• Wrufieotnak@feddit.org
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    1 day ago

    I disagree. Avoiding media because of certain themes is perfectly fine. I for example will not play games like Hatred or Nazi Games, no matter how good they could be. It’s the kind of themes they try to avoid which show how scared they are of everybody around them.

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      1 day ago

      Yet by not playing it, you’re relying on somebody else’s description of what’s in it, which can be very misleading.

      For example, the discourse around Horses.

      Its fine not to like certain themes but obsessing over not seeing them to the point that you’re making lists is not really healthy.

      • sem@piefed.blahaj.zone
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        13 hours ago

        I can rely on plenty of people’s description of Ayn Rand to know that I don’t have to read any for myself.

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          6 hours ago

          You can knee-jerk but you can’t give informed criticism.

          You can’t even separate “You shouldn’t obsess over avoiding ideas” from “You have an obligation to absorb everything.”