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I try to get along with everyone, I want to get along with everyone. There are a lot of people I enjoy talking to and seeing on my TL here but I'm afraid that some won't like what I have to say in this thread. This isn't an attack on anyone, I want to make that clear.-
-No one deserves to be harassed because of something they enjoy or the characters they like but dead ass if you aren't critical of the media you consume you contributing to a larger problem without realizing it, I feel. I am a Vader stan through and through but-
-when you stan a Villain you have to accept the bad with the few good things about them. Darth Vader has been my favorite character since I was a child but I would never claim that he is innocent. He has committed Mass Murder, he has committed War Crimes-
-Even if he wasn't directly involved with events of Mass Murder and Genocide that the Empire committed, he indirectly endorsed those actions by continuing to be apart of the Empire. Stanning him doesn't mean I approve of or endorse those ideas. I can still enjoy the character &-
-be mindful and critical of the terrible things he has done. The problem that most people seem to run into with Kylo Ren Stans is that they deny that he has done anything wrong. Let me be clear, this is not an attack or me approving of bashing people for what they like-
-But you cannot continue to perpetuate the idea that characters like Darth Vader and Kylo Ren are not nazi symbolism when Kylo Ren and The First Order was literally inspired by Neo-Nazis. You are participating in willful ignorance at that point.-
-Kylo Ren is a white character that is convinced to join a hate movement through his own self-doubt, like many modern Neo-Nazi's are convinced to join the Alt-Right movement. Like Steve Bann*n or others like him, Snoke targeted and preyed on Kylo's insecurities to turn him-
-This DOES make Kylo a VICTIM but this does not make him INNOCENT by any means. He still committed genocide and the murders of innocent people in the name of The First Order, just as Vader did for the Empire. He even later becomes the LEADER of The First Order.-
-There is no shame in stanning a villain, many people stan villains. Villains are fun. But there is shame in turning a blind eye to the facts, at least in my opinion. And I know some are saying that it's not that deep, and there are real nazis around but in my opinion-
-if we aren't critical of Nazi's Allegories in the media, if we don't hold them accountable then how can you or I be trusted to hold them accountable in real life? There are real nazis, and some of you may even have personal relationships with them, and worse some of you-
-may allow them to get away with 'casual' hate speech because they're your long time friend or whatever, just ignore the minor hateful comments they make because they were once a good person and still have the capability to be one.-
-I know this because I've let people in my life with those beliefs get away with those sorts of things when I was younger. They aren't going to become better people or look inward at their beliefs and actions if you don't speak up, if you don't hold them accountable.-
-Trust me, I know from experience. And since I've spoken up, since I've held those people in my life accountable my circle has become increasingly less toxic, open minded because those people either took the time look inward or they left or I forced them out of my life-
-If they wouldn't change their behavior. So I believe it's important that we are mindful and honest with ourselves as well as others about the atrocities our favorite villains have committed and hold them accountable for it, just as we would real life people.
