James Ashbeck
kiwifarms.net
While most people here stay away from sheer A-Logging, there seems to be a general consensus of disgust towards Chris. It seems like almost everyone genuinely dislikes the guy.
I'm no white knight. I've enjoyed all of Christory, even though some of it is incredibly cruel. But I do like Chris, and I'm prepared to explain why.
Firstly, he's hilarious. I think we can all get behind this. He's one of the funniest comic characters I've ever seen. In any sitcom, he'd be my favourite character. He might not be trying to be funny, but he just brings me such delight that I can't dislike the guy.
Also, he's incredibly resilient. This is a guy who rolls with the punches. After being emotionally devastated by one "girl", he simply moves on to the next. I've spent months pining over broken relationships, and no girl has ever treated me anywhere close to as badly as the trolls have Chris. This doesn't just extend to his troubles with sweethearts. Any negative event in his life can be swiftly brushed under the carpet. The only bad thing that has truly affected Chris is the death of his father.
He's also never done anything particularly bad to anyone. His greatest victim is himself. He's actually a pretty good natured fellow, and although he's prone to the odd death threat, he's never even come close to carrying them out. The worst thing he's actually done is SheCameForCWC.jpg, and that's just fucking stupid rather than malicious
Chris does have a pretty wicked tongue, and odd set of beliefs. He's homophobic and very sexist too. Those are parts of his personality that I don't like. Let's be honest though. His homophobia isn't political. It's a phobia in the purest sense of the word. He's terrified of gay people because he is scared of being gay, probably as a result of his own latent bisexuality. I remember having similar feelings myself as a very young child. He's hardly Pastor Fred Phelps. He's just a childish idiot.I'm not justifying it, just putting it in perspective.
His sexism is more difficult to understand, but again, it's no doubt a product of his lack of maturity. This, again, doesn't excuse it, but serves to mitigate it. At least in my mind.
I'd never give Chris a free pass because of his autism. His autism is nothing to do with his homophobia or his sexism. It does, however, cause him to make sexist and homophobic statements. Someone who was more aware would shut up about it. They would know that their opinions are inappropriate to broadcast. Chris has very little concept of what is inappropriate, and he's happy to broadcast all his opinions. Loudly. Over the internet. This makes him seem like some kind of outspoken, dedicated bigot, when in reality he's probably (sadly) not any more sexist or homophobic than any other male resident of the great state of Virginia. We are all a product of our environment, and if I was brought up in Bumfuck, Virginia by a crotchety old Republican hypocrite and a weak, ineffectual liar then I might have turned out a little salty myself.
Chris could do a lot to better himself. But I'd say someone who invests a huge amount of time pretending to be some guy's girlfriend out of cruelty, or arranges fake dates for him etc. could do a lot to better him or herself too. I'd say a lot of the trolls are bigger losers than he is. If they were as TRUE and HONEST as Christian (i.e. wildly inappropriately open and honest with no sense of self preservation) then I am sure they would be lolcows too.
I'm no white knight. I've enjoyed all of Christory, even though some of it is incredibly cruel. But I do like Chris, and I'm prepared to explain why.
Firstly, he's hilarious. I think we can all get behind this. He's one of the funniest comic characters I've ever seen. In any sitcom, he'd be my favourite character. He might not be trying to be funny, but he just brings me such delight that I can't dislike the guy.
Also, he's incredibly resilient. This is a guy who rolls with the punches. After being emotionally devastated by one "girl", he simply moves on to the next. I've spent months pining over broken relationships, and no girl has ever treated me anywhere close to as badly as the trolls have Chris. This doesn't just extend to his troubles with sweethearts. Any negative event in his life can be swiftly brushed under the carpet. The only bad thing that has truly affected Chris is the death of his father.
He's also never done anything particularly bad to anyone. His greatest victim is himself. He's actually a pretty good natured fellow, and although he's prone to the odd death threat, he's never even come close to carrying them out. The worst thing he's actually done is SheCameForCWC.jpg, and that's just fucking stupid rather than malicious
Chris does have a pretty wicked tongue, and odd set of beliefs. He's homophobic and very sexist too. Those are parts of his personality that I don't like. Let's be honest though. His homophobia isn't political. It's a phobia in the purest sense of the word. He's terrified of gay people because he is scared of being gay, probably as a result of his own latent bisexuality. I remember having similar feelings myself as a very young child. He's hardly Pastor Fred Phelps. He's just a childish idiot.I'm not justifying it, just putting it in perspective.
His sexism is more difficult to understand, but again, it's no doubt a product of his lack of maturity. This, again, doesn't excuse it, but serves to mitigate it. At least in my mind.
I'd never give Chris a free pass because of his autism. His autism is nothing to do with his homophobia or his sexism. It does, however, cause him to make sexist and homophobic statements. Someone who was more aware would shut up about it. They would know that their opinions are inappropriate to broadcast. Chris has very little concept of what is inappropriate, and he's happy to broadcast all his opinions. Loudly. Over the internet. This makes him seem like some kind of outspoken, dedicated bigot, when in reality he's probably (sadly) not any more sexist or homophobic than any other male resident of the great state of Virginia. We are all a product of our environment, and if I was brought up in Bumfuck, Virginia by a crotchety old Republican hypocrite and a weak, ineffectual liar then I might have turned out a little salty myself.
Chris could do a lot to better himself. But I'd say someone who invests a huge amount of time pretending to be some guy's girlfriend out of cruelty, or arranges fake dates for him etc. could do a lot to better him or herself too. I'd say a lot of the trolls are bigger losers than he is. If they were as TRUE and HONEST as Christian (i.e. wildly inappropriately open and honest with no sense of self preservation) then I am sure they would be lolcows too.
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