s0_r3n_
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`VENT-ish? Rant? Sorta both ig.
A few months ago, I lost two irl friends because they had incorrect and, frankly, disrespectful views on the Dream SMP
Now, people can have their likes and dislikes, but insulting the content creators and throwing around "racist", "homophobic" and "transphobic" willy-nilly.
Now, one of my long term friends on my main account has said that the DSMP makes them uncomfortable
Which, again, is fine
I'm not even that much into the fandom anymore. I still enjoy it but not as much as I did in mid 2021
However, my problem lies with their explanation of why - moreso their *lack* of an explanation.
They that the ccs (who they did not name, they just said 'they' in a general term) were racist and used Tommyinnit's name in particular as an example saying "I know Tommyinnit did some not okay things" or something along those lines.
Now, when I asked (fairly nicely, I would say) what "not okay things" they were referring to, they said "idk my brain stuff I don't like but I've witnessed some myself"
This really doesn't sit right with me. If you cannot state what precisely he had done wrong, bringing it up is next to pointless (although, looking back now, I did initiate the topic of why they called the cc's "icky"). I didn't mention this in our DMs because I didn't want to upset them, but these content creators go through a lot of shit. I mean, the BBH gr00ming situation on Twitter that happened a few months ago was incredibly serious and could've led to a lot of problems for him and his friends had the person/people not admitted that it was a fake story for attention. So claiming that someone has "done some bad stuff" without evidence or even specificity as to what they've done is very much an issue that can and most definitely has cost people their careers, in the past.
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s0_r3n_
My dilemma is I don't know what to do. The Dream SMP is definitely something I care about significantly, it's what got me back into Minecraft when I was forgetting all of the things about it that I loved. And the last time people I was acquainted with threw around these terms so loosely, I cut them from my life almost immediately. But I had only met those two maybe a month or two before I found out about their "opinions". With this person, I have been friends with them since 2020 at least. They got me properly into roleplay and I really care about them and know that they're struggling mentally a lot right now and losing a friend would not help that, and the same goes for me honestly.
But at the same time, I don't know what else to do. I can't explain things to them if they can't can't give me examples (which I 100% understand is not their fault if they're being honest, which I assume they are because why lie about that?) of what the people have done "wrong", which I am 100% willing to do if they could tell me.
Advice is appreciated if you have any
And, because I don't know who is and isn't following this account from my main, if you see this and know this is you, don't reply to it here. DM me, please. I kept who you are anonymous on purpose.
Rant over.`
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