Gatewalkers is a game about allies.
I don't know how all of this led to Blanche Devereaux getting canceled but check this out if I am not allowed to enjoy Golden Girls to be part of any movement do me a favor and throw me under the jail cause I would do anything for love, but I won't do that.
I swear to god we will literally do anything except address the issue at hand. Toppling the monuments of slave owners is cool or whatever but please show me how that brings George back or swerves the next George. Pulling episodes of TV shows that featured blackface is cool but please wake me up when the police demilitarize. And for the love of god let me know how every content creator releasing an "I apologize for being a version of myself that is now a liability" video helps anything.
It's hard to explain to an ally that their well-intentioned actions are a liability.
It's Bernie all over again. When it became apparent that he wasn't gonna get the nomination thanks to black people, somehow, there were all sorts of weird energy like we betrayed a civil rights leader. We were like, "Nah fam, he stood with civil rights leaders, wasn't one. You can tell he wasn't because he wasn't murdered like a dog in the street." They were like, "How come you couldn't come out for him like you came out for Obama?" We were like, "You don't want that answer."
And then something weird happens, it's that thing where you know the person is thinking "Ungrateful N****." but would never ever say it out loud because that is so off-brand it's not even a comfortable instinctual thought. And you know it's in the air, you know that you have somehow betrayed this person because you are not thinking or feeling or agreeing or acting the way they decided to be in your best interests. And that moment just sits there, awkward and stinking, like a sock on a shower rod. And it's at this moment that the friends in the room feel just as dangerous as the obvious enemies.
Anyway, back to Golden Girls. Listen, the shits not fair, I'm just sayin'. Christ man they even addressed the issue in the show! Well, a spin-off, but still. Why am I so fixated on this? Am I attracted to the Golden Girls, especially Rose? Maybe! Is that weird, I don't know fool whats with all the questions? This is a dumb conversation I'm off it, miss me with all that you keep it, just leave the Golden Girls the fuck alone and we all just keep on keeping on.
Any-Anyway, Rip TC Rip TB Rip Tall-T. Love is wise, hatred is foolish. Get out there and do great things, we believe in you. Also Jobz.
The Protoculture Mixtape : Issue : People : Antebellum
