Sena Bryer is right: the hatred that Smile gets is highly problematic

[Antharaes]

I think what's more problematic is how people will excuse someone's behavior, no matter how bad because they have the right combination of pronouns or flags in their bio. Apologists need to do better.

This so much. I am so tired of the sanctimonious, hypocritical people on this forum. Defending an utterly vile, despicable, hateful person, that keeps spouting vile crap and getting away with it, because of a label....And the ones defending this behaviour, you are just as vile.

[Vikor]

Everything I have learned about this idiot has been against my will through post headlines.

[BakoolJaJa]

What a shocker, she's not only bad at voice acting, she's also terrible at music! Black gospel lmao. She should go tell SE and Soken that that's what it is. They probably have no idea.

[BelladonnaXIV]

One of them even blocked me because there was no lgbt on my twitter bio. Anybody that thinks a twitter profile defines a person is legitimately stupid imo. God forbid if someone has an opinion different to theirs.

[Carin-Eri]

I'm one of the apparently few who enjoys 'Smile' - though I do prefer to ignore it's use during the suicide-train scene as that felt hopelessly out of place.

However, I really enjoyed it when it played at the end of 7.0 and feel that should've been the only time it played - yeah the singing sounded a little out-of-tune in a few places but nonetheless I did like the upbeat tone used in that context.

But it definitely isn't "Black Gospel music" - that sounds like the sort of comment that someone with very little exposure to said genre would say.

[Kuroka]

*reviews OP's history*
*returns to the 2.0 thread*

Edit: Nevermind, the 2.0 thread was deleted. Maybe this one will be too.

Sucks. Speaking the truth is not wanted but casually just calling huge parts of the community racist or transphobe is fine...

[Shikiseki]

Honestly wrong usage of music in games will absolutely make or break my experience with it and in this case was absolutely unfitting both times! The same reason I cannot stand the Lv100EX2 fight.
The song on it's own is not my taste which is fine it just doesn't suit this game at all.

I'm still baffled that people think that hating specific sounds can be racist now - absolutely ridiculous of a generation please get a grip!

[Dante131]

Honestly wrong usage of music in games will absolutely make or break my experience with it and in this case was absolutely unfitting both times! The same reason I cannot stand the Lv100EX2 fight.
The song on it's own is not my taste which is fine it just doesn't suit this game at all.

I'm still baffled that people think that hating specific sounds can be racist now - absolutely ridiculous of a generation please get a grip!

good day sir. I hope you will have a great day and much luck. you are absolutly right and i hope you will not get banend or canceled for it, Take care

[LilyPendragon]

Sena Bryer in that tweet just showed she is completely musically illiterate. It's not gospel music at all.

[Papayatar]

Finally, I was looking for a post like this. You look up "Gospel" and it's mostly black singers that come up, just call it gospel ffs. Calling it "black gospel" is giving me "black job" vibes.

At least using Wikipedia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Gospel_music Black Gospel or Gospel is interchangeable, and I’m wondering if Black Gospel might have been more “normal” based on it being called Negro Spirtuals.

So I’m guessing there’s some additional factors if you add “Black” to it or not. Like if I’m with my family I don’t say “Black Gospel” it’s just Gospel. But discussing music with others, in a general music discussion, its a flip flop.

But for the context of the Song and the Tweet made by Sena, I’m def of the mind she did it that way to “rally the troops” and use the label as a cudgel to silence others so she can play the “clearly you’re racist” card.