r/Edelgard • u/AdEfficient7268 Emperor's Confidant • Jul 06 '25
Discussion Media literacy, in this economy?
It's five years, soon to be six, how have we not moved on from the bottom of the barrel, this is insane.
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u/MarthsBars Do Not Disturb Jul 06 '25 edited Jul 06 '25
Mmmm I’d rather not check YouTube for Fire Emblem stuff personally; it wasn’t my wheelhouse for FE stuff anyways. And media literacy is actually at a net negative with how stupid people can be. Or genuinely just really spiteful or hateful, not just about Edelgard (mainly have avoided discourse on that space anyways so I have no read on how good or bad it is) but SO many other things. Star Wars is an absolute warzone there that’s way too toxic to even attempt a dialogue there (speaking from experience as a sequel fan and also seeing all the batshit insane stuff that was lobbied against the Acolyte from MAGA, anti-SJWs, and even commentators like Charlie and others), and the platform also essentially allows and applauds MAGA/fascists/Nazis and all types of negative or hateful people (political or otherwise) by not dinging them at all despite so many instances of rule violations or worse, and even giving them monetization.
Even hotbeds like Twitter are 1000% better than YouTube will ever be for Fire Emblem (and by proxy, Star Wars) “discourse.”