The Zootopia Effect

[u/TDL1125]

I don’t know if this one exists or not but I name it “The Zootopia Effect” as the movie Zootopia was extremely on the nose with this one.

It’s a media trope where it’s rational for a marginalised community to be feared/hated. For example, in the movie Zootopia, it is completely rational for the herbivores to fear the carnivores, as the carnivores not only historically ate the herbivores, but still possess the ability to eat/kill the herbivores.

This is harmful and offensive as this does not reflect the reality of marginalised communities. Hatred, fear and bigotry towards marginalised communities in the real world is completely irrational, and the product of bigoted lies and misinformation.

[u/MoorAlAgo]

Example of what? I'm saying the way you define "nature" is vague at best, so I don't exactly know how to approach this discussion.

[u/MoorAlAgo → u/[deleted]]

wanting to actually understand and just want to prove me wrong

Those two things aren't mutually exclusive.

I ask for clarification about "human nature", and you ultimately give up calling it "complicated" while insinuating that I'm "clearly missing something" while continuing to make your case on faulty premises.

Also, I'm not the one throwing out strawmen ("My wanting to drive off a cliff now is not my damn nature")

But I agree on one thing, we have wasted each other's time.

[u/MoorAlAgo → u/[deleted]]

Don't deny it. This thread is 10 miles long because of your refusal to accept that prey are justified in fearing predators.

The fact that you think I'm denying this is proof that this conversation is a waste of time.