Jodie " The Feminist- don't be afraid of my gender" Whittaker... and the Doctress Who Show..
Wow. Still, it's good to know how to take someone's opinion.
Jodie " The Feminist- don't be afraid of my gender" Whittaker... and the Doctress Who Show..
Glecischaltung is what it is. The Happiness Patrol is in full force against it's politically incorrect dissenters.Wow. Still, it's good to know how to take someone's opinion.
Because it bears repeating:Glecischaltung is what it is. The Happiness Patrol is in full force against it's politically incorrect dissenters.
To think I used to admire his "art". After seeing this petulant, hateful aspect of his "personality", I've since purged all his selections from my PC I once saved.
Hilarious is what it is. The Happiness Patrol is in full force against attention seekers.
Personally, I'm expecting both a costume reveal and companion announcement at Children in Need.Difficult in this age of leaks and hacks, but if they can manage it I'd imagine they'd want the Xmas Special out of the way before we get any sightings of Jodie in her costume (instead of Capaldi's clothes post-regen). Make as clean a break as possible.
Personally, I'm expecting both a costume reveal and companion announcement at Children in Need.
Some stupid video blogger his listed his bogus 'reasons' why he thinks that the new Doctor's going to be a failure as well as being a 'PR 'disaster':![]()
Some stupid video blogger his listed his bogus 'reasons' why he thinks that the new Doctor's going to be a failure as well as being a 'PR 'disaster':
"I hate political correctness" = "Why do people give me a hard time these days for being a bigoted asshole? I don't like it, I'm a sensitive hate-filled snowflake."
Keep in mind a lot of fans are OLD like me. They aren't sexist (though they do use sexist terms), they are conservative. They don't like change. Or more accurately, in a life of constant change, they like some certainties. And, in a way, a role model has been removed, especially in Capaldi. Despite terrible stories, he was their guy. Now he's gone, and we/they have to adapt yet again to change, big change.
Right now in Australia we are having a massive debate re coal power vs renewables. The conservative argument is basically "It works, if it ain't broke..." while not acknowledging the levels of pollution are unsustainable. I can't wait for renewables to grab a permanent, stable foothold. But there are those that fear change. Fear change.
Now, for guys like me, role models (and yes, we still need them) are a guide to being a better person... and we have one less. Gender shouldn't matter but it does. Who's my role model now? Frank Underwood? People become fans because they get something from the characters.
I give you a hypothetical. In a brain-snap of epic proportions, DC decides Wonder Woman should become Wonder Man, Dion of Themiscyra. Shield, bracelets, lasso, but a costume closer to Cap's. They come up with all 'valid' reasons for it (see: Thor). Women across America would gather at DC's headquarters and literally raze it. Of course they would. It is a change they would not embrace.
And now old white guys are expected, yet again, to roll over, at the risk of being called sexist.
I've always seen myself as a progressive, but I'm old now. This one is a little harder. Frankly it feels like it's something being taken from me. You can poo-poo that, but just run the above hypothetical through your mind and see how you'd feel. Don't tell me you'd be happy. But, as I said, I try to be progressive, so I'm going to embrace this, as I always try to do. Just remember, some guys find it hard to change. Why shouldn't they? To just dismiss them as sexist is cruel and as sexist as you claim.
TL;DR: it's not about sexism, it' just being conservative.
No. You're wrong. About as wrong as you can be. Talk to me when you're my age, and had kids and grandkids and fought against illness and little money and idiot governments. You get tired. And sometimes you just wish things would stay the same for just a little while, until you can catch your breath. Your worldview isn't everyone else's worldview.As somebody else said here, such fear of change like this isn't conservative, it's cowardice.
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