#(havent seen this in lone star im just using an example)

[mechawolfie]

i know it’s been said a million times already but the way so called “progressive” spaces treat the mentally ill the fat the elderly/aging etc is sooooo.. 😬

#smudgy.txt #yes i am still talking abt 9-1-1 lone star #this running joke abt the captain being afraid of losing his hair #it's reminding me of how things r going rn wrt male beauty standards #which i Do Not wanna get into bc GOD the arguments give me a headache #but it's like so many self proclaimed progressive/liberal/whatever spaces #are so comfortable in these old shitty jokes n it confuses me? #like ok u want things to get better. but u will continually put down certain groups of ppl #when the ppl u claim to fight against are also making those same jokes abt those same ppl #using the same harmful tropes #im trying to explain this but idk how. its like uhh #a lack of self awareness? holding on to the comfort of 'safe' things like jokes abt ppl #who deal w things u don't currently have to deal w??? #making these jokes u feel comfortably w without thinking abt WHY these jokes feel comfortable to u? why theyre so normal? #like the whole creepy nerd w a 'weird' (see: jewish) last name & curly hair trope #(havent seen this in lone star im just using an example) #its like. ppl still seem to find these characters funny but dont think abt why the joke exists in the first place. bc its comfortable #idk.. idk!!!!!