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"I deserve to exist"
"wow, why did you have to make things political"
A statement dreamt up by the utterly deranged.
Hey, leave my math memes alone.
i know what im getting myself into when i am replying on a snarky comment with 85+ likes and no replies, in an echo chamber, so here we go...
a wild trans-rights cartoon toy appears == "i deserve to exist" == "im gender x and i feel like gender y therefore i will be exterminated if I don't inject myself and my problems into every space occupied by children"
If any minority group was being systemically oppressed, I would absolutely love if the shows and games my children were into included messaging of the problem and how every human is inherently equal.
And you may think your wording is hyperbole, but trans people are actually being exterminated in parts of the world and imprisoned in others, and are actively having their rights and legal identities taken away in the US as well.
People upset about seeing trans messaging are the same people who would say "i don't care about people being gay but stop shoving it down my throat" when they saw one gay couple kiss on tv that month while also seeing 100 straight couples kissing.
Sure I get what you're saying but do we push veganism this hard? The victims in that case are literally on meat hooks and it's only because they're tastie.
Are the parts of the world where trans people are being exterminated consuming pokemon toys?
Are trans people being literally exterminated like jews in Nazi Germany, or like cattle, or what? Where are the mass burials? Or is the extermination by way of simple disagreement "i see that you are a man therefore you are a man" and then depression and suicide? I see those as being very different. They're both a problem, but I wouldn't classify the latter as systematic extermination.
Google "anti trans laws 2024" right quick. Trans folk are constantly fighting against being made illegal and hate-crimed in the streets, even in the "land of the free".
actually on second thought, @ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone I feel like this is worth a ping to take a look at
Thanks. Dealt with
I disagree with several premises. I wouldn't want my children's shows to shoehorn in messages. If it makes sense in the plot for the characters to have and voice an opinion, or if it's a cleverly written allegory, then that's great. If they are just creating a character for the exclusive purpose of pushing an agenda (even one I agree with) it's annoying.
Whenever someone says "people doing X, are the same people doing Y." You're witnessing some broad sweeping generalizations that are usually just the writers opinions. You can just remove the X statement.
I don't like when protesters block my road on the way to work, or shove pictures of dead children in people's faces, but I still can agree with protests against wars etc. Not liking the mode of messaging doesn't equate to disallowing the massage and that's fair. Personally, I encourage people to disrupt the actual power structure in place instead of the general population, but that's just me.
You might have a point if trans people weren't being victimized by violence at a massively higher rate. At this point telling trans people they aren't allowed to advocate for their presence is the same as telling them to die quietly please.
You are not obligated to engage with their content.