Not gonna post the episode, tho, because fuck this sketch fails the Code of Conduct.

There’s the intro screen for “Weinstein Company”. Like damn I love these guys, but a bunch of the skits they do is fucked up.

    • corvidenjoyer [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
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      4 months ago

      glasses-off

      Different time

      glasses-on

      "Obviously there were never any actual people at that point in time saying things like “you shouldn’t do this.” And “this is wrong.” everyone was just equally awful until the inveitable arc of progress caught up with them. The actual victims of whatever I am papering over thankfully were the majority of the people against this at the time and since they don’t have the power to just stop it from happening they arent really people so we have to track time by how the people doing this feel about the thing they caused at any given moment because might makes right or something.

      • ragebutt@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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        4 months ago

        More like “it was a period where things were so normalized that the amount of people saying this is wrong was drowned out and hard to come by”

        It’s slightly disingenuous to act like a child of the 80s and 90s would stumble upon voices of the oppressed, which were actively stifled, and culturally we were taught to ignore.

        I do not believe this excuses it of course but just as I think there is understanding to be had for the damaged victim of abusive guardians who then starts to perpetuate that cycle I think there is understanding to be had here as well. Similarly as said it does not excuse it and just as in that example while I have understanding I also still hold that victim accountable for their actions, though this consequence may be modulated given the circumstances. There is nuance, is my point