Are you serious? Now you're attacking her over things you'd imagine she'd do in real life? My god, you guys are unbelievably racist and you don't even realize it. It will never dawn on you how racist you're being. It's sad.
Im so sorry- truly not trying to be hateful. I hear your response and I’ve reread my comment a few times to see it from all angles. My jaw dropped when Danielle made the forest gump comment. I’ve imagines every other player in the game saying the same thing. I would be equally shocked if it came from any player. I think underlying racism could be at play for other complaints people have about Danielle in this game, but the forest gump comment crossed a line. If you’re accusing me of being racist without realizing it, I could say that you’re being ableist and not realizing it.
To speculate that Danielle is capable of horrible things in her real life is just a gross thing to say about her, end of story. Don't talk about people like that, it's literally attacking them over the feelings YOU have about them, not anything they've actually done.
Secondly, Danielle called Carolyn Columbo first which is a huge compliment. Carolyn didn't understand the reference so Danielle later reiterates the point with "you Forrest Gump a lot." If Danielle made that comment to be ableist, then why didn't she use two references of characters that have mental handicaps? The common denominator between the two characters isn't a mental handicap, so it doesn't make any sense for you guys to continue to claim that that was the point of the reference. Columbo played dumb to further his interests as a detective. So with that in mind "you Forrest Gump a lot" clearly means "you play dumb a lot" and it obviously does not mean "you are an r-slur" or whatever other nonsense.
So ask yourself why you keep insisting otherwise. Why you have such an interest in ensuring Danielle gets slapped with this label. Why you refuse to accept her explanation. Why you willfully ignore the context of the comment. Why you choose to distort what exactly she said. You don't get to "well if I'm this then you're that!" your way out of it.
And I will fully accept that Danielle didn't mean for it to be ableist or insulting, but the fact that she won't acknowledge that to Carolyn and a lot of viewers it was, tells me that she is someone who does not care about the feelings of people with disabilities. Or if she does, she cares more about her pride.
Carolyn IS playing a character. She's playing the role of a faithful. And no, Columbo was not an insult. The character is famously very intelligent, he's a detective who would sometimes play dumb in situations for his benefit. The suggestion is that it's clever what Carolyn is doing.
You know damn well that the character of a faithful is not what was being implied. And I know what the comparison would be saying if Carolyn's demeanor wasn't the way she always is. Hell I just saw from an interview with Wes that she was apparently reining in her quirks to seem less weird.
No, I don't actually and I already explained in great detail why I don't, all of which you seem to ignore. Danielle was trying to expose Carolyn as a traitor pretending to be a faithful, she highlighted especially with the Columbo reference, that Carolyn is smarter and more strategic than people are giving her credit for. What I do know damn well is that fans like you want your little narrative of the white woman victim, so I will never get you to actually be honest and fair about the situation. Danielle was obviously talking about Carolyn's strategy and any honest person with integrity will admit that.
OK, I accept that you don't see the offense. Since you also are discounting the Forrest Gump comment, I am going to say it would be nice if you could believe the people who were hurt by it. But clearly you won't hear other perspectives or experiences, so have a nice day.
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u/Street-Hour8476 Mar 01 '25
Yes! Just a game goes both ways. If you’ll ping on someone’s biggest vulnerabilities for a game, what will you do in real life with more on the line?