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Why has modern fandom developed a sort-of purity culture? (lemmygrad.ml)
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By "purity culture", I mean this recent idea that if you like [insert character that is villainous or has [insert bad belief] here] that you are secretly a horrible person, agree with their actions, or have the same beliefs as them.

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[–] MasterDeeLuke@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I don't know about anyone else but for me I just go with my experiences with this type of thing. Like for example if someone has a Tyler Durden or Joaquin Phoenix Joker pfp, I feel pretty confident assuming they hold some kind of Alt-right beliefs. Of course, I wouldn't jump straight into attacking someone over something like that alone, that sounds a bit silly to me.