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omg they made lemmy political

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A general sentiment i've noticed (i.redd.it)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I'm very aware of the trope. That doesn't justify the level of disdain shown in comments like the one jackoneill so eloquently shared on this very thread.

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago

I agree, I suppose the root of what I meant was that the hatred Skyler gets is half blatant misogyny and half because she's written to be the fun police.

I remember when the TV show Arcane was coming out, there were lots of judgemental comments towards a character called Caitlin, but 3/4 of the main characters of that show are women and the others didn't see similar hate, but it was Caitlin who often made the lawful and restrainted decisions.

Although I also agree that if the character of Caitlin was a man instead, they'd have gotten much less hate.