myself to conveniently forget when I want to. Pirate and direct support otherwise is a valid layer, but you can’t pirate a trip to a theme park for example. So it’s also about missing out on some things unfortunately. Not great, not perfect, but an effort I’ll make.
Good to hear you reconsider and stay open to thinking about general approach.
Too right. What’s the saying? Perfection is the enemy of good?
I appreciate the response, thanks