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Ha-chan ([info]agent_hyatt) wrote in [info]unfunny_fandom,
@ 2012-02-26 16:49:00
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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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[info]ekaterinv
2012-02-28 11:18 pm UTC (link)
Yep. Everyone has a stake in people being decent to people. Some people's stakes are higher in certain situations than others. I was called "lesbian" as a slur in high school, but my stakes in lesbians getting treated as human isn't as great as it is for actual lesbians. But that doesn't mean I don't have any stake in it.

And even people who never get -ist slurs thrown at them personally (do they exist?) have a stake in society being a better place, if they have any empathy at all.

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[info]cyndra_falin
2012-02-29 12:45 am UTC (link)
This.

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