Now, I know, Cancel Culture sucks and leads to more than enough toxic behavior, but in cases such as these where the person in question has such a big influence on hundreds of millions of people, we need to let it be known that this behavior is unacceptable. As you may know, Markus Persson, the sacred creator of Minecraft, better known by his in-game alias, Notch, has a twitter. When people have access to such glorious social networking, they tend to use it, whether it be for bad or for good. In this case, it was such a huge flop that it had everyone covering it. There's no denying that Markus Persson is a huge transphobe.
He replied to a meme an artist made in the format of Twilight Sparkle opening a book entitled "Facts" which stated inside that "Trans women are women" (which they very clearly are) by saying that supporting delusions isn't great and compared transgender individuals to those of anorexic or bulimic tendencies; something that needs attention to deal with adequately, something to cure. Earlier in the year he pressed hard for a "heterosexual pride day/parade" and encouraged those against it to formally get shot. "by the cameraman. with a [firearm]." he added, before deleting both tweets altogether.
Surprisingly enough, there is no cure for being trans. We're born as we are, same as anyone else. Notch and many others with similar mindsets seem to forget that nobody actually wants to be Transgender; it's not a choice whatsoever. The dysphoria (which is what determines Trans-ness) is debilitating enough and the social stress only adds to it, which is why the Trans suicide rate seemingly doesn't drop that much post-transition; people aren't accepting their new identities and these people likely don't have any family to fall back on due to coming out.
The stigma around this topic and the reason so many people still appear to be against it can be how Tumblr culture took this and perverted it into the ideology we know today as MOGAI (Marginalized Orientations, Gender identities And Intersex). The movement was a good idea at first, but it soon became a mess of tucutes that generated aesthetic based "genders", unnecessary orientations and millions of repeats, giving birth to the mainstream view of SJW ideology. Things like "stargender" and "omnisexual" were perpetrated by such ideologies and have morphed themselves into the false light that the mainstream society views the LGBTQ community as. We need to do our best to erase that stigma. Call out transphobia, racism, homophobia, misogyny, misandry, and ableism when you see it. Ask your LGBTQ friends about how you can help. Together we can make the world a better place, even if on a small scale.
[[PS, Licata; If content like this doesn't belong here, please tell me so, I'll find somewhere else to put it. I just felt this was something that needed to be said, as it's a pivotal part of our society to talk about topics like this. Conversation and exchange drives action.]]
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DeleteInsightful as hell Ari, and you know damn well I agree wholesomely! The Notch junk made me incredibly angry, it's a good thing Minecraft doesn't actually belong to him anymore. As my Dad says, the old generation will die with their hate, and we'll raise a generation of love and compassion.
ReplyDeleteTo be truthful, we can't just write off the "old generation" as one of pure, dark hatred and spite when great minds and works of philosophical art have come from these groups, same goes for all other societal groups. Some of the negative ideologies of this "old generation" flow into the new generations we have now, such is the nature of a human society. It's ever-evolving, constantly shifting paradigms, which is why we always see the newest iteration pushing for reform of social and political likenesses; they see injustices in the world the older generations grew used to and try to correct them. Your dad is pretty cool, though. ((Also, I think you meant to say wholeheartedly instead of wholesomely :y
DeleteGood points of discussion, Ari, and this topic does have relevance to the media field, as you mentioned. I welcome discourse on all cultural topics, as it is your job as communicators/storytellers to be educated and learn about important issues in our society with an open and unbiased mind.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad to know the guidelines are open to this type of discussion! I plan on doing something similar to this weekly, even if we don't have blogs. Hopefully it takes off, since I did find writing this to be extremely easy due to how often I write on subjects such as these in my Literature classes. I aspire to and am prepared to do my job as a teen and an advocate for equal rights and social justice to educate both myself and my audience alike to current and past events so we can all be more mindful in our discussions, discourse and daily lives (while simultaneously keeping the subject matter related to the media field, of course). Thank you for validating this platform for me, I really appreciate it.
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