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It kind of amazes me to what lengths people will go to justify liking problematic media. "No, it's not really problematic! Listen to all these excuses that, if you squint really hard and stand on your head and also totally invent a different backstory, it's actually very progressive!"
Look, almost all our media is problematic because it was created and it exists in our very problematic culture. Like what you like.
Just don't try to make it less problematic than it is, especially when people are upset about it. Acknowledge that it's problematic and that other people are hurt by its themes or messages and enjoy it anyway. And let those people be upset about it, don't try to justify yourself to them or get them to be less upset.
I've given up some forms of entertainment because I just can't divorce myself from the context (like anything made since I discovered the problems with Tom Cruise or Johnny Depp). Other things I just say "yep, it's awful, but I love it anyway". I mean, I listen to pop-country music.
If you can't still like it knowing that other people don't for very valid reasons, then maybe you shouldn't be enjoying it.
Look, almost all our media is problematic because it was created and it exists in our very problematic culture. Like what you like.
Just don't try to make it less problematic than it is, especially when people are upset about it. Acknowledge that it's problematic and that other people are hurt by its themes or messages and enjoy it anyway. And let those people be upset about it, don't try to justify yourself to them or get them to be less upset.
I've given up some forms of entertainment because I just can't divorce myself from the context (like anything made since I discovered the problems with Tom Cruise or Johnny Depp). Other things I just say "yep, it's awful, but I love it anyway". I mean, I listen to pop-country music.
If you can't still like it knowing that other people don't for very valid reasons, then maybe you shouldn't be enjoying it.
