#i wont argue the morality of fiction equaling reality and i get that you might do it for personal reasons and thats okay just please let me

[axolot-of-ideas]

hhhhhh i want memes about my dick exploding and fun things to put on my binder

i dont wish to be constantly reminded of transphobia and misogyny that exists

[ill-be-istj-if-no-one-else-is]

are those people who try to cancel people who watch "problematic" tv/movies or read/write "problematic" fics Fi or Fe? i had the impression that they were Fi but reading your blog gives me the idea that this is a Fe thing? since they're acting like their own morals are objetive? and Fi is supposed to be like "i realize morals are subjetive so i wont judge it"? or is it like Low/Unhealthy Fi since they're supposed to be like inflexibe with their values? idk.

Hi anon,

Honestly for this it’s both high Fi and high Fe, for different reasons, and mostly in fairly immature people (most of the people who are super invested in this are quite young).

You’re correct that in high Fe users, it’s a case of “my idea of morality is the only correct one that should apply to all people, and this thing that bothers me should bother everyone.” For high Fi users, it tends to be that inflexibility in morality. Both are also combined with difficulty separating that reading or watching something is not the same as approval or engaging in it yourself. I do think if you see this in people who are out of their teens, it’s somewhat more likely to be high Fe users (on the grounds that high Fi users tend to mature to the point where they aren’t really invested in other people’s behavior unless it does direct harm) but also unhealthy people of any type might not grow out of understanding that separation between consuming media and approving of all actions within that media.

I think you might get a few thinkers of a similar age group swept up in this, but it’s pretty unlikely. TJs tend to pick their battles based on whether there’s a point and this is one that’s pretty obviously not going to be productive. Also while I’m aware my Fi morality can be inflexible at times I suspect a lot of TJs share my view on this, which is that what people watch and read is their own damn business (and that you can watch a character who does bad things and enjoy and even root for them while not approving of their behavior in real life, because fiction and reality are different).

While I’ve been known to drag high Ti users, one of things I’ve dragged them for is that they’re often not super critical of sources (ie, will cite obsolete or disproven stuff if it supports their argument) or that they pride themselves on not taking a stand or being deliberately provocative for no good reason. This tends to carry over to fiction and so they’re more likely to argue for allowing people to consume anything, regardless of value, than to cancel things.

There will obviously be exceptions, especially if someone has a very religious and/or conservative upbringing, but again the issue there is less one’s approach to morality and more the (incorrect) belief that consuming media equals approving of everything within that piece of media.