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[–]PasLagardere 21 insightful - 2 fun21 insightful - 1 fun22 insightful - 2 fun -  (5 children)

So, her biggest ‘mistake’ was following people on Twitter that others might not agree with?

I follow quite a lot of people I don’t agree or do agree with. For some people it might be difficult to see the difference between who I agree of disagree with.

Anyway, it is just bullshit.

[–][deleted] 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

She liked some anti-semitic tweets and donated some artwork to a Qanon youtuber too, so it does sound like she probably agreed with the people she was following. I can understand making personal decisions about not supporting businesses or artists, especially if they use their fame and money for terrible politics and abuse (I'm thinking like Chik Fil A and Chris Brown). But a freelance artist who is probably just eking out a modest living designing MTG cards that have nothing to do with spreading her right wing beliefs? Come on. I'm about to eat some potato chips - do I need to track down the graphic designer of the bag to make sure their opinions pass my own personal "good person" metrics?

[–]deepblue[S] 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

To be fair I don't think she's been eking out a modest living for a while, IIRC she's one of the few artists that gets paid to attend GPs and other cons. Her kickstarter for a token/playmat set also did insanely well. Something like $300,000 raised against a $20,000 goal.

[–][deleted] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Oh good, I still don't agree with going after her job on principle, but I'm glad she's not relying on those WotC commissions.

[–]LesbianSeparatist 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Cancel culture is a plague on this earth and forcing wrongthink because people can't appreciate the idea that all of humanity actually thrives on different opinions. Also, let me know when they vet every fucking male artist the way they do lesbians/women.

[–]Sapphicatalyst 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Cancel culture is one reason why I create multiple social media/reddit accounts, email addresses, and pen names for my online art projects. Kind of a pain to juggle, but it does give me more peace of mind when expressing or researching unpopular opinions.