Yesterday, I saw the best clarification tweet I've ever seen, in which someone said basically, "I'm not trying to build up Person A by tearing down Person B. They're both assholes but Person A is just slightly less of an asshole," and I have been thinking about it ALL NIGHT.
I feel like we sometimes think that if we criticize an author or other creative's behavior in a situation, people assume we're picking a side or declaring undying loyalty.
I've publically criticized authors whose work I like. I've publically defended people I'd love to see get hit by cars. Sometimes, it's the context of the situation and not the people involved that someone is commenting on.
Like, I recently criticized an author who writes super fast because I personally feel (and I don't want to rehash this shit so don't) that skipping, IDK, EDITS is a stupid thing to do. But the person who sparked that? Is super nice and cool and I really like her.
Social media has kind of warped the way we approach stuff like this. I think it's super valid to look at a situation and go, "This person is shit full-stop, but in this particular context they're not the one in the wrong. But they can still swallow tacks for all I fucking care."
