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Real question: what is our responsibility to accommodate others’ trauma? Conversely, what is our responsibility to manage our own trauma so that others can enjoy their lives freely?
FI, seeing people wearing Joker masks is uncomfortable for me (hear me out in next tweet)
FI, seeing people wearing Joker masks is uncomfortable for me (hear me out in next tweet)
It’s not actual trauma, but I’d imagine it could be for some psychotic ppl. That movie dealt with issues of psychotic neurodivergence in an awful way.
But people wearing joker masks isn’t directly traumatizing, and me telling them not to wear them isn’t exactly fair.
But people wearing joker masks isn’t directly traumatizing, and me telling them not to wear them isn’t exactly fair.
(This is my opinion, and just on one for instance, and I would like to hear yours.)
Keep in mind that in my for instance, not all psychotic folx hate Joker. Also, society at large will look at my tweet about the Joker causing trauma to psychotic people, & laugh derisively.
Keep in mind that in my for instance, not all psychotic folx hate Joker. Also, society at large will look at my tweet about the Joker causing trauma to psychotic people, & laugh derisively.
Specifically because psychotic people are not widely recognized as a class of marginalized people.
We’re not widely recognized as people. We’re just seen as a problem. A tragedy. Something to be locked up and forgotten. And not self-aware enough to be part of the discourse.
We’re not widely recognized as people. We’re just seen as a problem. A tragedy. Something to be locked up and forgotten. And not self-aware enough to be part of the discourse.
So, there’s the ADDED trauma of people dismissing my feelings about the movie, for all these reasons
Which, for me, is more traumatic than the movie itself, or seeing people in the masks or other fan gear.
Which, for me, is more traumatic than the movie itself, or seeing people in the masks or other fan gear.
Like, is there a middle ground here? Can people be like “I acknowledge that this movie is legitimately traumatizing for you”
And can I be like, “Thank you. And I acknowledge that you deserve to enjoy things without me shaming you for it.”?
And can I be like, “Thank you. And I acknowledge that you deserve to enjoy things without me shaming you for it.”?
Do people feel, when you see others enjoying something that has bigoted connotations for you, like those people are being directly bigoted? (This is assuming that the things those people enjoy aren’t directly bigoted. Like, you don’t get to say “I just enjoy blackface!” 
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I have a complex reaction in these situations. I feel sad & alone bc it makes me realize how far society has to go before it recognizes things like saneism and stops making movies like Joker. But I also know sometimes people just like things even knowing they’re problematic
I like things that are problematic. It is entirely possible to engage critically with things, yet still enjoy them.
