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Post by Calidore on Oct 26, 2024 19:27:58 GMT -5
Thought some here might find this interesting and a topic for discussion.
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Post by Batflunkie on Oct 26, 2024 21:45:22 GMT -5
One of the larger points that I took away from the article was "gatekeeping", which is a horrible practice that I myself was subjected to when I first got into comics at 8 or 9. Everybody should be allowed to enjoy things and just revel in the joy that it brings them. There's far too much hate and anger in the world to bring it into hobbies
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Post by Confessor on Oct 26, 2024 22:13:03 GMT -5
Alan Moore talking a fair bit of sense, as usual. My only criticism of his article would be that I wish it were longer.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2024 22:17:13 GMT -5
Hardly surprising who he's harping on...
...yeah, whatever. The fanboys will eat it up with a spoon.
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Oct 27, 2024 9:34:31 GMT -5
Hardly surprising who he's harping on...
Mmmmh... How many middle-aged white male conservatives actually read comics nowadays? |
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Post by Doghouse Reilly on Oct 27, 2024 11:01:24 GMT -5
Hardly surprising who he's harping on... Mmmmh... How many middle-aged white male conservatives actually read comics nowadays? That's practically irrelevant. Not reading/viewing the media in question has never stopped perpetual victims from claiming victimization. Plus, Moore specifically referenced Comicsgate, which I don't think anyone is going to argue against lining up pretty well with that demographic. Or maybe you can. I wouldn't mind being corrected if I'm wrong. (I probably need to clarify - I'm not saying every member of the demographic under discussion is a perpetual victim, I'm just saying people routinely jump on these dogpiles without knowing the first thing about the issue. There's a great example from earlier this year about a comics pro who punked himself ranting about a "woke" comic he obviously doesn't read) |
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Oct 27, 2024 12:07:10 GMT -5
Mmmmh... How many middle-aged white male conservatives actually read comics nowadays? That's practically irrelevant. Not reading/viewing the media in question has never stopped perpetual victims from claiming victimization. Plus, Moore specifically referenced Comicsgate, which I don't think anyone is going to argue against lining up pretty well with that demographic. Or maybe you can. I wouldn't mind being corrected if I'm wrong. (I probably need to clarify - I'm not saying every member of the demographic under discussion is a perpetual victim, I'm just saying people routinely jump on these dogpiles without knowing the first thing about the issue. There's a great example from earlier this year about a comics pro who punked himself ranting about a "woke" comic he obviously doesn't read) I fully agree with the bolded statement, but never noticed that such folks were particularly aligned one way or the other politically, or that they were a certain age, or had a certain skin colour. It's just that different demographics tend to complain about different things. |
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Post by Doghouse Reilly on Oct 27, 2024 14:24:09 GMT -5
That's practically irrelevant. Not reading/viewing the media in question has never stopped perpetual victims from claiming victimization. Plus, Moore specifically referenced Comicsgate, which I don't think anyone is going to argue against lining up pretty well with that demographic. Or maybe you can. I wouldn't mind being corrected if I'm wrong. (I probably need to clarify - I'm not saying every member of the demographic under discussion is a perpetual victim, I'm just saying people routinely jump on these dogpiles without knowing the first thing about the issue. There's a great example from earlier this year about a comics pro who punked himself ranting about a "woke" comic he obviously doesn't read) I fully agree with the bolded statement, but never noticed that such folks were particularly aligned one way or the other politically, or that they were a certain age, or had a certain skin colour. To be clear - I wasn't saying that. I'm not sure if you're implying that I was. Right you are. To bring it back to Moore's point - Comicsgate was one example of (mostly) a certain group complaining about the types of things that group tends to complain about. |
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Oct 27, 2024 15:40:17 GMT -5
I fully agree with the bolded statement, but never noticed that such folks were particularly aligned one way or the other politically, or that they were a certain age, or had a certain skin colour. To be clear - I wasn't saying that. I'm not sure if you're implying that I was. No, but that's what Moore was saying with his "middle-aged white male" comment. I was disagreeing with him on that. |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Oct 28, 2024 9:38:39 GMT -5
Well...yeah. The Wild Man From the North is right again.
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