With Apologies to Sena Bryer

Okay I have been kinda fine towards her but recently she gave me a really bad taste in my mouth with that tweet about Smile. I dislike the song because something about it sounds... Off. Saying people are racist because they don't like it and then saying "are you trying to project? I didn't mean you" if someone gets annoyed is kinda bad.
Twitter has been bad especially for this expac cause I've had people tell me shit like "hey, you're racist cause you can't pronounce anything in Tural". My brother/sister in Hydaelyn, I can barely pronounce some things in Eorzea. And y'all didn't act like this when Thavnair was new...

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Originally Posted by ViaDesperare

There was a thread on ShitpostFFXIV that just got locked about this. You can't speak about Sena in any of the FFXIV reddits, so it seems she's extremely protected there. You can only really talk about her here and 4chan.

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Of course. It's Reddit, and Sena is part of a protected class. Criticisms against those of a protected class are bannable offenses on Reddit.

On the racist slur, I am sure we will see a report of a Sena xeet saying "it was just a joke"

Also I'll say, as someone who identifies as nonbinary, I find when people use their gender identity as a weapon to stir stuff like this. I kinda was hesitant to post here in the first place because there are some FOUL people in here but I genuinely hate when someone is a nasty people and people let it go because "oh they are trans, it's okay" or whatever.

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Originally Posted by Infindox

Also I'll say, as someone who identifies as nonbinary, I find when people use their gender identity as a weapon to stir stuff like this. I kinda was hesitant to post here in the first place because there are some FOUL people in here but I genuinely hate when someone is a nasty people and people let it go because "oh they are trans, it's okay" or whatever.

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That's absolutely fair. I didn't care she was trans, I still don't. I'm getting real short tempered with her attitude though.

There's places I can go if I want to pay to be insulted. They'll even call me a good boy if I behave.

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Originally Posted by BigBoom550

That's absolutely fair. I didn't care she was trans, I still don't. I'm getting real short tempered with her attitude though.

There's places I can go if I want to pay to be insulted. They'll even call me a good boy if I behave.

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I know. Most people in here are probably in the same boat but there's some genuine foul people in here. I wanted to make clear that I don't hate her because of that, I hate how she's acting.

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Originally Posted by Infindox

I know. Most people in here are probably in the same boat but there's some genuine foul people in here. I wanted to make clear that I don't hate her because of that, I hate how she's acting.

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Agreed. I find it a bit offensive we are being made to qualify ourselves.
(or even pick sides. I don't want to pick a side, I don't care)

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Originally Posted by Infindox

I know. Most people in here are probably in the same boat but there's some genuine foul people in here. I wanted to make clear that I don't hate her because of that, I hate how she's acting.

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Originally Posted by Shibi

Agreed. I find it a bit offensive we are being made to qualify ourselves.
(or even pick sides. I don't want to pick a side, I don't care)

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This pretty much pretty much nailed it. It feels Awkward to say it, but I have no issue with Sena in general just her behavior. Specifically more recent behavior, and it's weird in hindsight that I hesitated to say that, to Shibi's point.

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Originally Posted by Sivante

This pretty much pretty much nailed it. It feels Awkward to say it, but I have no issue with Sena in general just her behavior. Specifically more recent behavior, and it's weird in hindsight that I hesitated to say that, to Shibi's point.

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So, I think this is why you're seeing so many "foul" opinions. Because people hesitate so much in speaking about someone's genuinely terrible, racist behaviour because they're a "protected" class (speaking in the loosest of terms here.) - people see no pushback towards something that should by all rights have pushback, so you see people from different cultures or beliefs pushing far harder than they would normallly to be heard.

Genuinely the best thing you can do to ensure that gay, bi, latino, black, trans, whatever else people are treated like everyone else, is to just treat them like everyone else, and stop trying to walk on eggshells because "Oh, I can't speak badly about them, they're (X)! - doing that kind of stuff just makes it worse.

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Originally Posted by Picothea

When you're in a position like Sena, you can't say anything without people assuming the absolute worst about your intent. Even her disclaimers in her own tweets do nothing to dissuade someone arguing in bad faith.

On a side note, telling Sena to take the death threats to the police may be well-intentioned and all, but she's likely already doing that. Filing the appropriate reports is more important than flashing the evidence to people she doesn't know on the internet- it might even disrupt the police's efforts if she were to spread it around. Then there's the question of whether the police will even help her, international interactions being what they are.

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I'm sorry but calling everyone racist for not liking smile or transphobic for not liking Dawn trail MC; bigot for not liking Dawn Trail; or better yet hounding a VA to quit their job just because they do not "deserve" it as a woman is not assuming the absolute worst that is Sena Bryer btw they hounded a female VA having their fans harass that VA so hard that this VA quit their job on that character; Sena basically made them not being able to land neither a M or F voice over role into a because the industry is transphobic I am not getting jobs when the VA industry in itself is already a tough space to be in Sena Bryer has such a victim mentality it would not surprise me if when YoshiP shelves wuk Lamat they go on a rampage for FFXIV being bigoted and transphobic misogynists.