Possible, but unlikely. These bad faith attacks are usually quite amazingly transparent, given the fact that the (typically alt-right) jackasses who come up with them can’t be bothered to go beyond their own limitations and on the most superficial of factors - ie, to them calls for diversity are always tokenisms, so…
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The other thing I’ve seen online is press about a petition to replace Larson because “Captain Marvel should be LGBT / WoC”, which certainly does show that if all else fails, there’s always bad faith attacks clothed in the language of progressiveness.
Every one of these were directly replying or @-ing Boyega. It’s not like he was picking out random posts that people were making on their limited circles.
Thanks for this Maddy. Over the last decade plus, I’ve seen so many of my fandoms reveal themselves as dumpster fires of regressive rage, bigotry, and stupidity. But I’d be remiss if I didn’t acknowledge that while the vocal minority has become ever so emboldened and toxic, there has been a positive overall change -…
Lol the effort they went to retcon-proof that - with Ren, Ghost-Luke, *AND* Palpatine confirming that shes a Palp....
What new direction?
Just a reminder - Deadspin also had one of the best write-ups on the bullshit that was Gamergate, and was one of the first places that recognised what it meant:
Do you want what I suspect was supposed to be a powerful, emotional moment to be met with groans and laughter (at least in my theater)? You’ll definitely get that. And audible sighs of relief at the next 90 seconds.
In a few months I can’t imagine I’ll even remember a single scene.
Metacritic’s tagline for it is literally:
Mighty Morphine Power Rangers?
“I’d leave the goddamned house and go to the gym”
Hah! Even video games soccer is rife with match-fixing!
/s (for the love of god, I wish this wasn’t necessary)
Then it’s an issue he/they should be dealing it with in private rather than using it to publicly defend his stance once criticisms started rolling in.
But anyone going the opposite way and trying to appear darker would be celebrated there for going against this toxic culture instead of being vilified for blackface.
Buddy, playing Schrödinger’s Arsehole is quite possibly and even worse look.
I’ve already pointed out on numerous occasions that that is certainly not my position, and i’ve openly announced that.
“None of those places are France or England, where she is from and the place of the cosplay are.”