As someone who makes a living writing and editing for the internet,I've gathered quite a collection of terrible arguments from online commentators, ranging from the perennially awful, and 'I don't care approximately this so you shouldn't either,' to the specifically ignorant, 'How would you feel whether they made Black Panther white?' But there's one common argument that combines dull wit with frothy anger to such exhausting effect that it deserves special attention; 'whether you don't like it, and accomplish your own.'
I write approximately comics,so I'm particularly aware of how often the argument is made in response to comics criticism. But I know that it's also used in all other creative fields, from film-making to video game design, or it's an argument without merit in any field. There is the kernel of a satisfactory idea behind it; the comic form is open to anyone who wants to accomplish a contribution. But that doesn't mean you acquire to accomplish comics rather than criticize. whether you don't like what you see,there are several satisfactory reasons to say so.
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Source: comicsalliance.com