Yeah, I still disagree. The escapism buffer destroys the point before it even solidifies itself. Now it's important to understand that representation is definitely important, as media is a representation of our culture. But trying to frame Star Wars fans that condemn these riots as hypocritical - there's just nothing to that. Their reaction to these real world events are enforced by their life experience (or lack thereof), and general lack of empathy for the plight of others. All of which is squarely in the realm of real life, so the issue is there.
Someone who enjoys Star Wars is no more a revolution sympathizer than a person who enjoys Scarface a fan of psychopathic drug lords.
No offense, but you sound like an out-of-touch professor.
My point wasn't in singling out Star Wars fans. My point was in highlighting that Americans love a revolution story, and you see this everywhere from the idolization of our own country's founding, to the fictional media we consume. And yet people can't see the striking similarities to events they're ignoring right here in the real world.
And when you're trying to reach out to people, it's waste of time to argue the propriety of comparisons or insist that we keep the discussion in the context of relevant historical events. The important thing is you make the comparison that you need to make
in order to get people to understand.
And sadly, yeah sadly, there are a lot of young people out there probably being more #WokenUp by comparisons of our current struggles to Star Wars/Comics/Television shows than there are paying attention to how these protests are similar to that Civil Rights Movement they slept through in school.
