What I found strange in the original post is simple:
It seems acceptable to say "I'm not interested in watching a show about working-class characters" in a way it would never be to say "I'm not interested in watching a show about women" or "I'm not interested in watching a show about characters of color."
As I said, how is it not acceptable to say that one is not interested in watching, for example, shows about women? What is not acceptable about it? Disinterest in (x) is nothing like saying that (x) should not exist, or trying to dictate its content. What I fail to see is the unacceptability of disinterest - that is all I was trying to say.
It's not commendable, certainly, but it's a stretch to think of it as malicious. That's where the 'slope' appears: implying support of a problem in any capacity when considering a lack of interest is an accusation, which is worse than an assumption. Does it mean, among other things, that when one chooses which causes to support (and in doing so drops others), that the resulting disinterest is support of the problematic status quo?
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Date: 2008-06-25 07:57 pm (UTC)It seems acceptable to say "I'm not interested in watching a show about working-class characters" in a way it would never be to say "I'm not interested in watching a show about women" or "I'm not interested in watching a show about characters of color."
As I said, how is it not acceptable to say that one is not interested in watching, for example, shows about women? What is not acceptable about it? Disinterest in (x) is nothing like saying that (x) should not exist, or trying to dictate its content. What I fail to see is the unacceptability of disinterest - that is all I was trying to say.
It's not commendable, certainly, but it's a stretch to think of it as malicious. That's where the 'slope' appears: implying support of a problem in any capacity when considering a lack of interest is an accusation, which is worse than an assumption. Does it mean, among other things, that when one chooses which causes to support (and in doing so drops others), that the resulting disinterest is support of the problematic status quo?