It's because we aren't allowed to have any gray anymore. It's black or white. Everything is acceptable or nothing is acceptable. This is the exact same thing that happened in the white guy defense force comic. "Ermahgerd! He made fun of someone who's white? He must be making fun of everyone who is white and saying they're all like this!" Just change "someone who's white" to "someone who doesn't identify with traditional genders".KOMega said:
That actually sounds like the opposite of not caring.DaViller said:
It should matter, if you're using it as your example.Sir Thomas Sean Connery said:
Odd, since it didn't appear when I looked up their Tumblr before I made this post. However, I did find it elsewhere attributed to other people. So it really doesn't look legit at all.VanQ said:
No more than any other person, it's just taken for granted in most cases.DjinnFor said:
You mean regardless of ************'s preferred pronoun.Olas said:
If it's real, then it's an example.Zachary Amaranth said:
You used it as an example. It sure sounds like you don't care if your examples are real.Sir Thomas Sean Connery said:
I don't care a great deal whether that individual example is real because it isn't the entire focus of my attention as a result of other examples existing.Zachary Amaranth said:
It happens here on the Escapist, too. Every time Asperger's syndrome gets namedropped on the Escapist it becomes Asperger's anonymous because it kinda justifies bad social skills and is in pop-culture somehow associated with genius.Eamar said:
I hope you don't mind me quoting you from a two day old post, with a video that is far from eloquent. But I think it takes a good example of the kind of people that take serious medical and mental conditions and romanticize them or use them as simply a way to draw attention to themselves to really appreciate this strip. Internet Aristocrat, like I said, is far from eloquent in his delivery, but I think the video includes good examples of the kind of people this comic is targeting.Zachary Amaranth said:
the whole thing is left kind of open to interpretationVanQ said:
I wonder if it is objectively an attack though. Would this not be more satire? Personally, I was completely unaware of any reference to any trend as to how a group of people wanted to refer to themselves (and I consider myself completely sympathetic with the promotion of equal treatment and dignity of all people). I took the strip completely at face value, figuring, hey someone on tumblr must have made a meme or something about grammar. Maybe my Tumblr exposure is more limited than that of other people. So to say it was obvious - I have to admit I was clueless of this aspect as I read the strip.MarsAtlas said:
And that group is big and varied and growing as we speak. And considering the usual opinion of the comic makers, which should be quite easy to figure out, is very much liberal and pro-LGBT rights, how do you single out the transgender people as the intended targets here? I mean I can kind of see it if you want to think "************" as a sexual orientation, but considering the whole feel of the comic, that interpretation really has little ground to stand on. Hell, one could even reason that comics point is to make fun of people who are making up stuff to stroke their ego, at the expense of people who are doing it for legitimate causes.Andy of Comix Inc said:
Yes, but could we just for ONCE not immedeately assume that the author is making fun of transgenders? Why is it that some people read this comic and instantly assume the author is sitting in a leather chair, with a fluffy cat going:Andy of Comix Inc said:
When you live in towns like mine it just kind of becomes common parlance. I kind of assume the worst of people when they make even a tangentially gender-related joke. I apologize.ERaptor said:
That sounds a lot more reasonable. Its just that I think people assume the worst a bit too quickly. I mean, people = shit nonetheless. But its not quite as bad as some people make it out to be. And honestly, how would you tackle making the comic less open to interpretation? A bottom line saying "It's a joke!" or a specific sideline that this isnt aimed specifically at Group X? I think the Author made it pretty clear that it's aimed at the more...questionable Tumblr-people.Andy of Comix Inc said:
I'd look to Penny Arcade, who very much make their point exactly known and if it's in any way open they usually have attached a several paragraph-long blog post to sum up the thought process and circumstances under which the strip was created. I don't even like Penny Arcade, but I'm impressed by their brash, to-the-point demeanour. There is never any doubt as to what Penny Arcade is saying with their jokes.ERaptor said:
