Let me start off by saying that I'm not prejudiced against comic Aquaman fans. I mean them no ill will or disrespect here.
I'm a non-comic fan male who lives in California (not the most open minded of places when it comes to certain entertainment mediums) and I've faced my fair share of discrimination. I've been called nerdy and proud of in a manner meant to have negative connotations for how much I talk about stuff like this since I do like the animated and live action adaptations of comic books. I've been called a terrible person for standing up for the overall group of people comic Aquaman fans often fall into though as a subgroup of that bigger group of course.
Like people say about video games, labeling mediums and the people who enjoy them as evil or calling out things you've never bothered to learn about because of generational differences and various factors is a form of label that gets slapped on just about anyone who dares suggest there are good things in these mediums, but come on. I'm a fairly laid back guy on these sort of things and understand passion, but I still can't help but be tired by the amount of people who get offended by next to nothing nowadays involving Aquaman.
They get so angry that Aquaman gets no respect as a powerful, legitimate superhero in his own right. It mostly steams from some campy animated super hero show from decades ago called Superfriends making him look useless, possibly subtly insulting him, and some statements made on The Big Bang Theory, which they shouldn't acknowledge anyway because it's a very bad, very insulting excuse for a show that practically insults nerds and/or geeks rather than laughs at them affably. The general public does not have this huge image of a lame Aquaman in their mind anymore if they ever did. The general public probably does not even think on Aquaman at all assuming they still know he exists at all. If they ever did have a negative image of him, it was during the campy decade. Maybe saying the comic fans "won" and don't realize it is a bit of a stretch as it wasn't even a real struggle, but man, it's such a big deal to them from what I've seen online. They're definitely in their own little bubble on that issue and take it to heart in ways they should as comic fans, but mostly in ways they definitely should not. It's almost as if people just camp out at their keyboards waiting for something to get offended at in regards to Aquaman. If something comes off as even vaguely exclusionary/insensitive of/to Aquaman, it basically get's stoned until it's forced to change.
I understand that there are a lot of people who don't know what they're talking about out there, but in terms of blatant, unfair, sarcasitc, disrespect of Aquman type poeple, they are now in the minority. You won. But it feels like you can't say anything about Aquaman without earning the ire of the Aquaman defender in the form of keyboard warrior. Have you never stepped outside of your house and seen how people behave outside of the online community? Do you not understand the disconnect between real life and the internet? How much is enough?
Please keep things civil and stay on topic.
P.S.: For those who may have realized it: Yes, this is a spoof of this [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.859892-Are-you-tired-of-SJW?page=1] discussion. I even paraphrased some of the OT's OP as well as one of my own posts in that thread!
For those who may not know, well now you know. If the OP of that thread sees this, I mean no ill will nor subtle mockery. I just wanted to do a lighthearted thing that resembles that discussion though admiddetly it is partially intended as a joke at that discussion's expense. Though, I really do think Aquaman comic fans need to step back and relax a bit. I've always wanted to start a spoof discussion and this site could use something a little more positive with all the negative discussions in the forums though some may take this the wrong way.
I'm a non-comic fan male who lives in California (not the most open minded of places when it comes to certain entertainment mediums) and I've faced my fair share of discrimination. I've been called nerdy and proud of in a manner meant to have negative connotations for how much I talk about stuff like this since I do like the animated and live action adaptations of comic books. I've been called a terrible person for standing up for the overall group of people comic Aquaman fans often fall into though as a subgroup of that bigger group of course.
Like people say about video games, labeling mediums and the people who enjoy them as evil or calling out things you've never bothered to learn about because of generational differences and various factors is a form of label that gets slapped on just about anyone who dares suggest there are good things in these mediums, but come on. I'm a fairly laid back guy on these sort of things and understand passion, but I still can't help but be tired by the amount of people who get offended by next to nothing nowadays involving Aquaman.
They get so angry that Aquaman gets no respect as a powerful, legitimate superhero in his own right. It mostly steams from some campy animated super hero show from decades ago called Superfriends making him look useless, possibly subtly insulting him, and some statements made on The Big Bang Theory, which they shouldn't acknowledge anyway because it's a very bad, very insulting excuse for a show that practically insults nerds and/or geeks rather than laughs at them affably. The general public does not have this huge image of a lame Aquaman in their mind anymore if they ever did. The general public probably does not even think on Aquaman at all assuming they still know he exists at all. If they ever did have a negative image of him, it was during the campy decade. Maybe saying the comic fans "won" and don't realize it is a bit of a stretch as it wasn't even a real struggle, but man, it's such a big deal to them from what I've seen online. They're definitely in their own little bubble on that issue and take it to heart in ways they should as comic fans, but mostly in ways they definitely should not. It's almost as if people just camp out at their keyboards waiting for something to get offended at in regards to Aquaman. If something comes off as even vaguely exclusionary/insensitive of/to Aquaman, it basically get's stoned until it's forced to change.
I understand that there are a lot of people who don't know what they're talking about out there, but in terms of blatant, unfair, sarcasitc, disrespect of Aquman type poeple, they are now in the minority. You won. But it feels like you can't say anything about Aquaman without earning the ire of the Aquaman defender in the form of keyboard warrior. Have you never stepped outside of your house and seen how people behave outside of the online community? Do you not understand the disconnect between real life and the internet? How much is enough?
Please keep things civil and stay on topic.
P.S.: For those who may have realized it: Yes, this is a spoof of this [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.859892-Are-you-tired-of-SJW?page=1] discussion. I even paraphrased some of the OT's OP as well as one of my own posts in that thread!
For those who may not know, well now you know. If the OP of that thread sees this, I mean no ill will nor subtle mockery. I just wanted to do a lighthearted thing that resembles that discussion though admiddetly it is partially intended as a joke at that discussion's expense. Though, I really do think Aquaman comic fans need to step back and relax a bit. I've always wanted to start a spoof discussion and this site could use something a little more positive with all the negative discussions in the forums though some may take this the wrong way. 
