A general reminder: let& #39;s be mindful of how we talk about minors in fandom.

I know a lot of (louder) fantis tend to be minors, but remember that not all of them are. It& #39;s difficult, I& #39;m guilty of it too, but please let& #39;s try harder to NOT generalize all minors as being fantis.
Minors contribute to fandom too, whether it& #39;s being a content creator or liking/rting stuff or just making silly tweets, they still participate in fandom. So let& #39;s just be careful about how we talk about minors in general. We don& #39;t want them to feel unwelcome in fandom.
We get annoyed when we see "lol why are 25 year old hags watching anime still?" tweets or whatever, and I know it& #39;s kind of a knee-jerk reaction to slap back, but let& #39;s be careful to not generalize minors as annoying or dumb or what-have-you.
This is not about anything specific, I just see it happen a lot (like I said, I& #39;m guilty of it too).

And I know most people aren& #39;t purposely doing it. Twitter character limit doesn& #39;t really allow us to specify "minors who are fanpol" every time we talk about a situation.
But still please remember to separate "minors who are fanpol and harassing others over fanart" from "minors who express discomfort with a ship but otherwise aren& #39;t bothering anyone and maybe just didn& #39;t word their tweet that well."
And again, I& #39;m guilty of it too, I& #39;ve jumped the gun a few times. But we gotta remember that "disliking a ship" or even "expressing discomfort with/disgust of a ship" isn& #39;t exactly fanpol behavior. People can dislike things, so long as they& #39;re not harassing people who like it.
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