Be kind y'all in spite of everything
As the world grows kinder and softer, the ones who benefited from it being colder and meaner will bellow and fight. Lead them to despair.
re: Be kind y'all in spite of everything
@Aradia There's still a lot of cruelty in this world... yet I still just marvel every time I go to watch some piece of media, almost ANY piece of media, from 20 years ago at how many forms of cruelty became unacceptable and it's now taken for granted... If there's one thing I wish the left were better at, it's ADMITTING TO OUR OWN SUCCESSES, especially in the culture war.
re: Be kind y'all in spite of everything
@Oneironott @Aradia Well for starters, the amount of casual racism I see in comedy all the way up to around 2010. It's still there, but... well, seeing Gilda Radner trying to do comic-opera Korean on SNL circa '76 and have it literally come out as "DOYNG DOYNG DOYNG DOYNG DOYNG" was particularly heartbreaking.
I mean, you gotta remember, when I was young it was an ABSOLUTE SHOCK that a single actor, Rock Hudson, came out as gay. It was barely even speakable in all but a few quarters back then.
Also, I went back and watched a few Knight Rider episodes for a lark. The gender politics were far, far worse than I'd even expected -- Michael Knight is ALL OVER every single female character, to the point where his Strong Female Character techie assistant is uploading porn OF THEIR SUPERMODEL CLIENT to KITT because "she knows Michael has certain needs." It's so casually sleazy and indifferent to ANY agency of ANY female character...
re: Be kind y'all in spite of everything
@zebratron2084 @Aradia hey, it would actually really help to hear about those successes. Got any in the pipeline? @.@