They actively seek it out, the American weeb community is FULL of wokesters and leftists. The religious right making a stink about kids anime like Pokemon in the 90s and early 2000s drew normie leftys into the fandom because counter culture and also brought in the leftists who think watching Samurai X was culturally enriching. Hell, I remember Nazi accusations against the creator of Full Metal Alchemist because the people in military uniforms and perpetrators of Ishbal massacre were the good guys, it was ignored and mocked back then but now we're here.
The “gotcha” moments and braggers of anime’s quality I’ve seen pop up over the past year were MUCH more than they ever were in the past.
It’s disingenuous to say “it was always like this” when the number of these crazies interested clearly multiplied thanks to both sides’ screaming and yelling. Instead of the quiet gatekeeping our side should have done.
It WAS always like this, these retards didn't just spring out of the ground in 2014-15. People just started listening to them instead of saying "go back to Tumblr/LiveJournal" after they pretended to be normal, infiltrated EVERYTHING and became the majority. See the old Skeptic community for how that works, specifically Kraut, Jeff and Memorie Holiday and Shoe. Pretend to be allies, infiltrate, gain a following and get power (mod and admin positions) then start making minor changes to rules that the majority agree with (racism bad etc) then slowly make more authoritarian and ideologically driven rules.....It's Rules for Radicals and Communist manifesto 101.
Maybe if we stop pushing weebshit in the wokes’ faces as a “gotcha”, that would be better for everyone.
Gatekeeping them by refusing to back down from your love of fan service would be nice too.
They actively seek it out, the American weeb community is FULL of wokesters and leftists. The religious right making a stink about kids anime like Pokemon in the 90s and early 2000s drew normie leftys into the fandom because counter culture and also brought in the leftists who think watching Samurai X was culturally enriching. Hell, I remember Nazi accusations against the creator of Full Metal Alchemist because the people in military uniforms and perpetrators of Ishbal massacre were the good guys, it was ignored and mocked back then but now we're here.
The “gotcha” moments and braggers of anime’s quality I’ve seen pop up over the past year were MUCH more than they ever were in the past.
It’s disingenuous to say “it was always like this” when the number of these crazies interested clearly multiplied thanks to both sides’ screaming and yelling. Instead of the quiet gatekeeping our side should have done.
It WAS always like this, these retards didn't just spring out of the ground in 2014-15. People just started listening to them instead of saying "go back to Tumblr/LiveJournal" after they pretended to be normal, infiltrated EVERYTHING and became the majority. See the old Skeptic community for how that works, specifically Kraut, Jeff and Memorie Holiday and Shoe. Pretend to be allies, infiltrate, gain a following and get power (mod and admin positions) then start making minor changes to rules that the majority agree with (racism bad etc) then slowly make more authoritarian and ideologically driven rules.....It's Rules for Radicals and Communist manifesto 101.
That said, early 2000s were pretty good. 2007 was the beginning of True Eternal September. It was before it was important enough TO infiltrate.
I feel so bad for youngsters, who will never know freedom from September, for they were born in it.