Lessons from bronies: Removing ableist stereotypes is intolerant!
Remember the backlash when an episode of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic portrayed fan-favorite Ditzy/"Derpy" as "humorously" mentally challenged? Well, the concerns were heard, and the voice changed!

Aaaaand now some bronies are crying "ruined FOREVER!". To the tune of "not liking our insensitivity is intolerant!"

So, everyone who can now watch the clip without cringeing, you're harshing someone's squee, and that's terrible.

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sandglass
2012-02-27 09:45 am UTC (link)

Personally I'm generally happy when a man/straight person/abled person/etc gets offended on my behalf. Takes the onus off of minorities to always be pointing out when something is oppressive, y'know? But then I don't think it's better to have a bigoted, gross, anti-disabled portrayal of a disabled character is better than not having a disabled character at all (and I think it's more important to be able to back up your argument with facts and knowledge than just your identity), so clearly anarchicq and I are coming from drastically different perspectives.

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	sepiamagpie 2012-02-27 09:48 am UTC (link)
	Dickishness is dickishness, no matter if it's the Emperor or the little kid pointing it out. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	cmdr_zoom 2012-02-27 11:37 am UTC (link)
	It should be acknowledged that sometimes, as with the recent "shack" debacle reported in a sister comm, there are a few people just looking to be righteous and offended on someone else's behalf as an excuse to beat on someone else with the SJ stick. Do I think that's what's happening here? Hell no. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	wankaholic 2012-02-28 03:02 am UTC (link)
	Depending on the context, I'm generally pretty happy about having someone not of the group in question stand up for me, too. Like, hey, I don't have to educate stupid white people about racism because there is someone else there going, "Uh, dude, what's wrong with you?" (Reply to this)(Parent)

	ekaterinv 2012-02-28 03:33 am UTC (link)
	I am also quite happy when I see anyone say and do the right thing, no matter their race/gender/sexual orientation/religion/size/ability/etc. The basis of morality is doing stuff that helps other people, not just yourself. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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