I finally decided to make a rant book since everyone else made one. I'll be ranting on various things: ships, social justice, shows, movies, books, music, and anything else. You can request topics too, if you want!
And as always, this book is just f...
This is the first Your Fave is Problematic I've made for someone whose productions and art I actually like. And I did like Brendon until digging deeper. I can't like him anymore, for the reasons listed below. But that doesn't mean you can't like him. I'm not holding you to a "holier than thou" type of standard. It's called Your Fave is Problematic for a reason. You can like P!aTD. Hell, you can even like Brendon himself. But just be aware of this kind of stuff. That's the whole point: awareness.
Brendon said he would rape audience members at a show: http://autumnstrunk.tumblr.com/post/5879733443
Brendon and Zack Hall attacked religion (see future Problematic Atheists rant for why this is wrong), people with Down syndrome, and people with mental retardation (if this isn't the correct term please correct me): http://thegreenguitar.tumblr.com/post/12672812200/please-tell-us-what-brandon-said
Brendon made a "joke" Vine about having bipolar disorder: (link broken, source needed)
Brendon made a "joke" song telling girls on Vine to show their boobs: (link broken, source needed)
Brendon made several joke Vines where he talks about "role reversal" in marriage with the guy being too clingy, enforcing gender roles and hypermasculinity: (link broken, source needed)
Brendon and Zach Hall fatshamed, and Dallon made a joke about their awful behavior:
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Brendon dissed cultural appropriation and said he wished he was "born black": http://yesbrendonurie.tumblr.com/post/11588224485
Brendon makes fetishizing comments about bisexuality and jokes about "barsexuality": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rrmj5Vib0BQ
The Miss Jackson video has a white girl appropriating the warbonnet: (link not needed)
The song Miss Jackson misuses references to Janet Jackson's song "Nasty", about female empowerment: (link not needed)
Dallon's lyrics in his song "Sad Cuts" claim some people who self harm do so for attention: (link not needed)
Transphobic and intersexist jokes:
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Brendon's Periscope comments are awful. Cissexism, transphobia, deadnaming, racism and ableism:
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Again, I'm not saying you can't like Brendon and the other band members. I'm just saying maybe the bandom needs to hold them to a higher standard. You can still love the bands, but you have to know this isn't okay, even if you're famous. Especially if you're famous.
