the only thing i'm gonna say relating 2 this pointless discourse is that it doesn't rlly matter if people call themselves fans of something or not, but is there any other art form where a large amount of people get defensive when you tell them to engage w/ that art form
when i was a kid I used to think black people's skin was edible
I also thought that Jesus and Santa were the same person masquerading as two different people
Imagine my shock as a neurodivergent teen when I first realized that using large vocabulary and eloquent speech doesn't make you less likely to be misinterpreted, rather it adds an entirely new layer of misinterpretation I had never even realized existed in the form of people thinking you're being snobbish or condescending when you're just trying to be specific
Neurodivergent people have the most dysregulated nervous systems when they are trying to convince others that what they're seeing and experiencing is real and important, and the other person is gaslighting them into thinking that they're overreacting.
Being black and having a different opinion than the group, has been like this for as long as I can remember.
That's why a lot of us in life, learned to shut the fuck up and move in silence and get shit done.
What I love about this scene is that Huey simply has a different opinion and it disrupted this supposed black unity. When Uncle Ruckus shows up and agrees with Huey, people will then associate Huey with Ruckus despite his reasoning being completely different.
That's how it is in real life and social media. Just because you have a different opinion and some Uncle Ruckus or racist agree with you doesn't mean you align with them. They attach themselves to your opinion to validate their own personal bias, which is something you have no control over.
That's why when you say something they disagree with, they will also attack you too because their intent was never aligned with yours to begin with.
That's why the whole "See, you cultivated these kinds of people and now they are turning on you." Is stupid, no I didn't cultivate anything, these people latched onto my opinion to validate their own internal bias without knowing the nuance of my opinion.