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[gabe jones @dwjonezz]

@AmtrakNECAlerts I just waited in the subzero temperatures for 90 min only to pay 40 dollars for a Lyft home and then find out it was running again when I just got home. this was ridiculous you only let us know it was delayed 40 minutes after it was supposed to arrive and didn't give us a time

[gabe jones @dwjonezz]

@6ergie word up

[gabe jones @dwjonezz]

@Tom94469201 @SRW99 @ghostapple_ari @BrianFi92674776 @venom0804 @FandomMenaceLs who cares . even if this stat is true, which who knows, but do you really think white people are having issues with not being represented enough? it’s a bad faith argument, white people are still having a majority of the representation. what’s the issue with minorities

[gabe jones @dwjonezz]

@BrianFi92674776 @SRW99 @ghostapple_ari @venom0804 @FandomMenaceLs time to understand so you can have empathy for their struggles, in seeing representation in a predominantly white place with predominantly white media. Maybe you didn't expect to see a black character, but at the end of the day, who really cares- its a fucking tv show.

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@BrianFi92674776 @SRW99 @ghostapple_ari @venom0804 @FandomMenaceLs not ethnically Anglo-Saxon, believe that there actually are talking trees in this world, but you draw the line at having a character whose skin is darker than you'd expect. And that creates a lot of issues for a lot of people of color, whose stories and beliefs you should take

[gabe jones @dwjonezz]

@BrianFi92674776 @SRW99 @ghostapple_ari @venom0804 @FandomMenaceLs seems to me that the only issue you take with black actors in LOTR media is their race, not the fact they aren't Anglo-Saxon. Yeah, maybe they take you out a tiny bit initially, but its a TV show- there's some suspension of disbelief. You can ignore that fact Aragorn is clearly

[gabe jones @dwjonezz]

@BrianFi92674776 @SRW99 @ghostapple_ari @venom0804 @FandomMenaceLs criticize their lack of racial purity for acting in the movie, because their performances in the world are able to enthrall you nonetheless. You claim that LOTR should be solely Anglo-Saxon, but the original movies were not, and I don't see you complaining about them. Ergo, it

[gabe jones @dwjonezz]

@BrianFi92674776 @SRW99 @ghostapple_ari @venom0804 @FandomMenaceLs the original movies, a ton of the actors did not have Anglo-Saxon heritage. Just a few: Aragorn was Norwegian, Celeborn Hungarian, and Arwen Italian. And for these characters, a person can notice they aren't Anglo-Saxon in appearance- its fairly clear. But I've never heard anyone

[gabe jones @dwjonezz]

@BrianFi92674776 @SRW99 @ghostapple_ari @venom0804 @FandomMenaceLs This is an assumption of mine, but i find it hard to believe you didn't criticize the inclusion of Rose in the 8th Star Wars movie based on what you've said so far. Additionally, note your flipping between European and Anglo-Saxon history. This brings up an interesting point. In

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@BrianFi92674776 @SRW99 @ghostapple_ari @venom0804 @FandomMenaceLs and you do? man, i quoted MLK jr., who I think most people would agree does speak for most black people. I can't imagine you get a lot of interactions with non-white people in 95% white Ireland. I live in a 20% white area dude, if you're bringing anecdotal personal evidence i win

[gabe jones @dwjonezz]

@BrianFi92674776 @SRW99 @ghostapple_ari @venom0804 @FandomMenaceLs like King said, corrective measures against racism need to exist. and since racism is and was against certain groups, equality can only happen by elevating those specific groups.

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@BrianFi92674776 @SRW99 @ghostapple_ari @venom0804 @FandomMenaceLs racism isn't over. not to devalue your experiences, but you don't notice or worry about skin color in the characters of your shows because they are mostly yours. If someone sees absolutely no positive representation of their race in their media, that is an issue

[gabe jones @dwjonezz]

@BrianFi92674776 @SRW99 @ghostapple_ari @venom0804 @FandomMenaceLs but it is not realistic." and here's another; "A society that has done something special against the Negro for hundreds of years must now do something special for the Negro."

[gabe jones @dwjonezz]

@BrianFi92674776 @SRW99 @ghostapple_ari @venom0804 @FandomMenaceLs A quick few MLK quotes to show you how he felt:
"Whenever the issue of compensatory treatment for the Negro is raised, some of our friends recoil in horror. The Negro should be granted equality, they agree; but he should ask nothing more. On the surface, this appears reasonable,

[gabe jones @dwjonezz]

@BrianFi92674776 @SRW99 @ghostapple_ari @venom0804 @FandomMenaceLs Once again, respectfully, it makes sense that you wouldn't notice or think about their skin color because its similar to yours, so you never need to worry about this, it never crosses your mind. But for a lot of people of color, they do notice it, and it does bother them.

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@BrianFi92674776 @SRW99 @ghostapple_ari @venom0804 @FandomMenaceLs Respectfully, and I'm not trying to be like putting you down or anything, and I'm not saying this is a bad thing, but based on your profile picture its clear that a lot of the characters we have right now in a lot of fantasy are gonna represent people who look like you.

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@SRW99 @ghostapple_ari @BrianFi92674776 @venom0804 @FandomMenaceLs you're completely right this is such a good opinion- i totally agree

[gabe jones @dwjonezz]

@SRW99 @ghostapple_ari @BrianFi92674776 @venom0804 @FandomMenaceLs people just going after again and again something you would really like- a character that looks like you. It would feel like you were being excluded, and that you don't belong in the LOTR fandom, which i don't think any fan should want