Methinks theyâre not actually mad at you for âpushing your ideals unto peopleâ but mad at you âpushing idealsâ they disagree with lol
Either way youâre not the first nor last writer with a political message/commentary in your work; Itâs common. The author isn't the first nor last to be upset about it; that's common. You voiced your thoughts in your work, they voiced their thoughts on you voicing your thoughts in your work, youâre now here voicing your thoughts on their voicing of their thoughts on you voicing your thoughts in your work and now Iâm voicing my thoughts on thoughts youâve voiced on their voicing of their thoughts on you voicing your thoughts in your work hahaha
In conclusion not that deep imo
However
I personally disagree with this statement
Regarding as an author it is demanded of me I disagree with the notion that it should be/is a prerequisite. There are many authors who I do not know their age, sex, gender, sexuality, nationality, race, ethnicity, political alignment, history, lifestyle, activism, or even their real name. And thatâs perfectly fine. I donât think it makes their work better or worse.
Regarding âAs a human being it is my duty to speak upâ I think that is vague; I donât believe in a blanket statement that all humans for all âissuesâ have a âdutyâ to speak on them. Iâve seen people outside my community speak on issues concerning my community chatting absolute BS with misinformation and shallow knowledge cos they thought it was their âdutyâ and mentally Iâm like ???wtf?? who employed you? kindly relieve yourself of that duty smh
Nothing wrong/right about the act of speaking. Itâs not an obligation. But if you chose to speak, be informed
Regarding state my stances clearly, loudly and proudlyâ the quality of the execution of this is not always high. IRL (at least in my experience) politics is a nuanced discussion, one's thoughts on the really juicy topics put into words would be a thesis not a 280 character headline. Literally look at this whole ass reply to just 28 words in your simple og post lol; I empathise with people who do not think certain social medias are the right platform to discuss their thoughts on more controversial topics.
-People using the same buzzwords but with completely different meanings, in efforts to be concise end up losing clarity. If I say âIâm feministâ to 100 different people that is 100 different interpretations of what I stand for. It can be challenging to be clear whilst avoiding tribalizing your thoughts.
-Being loud can be detrimental to those who do not want to make a thought their brand. Idk about you but my thoughts are constantly changing as I learn more and as the world & my environment changes. I personally find people that are the loudest are the most resistant to evolving, tend to double down and outright deny reality to save face since they have invested in an image and those that do change receive huge backlash, plus there is an element of cringe that your previous branding is forever immortalised on the internets.
-I agree we should all be proud to an extent but also its normal to have doubts, weâre not all big brain phd holders in economics, psychology, social science etc and I donât think one should feel demonized for saying âIâm not sureâ.
This is not to discourage people to speak btw, just outlining some reasons why others donât
but I believe that if someone in the arts has a voice that is heard by others, an writer, an artist, an actor, no matter how small or large their audience, they should use that voice.
Iâm all aboard the speak yourself, donât die in silence train but donât believe I should comment on how they decide to use their voice. I feel the set expectation is how we get mainstream performative activism.
So tldr Expressing your opinion on modern day issues in work is sooo normal and common idk why the author youâre beefing with is shook, however I donât agree that there is an inherent moral obligation to express opinions in work. Youâre not ârightâ if you do, youâre not âwrongâ if you donât