IAmTheBredman t1_jd3twyu wrote on March 21, 2023 at 5:16 PM

This reads as "I'm trying to hide my shitty opinions behind twisted logic".

In the case of thr last of us, why the fuck would anyone care what gender or race you are? Most of the world is dead or infected and in order to survive you need to get along with anyone still breathing.

It's also not helpful for the modern day world to continue to reinforce bigoted ideals. I'd much rather forego a degree of "realism" in order to allow people of all walks of life be involved in the project and normalize the idea that every single person is equal to the viewers. Cause apparently there's still some fuckheads who haven't figured that out

[deleted] t1_jd3wl59 wrote on March 21, 2023 at 5:32 PM

Why are you jumping instantly to the conclusion that OP has shitty opinions? The question is valid and was not asked in a way that implies anything about OP's worldview. I agree with your point about portraying how things could be/should be rather than strict realism but I could have done without the unwarranted attack of OP's character.

IAmTheBredman t1_jd3yjfl wrote on March 21, 2023 at 5:44 PM

Maybe you should reread OP's post. The last line they literally say it's unnatural for people to treat women and other races as equals, which is completely untrue. That is a learned behaviour. Also just the entire premise of the post is to ask if it's weird to have equality in shows lol, if you weren't bothered by it you wouldn't bring it up

[deleted] t1_jd4057h wrote on March 21, 2023 at 5:55 PM

Well the mods have decided I don't get to read it again, but I remember the word natural was in quotes, which implies OP did not intend it mean they agreed with it. And they were right about strong oppressing weak out-groups throughout history, which is what I would wager is what they meant by "natural". "Traditional" or "historically" would have been a better word choice.