Originally Posted by
Joker
This is all really well said. I agree with shutting up and listening, and I'm not trying to negate the possibly very valid complaints or concerns. But this wasn't done as a hate piece, or intended to belittle anyone. Yet there were cries demanding that Image pull the issue, which I think is a step too far. I think context and intent matter, and I think that was ignored in favor of putting a comic book on blast for using an apparently harmful term.
By this standard, Southern Bastards' racist characters shouldn't speak accurately, because the words they'd use would be offensive. Is that really a line that we're interested in stepping over?
I applaud Robinson for listening, and apologizing, even if I'm not entirely sure he needed to. It was clearly the right thing to do.