I know someone mentioned him on this thread, but I used to watch SilverLeagueNetworks a lot because I thought he was interesting and enjoyed watching his Pokemon videos, but then I've read the things he did after he nuked everything and was disgusted with him.
What are some people you used to look up to that are now controversial?
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Wolfsbane
I'm just a witch and life is a nightmare ⏾⋆.˚
Controversial is not the word I'd use for her, but J. K. Rowling's story was what inspired me to start writing in the first place. After everything she's done it's safe to say that I'm never going to associate myself with her or her content again.
Captain Jigglypuff
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I got ridiculed and shamed for also saying that I didn’t like JK Rowling by people who thought I was hating on “such an inspiring woman who overcame so oppression” “someone who spoke the truth about transgender people.” I tried to tell one guy that his views on trans people were wrong and asked him how he would feel if he was suddenly told one day that he was no longer to express who he was and had to hide who he loved out of fear of being harmed and rejected by society and treated as if he wasn’t even a person and told him that’s what trans people deal with on a daily basis. The guy was still too dense to get it and claimed that he never said that they “weren’t” people even though he wanted to take away the rights of transgenders. I’ll still like Harry Potter and the books and movies and I’ll separate the series from the author but I will not support anything Rowling writes from now on.
Luckily, I stopped looking up to other people in my mid teens. However the only person I can think of right now is Woopi. She was one of my favorite actresses as a kid. Things change and things were said that really didn't seem right as in ethical. I don't know if they were off the cuff but hopefully she will reflect on them at some point if they are even remembered.
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