Normalization = taking the good with the bad. You can’t normalize marginalized groups by pretending they’re somehow morally better than the rest of us...

Buying a Steam Deck has made me realize one thing...

Perhaps objectifying women through mass media for the past hundred or so years has backfired?

Film and television are visual mediums. Actors are chosen in large part because they fit the look the creators envision for their characters. Demanding an actor fit the look they’re auditioning for is not oppression.

“We also have to wonder, why is this only happening to rappers and not artists in any other genres?”

Just for fun I looked up the actual numbers...

Fair enough.  I never really count Nintendo in the “console wars” because they’re generally targeting a different demographic than PS/Xbox. 

Thanks for being that guy...

It is not. 

Wanna see me start a fight?

Black Lives Matter?

I don’t remember them disabling heroes this much when OW1 launched...

You are unfairly putting words in my mouth in an attempt to subvert the intent of my comments and trying to paint me as a bad guy who is defending abhorrent behavior and frankly I am not going to stand for it.

This is likely the #1 factor in these communities growing popularity.

Have any credible studies been done on the rise of young disgruntled straight white men in America? Do these rapidly growing communities of hate simply represent the latest evolution in bigotry based on the ease of finding anonymous allies on social media or do they perhaps point to a deeper issue with our society and…

Is it racist to dress up as a Black character if you’re white as long as you don’t use actual blackface?  

How absurd can you get? Following your analogy, it’d be like a sex worker accepting money for sex then complaining that she was raped after the consensual sex was completed.

Have you seen Cronenberg’s son’s films?  I thought Possessor was excellent. 

Helena, I hear Kanye West is currently single.  You two seem perfectly suited for one another.