etc community

Stop using the G-slur for Romani folks, it’s incredibly offensive and profoundly inaccurate.

Also like the lack of respect (shown through lack of rigour in terms of research and careless blending and homogenising of diverse traditions) for a lot of the religions you borrow from is also gross and needs to stop, also like if you actually bothered to read a book now and then you’d end up with something a lot more interesting than Protestantism with the serial numbers filed off.

Additionally, you really need to consider the massive influence of the profoundly racist Madam Blavatsky on the movement’s ideas because they go to some scary fucked up places.

Not to mention carelessly naming things Ostara… given the way that particular name has been tainted historically (gross proto-nazi magazine was named after Ostara) IS ICKY AND YOU SHOULD STOP AND THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU’RE DOING, because like even if it’s done in total innocence and with the best of intentions using shit that could be construed as a fascist dog whistle is a really great way to make a lot of marginalised people feel really unsafe.

Apparently (tw: racist murder)

black–venus:

thepeacockangel:

Learning about Emmitt Till is a normal part of the New Zealand public school curriculum and not a part of the US public school curriculum and wtf is wrong with us?

another question: why does the woman who instigated his torture and murder still have her freedom?

White suprematist legal system

Apparently (tw: racist murder)

Learning about Emmitt Till is a normal part of the New Zealand public school curriculum and not a part of the US public school curriculum and wtf is wrong with us?

I also don’t understand why people accuse me of being censorious when I point out a media creator had shitty politics

Like you’re the one who seems to think it’s unthinkable to read a book by an author who’s not a paragon of moral rectitude, and you think I’m the one advocating censorship?

Like I am a HUGE fan of Lovecraft’s fiction, I think the Cthulhu mythos is an incredible fictional creation and undeniably deserves a place in the literary canon for its creativity and originality.

That said, Lovecraft was a fucking racist, a REALLY virulent and horrible fucking racist, and no let’s not get into “of his time” cause like Lovecraft’s time featured men like him but also the IWW was a thing

And you know what? Not once has the social justice community ever jumped down my throat for loving the fuck out of Cthulhu, and do you know why? Because I don’t try to defend Lovecraft the man, nor do I feel the need to cover up how HORRIBLE his views were to appreciate his stories about monsters (which yes, often also feature a heaping scoop of racism, which I can also acknowledge while still fucking liking the story).

But for some reason there are a lot of people who think you can’t like a piece of media unless you love the creator as a person. I mean honestly it’s you who’s unable to separate the art from the artist, not me.