[2020] OPINION: Calling Titans Crayon Eaters Was Never About Mental Disabilities, and Never Was

Honestly this is just twitter outrage over nothing in my opinion, a couple of bad apples who used Crayon Eaters against someone with a mental disability, but dmg even made a response.

Although I agree that harassment, racism, and hate has no place in any community, there is no reason to try and stop this joke of that titans are like marines, or that they are all brawn and no brain, punching everything in sight. There was never anything about that joke that was even remotely about titans being mentally disabled. Yes, friends may poke fun and say that, but that is not the premise of the joke.

Cancelling it is just another way for twitter to get mad at something or for the Karens to ride this high of community outrage to try and cancel a joke that they do not appreciate. Mylin Games even responded in a extremely logical way, as per usual of our lore friends.

In short, like any joke there are those that take it too far, Pepe is a great example as it was taken by the White Supremacists, but twitch said f that and uses FeelsBadMan, MonkaS, etc to this day. Don't let the bad apples ruin the joke for everyone else :)

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Originally posted by Stewbeef12

It was always a joke about Titans being simple minded and childish. Toddlers eat crayons, that’s a common troupe in media. And from what I read it was also joke about Marines which was also calling them simple minded and childish.

Honestly this whole thing probably wouldn’t have blown up if DMG wasn’t so quick to hop on to the train. He seemed to just take a single persons word as law, which is weird considering he’s a “community” manager.

Edit: Karen decided this was the easiest comment to downvote I see.

I'd like to add more context. My reaction to this wasn't solely off of the one report, but that a few personal friends and community members had commented on the joke feeling offensive, some of whom said it put focus on their disabilities. While many had never heard the joke in this context, quite a few had. Sometimes it's a breakdown of regional slang/slander, other times it's simply not meeting someone who desires to hurt others with the specific joke.

That said, the broad statements and phrasing of my response was harmful in the overall conversation. I put far too much focus on one group, as opposed to speaking to how the joke can be harmful and insulting to many, even if it was meant in good fun. To anyone who was hurt by this, I absolutely apologize, and am taking the time to learn and do better in the future. I had made another comment on twitter, but this was an example of me taking the stage and speaking on matter that I should have left to others. I would much rather give the mic to someone with disabilities to share their experiences than speak for them, and use the wrong words.

One good thing to come from this is that I've been having many more conversations with Guardians with disabilities. I will never assume that I'm a subject matter expert on this, but I do wish to gain more knowledge to avoid making mistakes like this in the future. Our community is massive, with so many different people with different backstories. It's a pleasure to meet more of you, and I'm very thankful to learn more.

Thanks to all who are having this conversation. To some, it's incredibly difficult. To others, it's pretty easy. All in all, it's good to see people speaking to one another, and potentially even forming new friendships through this learning experience. That's a beautiful thing to see in this community, and I hope to see more as the days go on.

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