Swav wrote: ↑Sat Jan 23, 2021 4:40 pm
Sorry, the way I worded that was kind of vague. I wasn't specifically referring to her wearing a Leatherface shirt. She's said in a past video that she didn't think there was anything wrong with wearing a horror shirt depicting a serial killer (in general) who was based on a real person, which she mentioned after being asked about her Leatherface shirt. I personally don't have an issue with horror serial killer shirts, I just brought it up because I find her very rigid view of things and then leniency when it comes to herself to be pretty hypocritical. She didn't even consider the idea that fictional but based on real killers shirts might have some of the same touchy issues that true crime merch has, she just immediately got pissy and excused it - why? - because she likes wearing those types of shirts and didn't want to have to consider if they may at all be problematic (for example, someone effected by the real killer feeling shitty seeing the fictional version of that person celebrated through merch - which is exactly the same reasoning she gave for true crime merch being touchy). I'm not saying I even really agree with all that, I just wanted to point out that she constantly does stuff like that to give pass to her own interests, but doesn't offer the same to other people, true crime related or not. She gets very rigid and high and mighty about things when she constantly alters those views when she needs it to excuse her own behaviour. The serial killer thing was just one example of that.
I just don't think that it's the same thing. If you're going out wearing a Leatherface t-shirt, you're not going to encounter a single person that has ever been harmed by him or a family member of a victim. You don't have that certainty when it comes to a Ted Bundy shirt. Leatherface is ultimately a fictional character, when you celebrate such a character, you're not glorifying heinous real actions. This is especially true in the case of Leatherface when, as I said before, the similarities between Leatherface and the real life Ed Gein are so minor. Gein and Leatherface looked completely different, lived in different areas of the country, used different weapons to kill, and had different personal standings in their community. Their connection was simply that they both skinned their victims, which was something that many other killers have done including long before Gein was even born.
There is a real weirdness when it comes to those that legitimately idolize real killers to the point that some disturbed people fantasize about being with such killers.
I don't know if you're a fan of horror, but when you're in the horror community, you can be looked down upon by outsiders who believe that because you enjoy watching fictional horror, you must love real kills and that you could be comparable to those deplorable people who idolizes real life killers. I think it's completely rational for Sarah, or any horror fan, to make such a firm declaration in their refusal to condone the idolization of real killers even if that same declaration may come across as too strong and hypocritical to you. It's okay to take a stand to remind people where your own morals line up.
As far as Sarah doing similar things for other topics, people do change and grow. Just because you have a firm stance on a topic today doesn't mean that you'll have the same stance in the future. We're all trying to sort out what kind of person we want to be on this hunk of rock. Attitudes can change and there's personal dilemma with who you want to be vs who you actually are vs who you think people want you to be.
she has a mindset problem, not an "i'm average" problem.
