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Originally Posted by AnarchoELK
Obviously as a staff member of 91.8 I have a fair bit of love for all things asian. I call myself, and people like me weeaboo. I use the term often when something "weeabooish" comes up like "well of course blah blah blah because we're all weeaboo here" etc etc.
I think taking offence to a name gives it it's power. So the only thing that happens when someone gets offended by a word is it gives people who would use it negatively more power and it takes a bit of power away from oneself. That applies to any term deemed "derogatory"
So sorry, like Randel Graves and "porch monkey", I'm going to continue to "take back" weeaboo, and I suggest stopping yourself from getting offended by the term because all you're doing is giving power to those who would use it against you.
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Yeah, personally I've moved past the rant and the enemy of the subculture as my targets. The people he targeted were just in essense imaginary depictions or constructs of what he thought the "weeaboo" and "wapanese" are. Instead of lagging on this topic, I've moved on and decided to keep ranting on this topic is quite pointless. I love asian culture, and so what if I go to cons, and hang around with others who do some of the more extreme things. But I don't know anyone who just goes out and disregards their own host culture for the asian cultures since alot of asian culture is based in host culture from around the world. We live in a globalized world, and these detractors and haters are just a reactionary movement to our acceptance of the fact that the world is changing its not white-christian-imperialistic cultures that are thriving its all sorts of cultures and are creating reactionary forces for and against these subcultures.
"And as I promised... the tangent"
(nothing to do with weeaboo, but I will link it to what I just said)
Case Study: Heavy Metal Culture
Not only I'm a history buff, otaku, "weeabo" (the world hasn't stick with me yet) but I'm also a devout metalhead. My belief system and attitudes are firmly based off the metalhead subculture. I'm a strong individual, who values individuality, a rebel attitude, and just having fun. In the end that is what rock and roll is about right?
Yeah, I were black most of the time, and have been caught wearing band t-shirts some controversial in nature. It isn't that I'm a satanist or a racist, but I wear them as a statement. That statement of course, "sticking it to the man" mentality. Society (especially democratic, capitolist and socialist societies "trying to group more than just the USA with that") breeds inconformity becuase it alienates those people who don't necessarily except the reality that is given to them.
The reason I listen to metal is the same reason I watch anime (and play dnd, and wow, and write). It is an escape mechanism that I can use to get out of this world which isn't necessarily perfect, and I don't like taking it the way that society tells me to. Anime, metal, and various other things let me escape the world that I feel has left me in the dark. There will always be people who don't understand the downtrodden, the "untouchables" for example. Metal heads, most cos-players, con-goers, and even the lowly untouchables all share one thing and that is the fact that as a subculture (untouchables are a caste not a subculture... but heh I can't be perfect) we exist as a sub-strata of society, and we can foil society and its problems. I would like to put this to a rest since in all fairness I am ready to move on from this senile ranting phase into a more civil existence... that is all (unless someone wants to challenge this)