at worst the world will sing along

yardsards:

smokedsugar:

smokedsugar:

I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again: it’s more important to know and understand fully why something is harmful than it is to drop everything deemed problematic. It’s performative and does nothing. People wonder why nobody has critical thinking skills and this is part of it because no one knows how to simousltansly critique and consume media. You need to use discernment.

This is ultimately why propaganda is going to work on you. Because you never learned how to think for yourself and the actual ideology behind things. You simply rely on group think and the bare minimum explanations to tell you what’s good and bad.

“i’m not allowed to enjoy problematic media” leads to “well i don’t WANT to stop enjoying this piece of media, therefore i must vehemently ignore/defend all of its flaws”

a more helpful framework is to ask yourself questions like “is this, even with my knowledge of its flaws, negatively influencing my ideals?” and “is this normalizing/desensitizing me to real life issues?” and “is my enjoyment of this monetarily supporting creators with harmful beliefs?” and “am i promoting this to other people who may not have the media literacy to see its flaws?”

sometimes you SHOULD stop consuming certain media, but you need to understand WHY, not just follow public opinion

(via silly-slacker-person)