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Must Watch Video on why the Star Wars Fandom Hates LGBTIAQ+ People (www.youtube.com)
submitted 11 months ago by sculd@beehaw.org to c/lgbtq_plus@beehaw.org
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Amazing video produced by Jessie Gender along with a group of creators whom many of them are from the ** LGBTIAQ+ community** .

I knew from my anthropology class many years ago that George Lucas borrowed concept from the The Hero with a Thousand Faces.

What I did not know is that the author, Joseph Campbell is:

  1. A misogynist
  2. An antisemite
  3. Didn't research properly

This explains why the hero must be a (white) men.

Carl Jung's theory about collective unconsciousness and archetypes are also outdated and discarded by psychology.

The archetypes reduce women to "mother", "Goddess". etc. but never the hero.

Also, since Jung's theory categories people neatly into archetypes, those who does not fit social norm (LGBTQIA+ people) were never represented.

When the creation is based on such shaky foundations, no wonder the Star Wars fandom turns out to be racist and misogynist.

Btw, do you know who else's book borrows heavily from Jung? Jordan Peterson.

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[–] sculd@beehaw.org 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You are certainly welcome to like it. I like Star Wars otherwise I wouldn't bother with watching this video.

The thing is though, if you search for Star Wars related videos on YouTube made by so called fans, it is very easy to find stuff like Star Wars sequel trilogy was ruined because Rey is a woman or The Last Jedi sucked because it pandered to SJW, or something along the line. There is definitely a problem with this fandom.

[–] PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca 8 points 11 months ago

Of course, because Star Wars has such wide appeal. Extremists shout louder and more often than moderates, which is why you’ll find way more extremist content than moderate content. Which lends to the perception that Star Wars fans are bigoted and lunatics.

But this is selection bias. You’re more likely going to find people shouting about how something sucks and potentially even being a bigot than people who happily enjoy Star Wars for what it is.

Labelling fandoms as inherently toxic or bigoted or whatever else just oversimplifies it all. Under these definitions, I fall within the fandom of Star Wars. Under the same definitions in this video, I’m anti LGBTQI and a supporter of Jungian psychology and Jordan Peterson. This is counter to reality though.