Say you call out something problematic in a piece of media. What's the best counterargument to "It's fiction. Who cares?"
You see this a lot with the debate over fanservice in anime. If defenders don't say it's just a different culture, they normally say it's not a big deal because it's just a drawing. The normal rebuttal I see is that "fiction reflects/impacts our world", which has some merits, but I think a better counter would be that not calling out the problematic thing in-universe indicates a tolerance for it.
Posted Oct 3, 2024, 5:45 PM UTC
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