since the fans are already dealing in a fringe interest, they have license to ignore political correctness that doesn't offend their own delicate sensibilities.
I think that's part of the mentality. Or they may be thinking, "I write slash/yaoi, so I'm NOT homophobic, and thus a good person who can't have any other prejudices whatsoever." There's also the subset of people who keep yaoi so much in the "fiction/fantasy" box that they willfully ignore the bigger issues, like the folks who hate actual gay people but read yaoi/slash.
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Date: 2008-09-26 04:13 pm (UTC)I think that's part of the mentality. Or they may be thinking, "I write slash/yaoi, so I'm NOT homophobic, and thus a good person who can't have any other prejudices whatsoever." There's also the subset of people who keep yaoi so much in the "fiction/fantasy" box that they willfully ignore the bigger issues, like the folks who hate actual gay people but read yaoi/slash.