Chapter 1: What frustration does the speaker express about authors being 'problematic'?
Honestly, I'm this close to quitting reading for good. Every single author I actually love turns out to be problematic or worse. I'm so tired of finding out after I already got attached. Feels like I can't enjoy anything anymore without a background check first. Guys, this is a very prominent mindset in today's culture. I'm here to call it out. Being unproblematic, especially today, is boring.
And if you are consumed with the idea that everything around you needs to be unproblematic, you're probably stunting your growth. Let's talk about it. Guys, before we get into today's video, please like and subscribe. Today, I came across an ex post that made me think, and while I'm a little bit under the weather, I'm not too under the weather to have this discussion.
Chapter 2: What mindset in today's culture does the speaker call out?
So we're going to get into it. I'll read it one more time. It says, honestly, I'm this close to quitting reading for good. Every single author I actually love turns out to be problematic or worse.
Chapter 3: How does the idea of being 'unproblematic' impact personal growth?
I'm so tired of finding out after I already got attached. Feels like I can't enjoy anything anymore without a background check first. Now this generated a lot of responses. Let me read you a few of the top ones. One says, probably for the best since you are clearly incapable of critical thinking, 26,000 likes.
Another writes, this is an insane way to engage with literature and terminal fandom brain is turning you into a crazy person, 14K likes. And lastly, this is what happens when you have a superiority complex and think that every action or waking decision you make has to be a moral statement. It doesn't. If you like an author's work, then that's about it.
You can appreciate their skill in writing or their books, but that doesn't mean you have to agree with or support every little thing they stand for. You're not in a relationship with the author. Yeah, she's getting some valid criticism for this take. And I think her take points out so much of what has gone wrong with our current culture.
We are so obsessed with cancellation and censorship and this sort of moral purity, but a moral purity that's based on the sensibilities of a particular group of people. And I think when I read her post, you all knew the politics of this young woman without me having to tell you, am I right or am I right? Yeah.
Whenever I hear somebody these days say that they found out somebody is problematic, I can almost always come to the conclusion that they are a leftist and they found out that a person doesn't completely toe the line of their leftist slash woke ideology.
Now there are people in other camps that engage in this way sometimes, but there's a particular thing with leftists where you have to 100% wholeheartedly believe everything it is that they think and feel, or you're out, you're labeled problematic, and they don't want to engage with you or your work anymore.
And just for shits and giggles, I looked into the word problematic to find some sort of urban dictionary definitions of how people view this word. And a lot of people are sharing this sentiment. On urban dictionary, one person writes, problematic is used by university lecturers to say they disagree with a piece of literature while not outwardly expressing that fact.
There is often a long pause before this line is delivered, often with pointless hand gestures. I find insert author's name here problematic. Another person writes, a tired and passive aggressive word used by sociology majors when they are too afraid to call someone racist, sexist, or homophobic. And just one more because I'm having fun.
The go-to adjective for propagators of cancel culture to describe when someone has crossed the proverbial line. It sounds scary enough to spook corporate entities away, yet vague enough to simply be thrown around without adequate explanation, most often used by white fifth-wave feminists on Twitter with an unchecked white savior complex.
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Chapter 4: What responses were generated from the viral tweet about problematic authors?
They're saying they don't want to play her Hogwarts legacy video game. All of this stems from her being problematic. And I gotta say, if somebody's personal political beliefs stop you from engaging with the work that they've created that you have up until this point enjoyed and it has resonated with you, I think you have the problem, not them.
Just admit that you like Harry Potter and keep it pushing. And if her personal political beliefs come up and you don't agree with them, you can just say that.
you don't agree with them as one of the posters we read before said not every waking decision you make has to be a moral statement and i think we've lost the plot on that speaking of books and we've seen this happen with other authors i'm immediately reminded of roald dahl and dr seuss they've both been called racist and despite their major contributions to kids literature and kids books a lot of them have been ushered out of certain schools
spaces, the Biden administration went to separate Dr. Seuss's name from their like national reading day. I forget what it's called, but all because these authors were labeled as problematic.
Nonetheless, kids really love these books and the books sort of stand on their own, which I think means we need to reconcile with the idea that people who we may view personally to be problematic can create great things that resonate with us.
Even further than that, sometimes their problematic nature or the things that we deem to be problematic within them are actually what give them the capability to create many of the things that they create. Oops.
And I can't imagine going through the world and thinking you need to background check every single person who you are about to engage with or consume the work of before you do what it is you set out I'm not a religious person. Does this mean I shouldn't engage with the works of, say, C.S. Lewis or J.R.R. Tolkien?
You know, a lot of leftists would probably say yes, that these men are inherently problematic because of their religious beliefs and because of the way that their religious beliefs influence some of the great works that they've created. For me, it's just absolutely insane to think that way.
And it's going to hinder your experiences in life and keep you from learning new things, engaging with new things, being challenged by ideas that you do not like the sound of, or the look of, or the feel of. Our existences are not meant to be unproblematic. In fact, they're meant to be the very opposite.
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