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“Problematique media bad because it harms people because mentally ill people or children might read it and try to do it :(”
Let’s ban Superman, then, since there are many kids who have leapt from high heights trying to fly because they saw him do it in comics or on the teevee. (Fun fact, dunno if it’s national, but at least one Canadian province already technically has a ban on all comics/stories of that nature for the reasoning of “someone blamed these stories for their own chosen actions”. Not that anyone enforces it, buuuut…)
Let’s also ban anime. Remember that (unsupervised, might I say) kid that buried his head in the sand and died because he wanted to be like Gaara from the Narutos? No? Well now you know about it.
Oh, what’s that? You like Superman? You like anime…? You don’t want these things banned because some people are stupid and failed to give their children the “don’t try to replicate what you see/read in fiction” talk? Too bad! Blanket ban!! For the good of the people who clearly cannot be trusted to teach their kids or take care of their mentally ill family!!!
While I’m on this rant,
“Problematique media bad because people can use it to groom others :(”
As many people have pointed out time and time again, people who groom kiddies IRL use candy, cute animals, and other small gifts (if they don’t just grab Little Timmy and pull him into their car in a drive-by abduction).
Let’s ban candy! Let’s ban cute animals! Let’s ban plush toys, comic books, and all other little nick-knacks because again, people cannot be trusted to supervise or otherwise look after their own children or even provide their brats the most basic safety talks!
“But when I was a kid I thought [thing] was okay because I read about it in a fanfic :(”
Well, buttercup, sorry to tell you this, but your parents and teachers all failed you! 🙂 Perhaps this blame can even extend to the government, because when I was growing up there were PSAs on the television about NOT REPLICATING THINGS YOU SEE ON TV OR READ ABOUT IN FICTIONAL STORIES.
EDUCATION IS SUPERIOR TO BANNING.
EDUCATION IS SUPERIOR TO MAKING STRANGERS OR THE GOVERNMENT BABYSIT YOU OVER MOTHERFUCKIN’ STORIES.
And that doesn’t even stop at all this bullshit about problematique fiction! Unfortunately, rational human beings with a brain have to co-exist with idiots too uncurious and too stupid to learn about anything that makes them personally uncomfortable (like republicans and conservatives and TERFs and neo-nazis and, yes, fanpol, you too–I’d go so far as to call you guys “useful idiots” like fellow queers who fell for the “LGB drop the T” attempt to divide and conquer the queer community bullshit perpetrated by the Christian right and no that is not a bullshit conspiracy theory)!
🙂Anyway, back to making cookies run. Bye
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