The Last Of Us Part II Actor Says Fans Threatened Her Son

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The Last Of Us Part II Actor Says Fans Threatened Her Son
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This is really depressing, why go after an actor when the writing is at fault?

It's not like threatening the writers' kids would have been reasonable either

It would have at least been more logical...

I wouldn't expect logical thinking to be a strong characteristic in someone who'd threaten kids over a videogame.

No one said you would.

OK, so let's assume that's a good faith literal interpretation.

Let's try it this way.

Yes, it possibly would be considered more logical, but people who threaten kids over videogames aren't generally considered to be working with an abundance of logical thought.

I could however be wrong in this generalisation given I only have my experience to go on, if your experience leads you to believe people who threaten kids over videogames are not running with a logic deficit then your statement makes sense I suppose.

Yes, it possibly would be considered more logical, but people who threaten kids over videogames aren't generally considered to be working with an abundance of logical thought.

You're just repeating yourself.

"Logical" is not a binary position. It's a spectrum.

So, not a good faith take then, oh well.

"Logical" is not a binary position. It's a spectrum.

Agreed, not sure how it's relevant but it seems we agree on something after all.

Ah yes "bad faith". Right up there next to the Strawman in "Don't actually have any argument to put forward for $500, Alex".

Consider the average person's intelligence. Then realize half (or so) are stupider than that.

There's a couple of actors in my province that had a hard time finding work after playing a certain role because people were mad at them personally and producers didn't want to touch them with a 10' pole!

Because writing has no face, you can't show writing how much you hate it, because it doesn't change and has no feelings. Meanwhile an actor does. It's just stupid emotional stuff.

TBF, she did go on a tirad against players when the game was getting ciriticized. I found it weird that she took the criticism of the game's writing so personally despite her not being one of the writers.

Keep in mind that I'm not excusing the death theats. That shit isn't okay. I'm just pointing out why she may have been targeted for harassment.

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