god EXACTLY!! the level of critical thinking that’s typically found here is fucking abysmal lmfao.
Finally someone with a fully functioning brain. There’s still hope for humanity
Well, as for me, I did compare murder with rape because I was trying to make my point clearer but not because I think one is equivalent to the other. Just like not one suffering can be compared to others, it is the same with crimes and victims. My comparison of rape and murder, I used it taking into consideration how some murder scenes have made me feel. Examples: When in the Hannibal Lecter series, Mason Verger was killed, I was very happy about it, but it was still murder. Every time the Punisher kills a guy, I celebrated it, but it's still murder. So, I get what you are saying about how wrong sometimes immoral actions are presented in media outlets. All I'm saying is that it doesn't mean I don't notice or understand the core of the situation, it means I'm still going to read this and not feel guilty about it.
i think some of u are maybe not reading things properly, or ur clinging onto very specific parts of an argument without regarding the argument in its entirety, and a lot of u are using false equivalences (things that may share traits but are certainly not the same thing) by comparing rape to murder, like saying an orange is an apple because they're both fruits.
if u know that u don't support rape in reality, then good for u! that's common decency and common sense and u will not be getting a pat on the back for it, but ur doing better than some people out there.
i think people need to be more ready to address the simplicity of the state of the comments section: it's not about the presence of the rape scene in general or the ideal that some of u must be into rape "in real life", but it's completely about the jump to defend thinking that a rape scene is hot and sexy, despite the fact that its still rape.
fictionality doesnt take away from the seriousness of it, and fiction doesn't just stop affecting people once the reader is done. if a movie about characters in circumstances that are completely and absolutely unreal could make a person cry and cause a person to dedicate their spare time to it to the point of fanaticism and change the outlook that person has on life, then the principle should be applied here and with other works of fiction.
nobody is saying u can't read or enjoy the story anymore, or that ur wrong for believing that the story is interesting (even I'M going to continue reading the story). we're talking about the defense of thinking that a rape scene, particularly in this story, is hot and continuing to think so after knowing that it was rape. don't be dense.