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FSTDT, a far-left gossip blog and harassment campaign, often tries to insult by accusing me of racism. (Spoilers: I'm not racist. But FSTDT, which is primarily used and hosted by white people, constantly displays the N word and other racial slurs in a wide variety of their posts. Even referring to me as an n**ger.) The head of the harassment campaign against me specifically recently started comparing me to Darla Dimple, the main villain of the 1997 animated film "Cats Don't Dance."
Shallowly, it was to basically both call me a spoiled brat and to also imply I wasn't human by comparing me to a literal 2D cartoon villain. (FSTDT often resorts to methods mentioned in the ten stages of genocide like dehumanization and denial while also hypocritically claiming to be anti-Nazi... despite calling me a K*po and comparing my friends to Nazis. Often calling them "freaks and fuck-ups"... many of my friends are minorities belong to groups such as the LGBTQ+ community and Autistic communities, with my own best friend being a bisexual Jewish man. Keep in mind: FSTDT consider Jews, LGBTQ+ people, and Autistic people "freaks and fuck-ups" in their own words.)
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This actually got me thinking about both my harassment at the hands of FSTDT and media analysis (one of my passions) as a whole. By comparing me to Darla, they proved to me that they either didn't watch the movie, understand its characters beyond the surface level, or get the deeper meanings and metaphors at all.
"Cats Don't Dance" is an allegory for how minorities were treated during the golden age of Hollywood during the 1930s. From being denied prestigious jobs, given little to no screen time, often reduced to stereotypes, etc. Darla's motivation is to prevent new talented animals (being stand-in minorities) from "stealing her spotlight".