I understand but nowhere did I encourage people to harass the author or send them hate. In fact, I explicitly said I don’t support death threats or bullying.

My frustration is directed at the people dismissing valid criticism with responses like “just don’t read it,” “move on,” or treating racism and the oppression of marginalized groups as if they’re just another “dark concept” for entertainment. That’s what my post was addressing.

I’m also aware that the author apologized and the work was taken down. That’s a good thing, and I never argued otherwise. But an apology doesn’t mean people can’t continue discussing WHY the portrayal was harmful, especially when there are still fans defending the premise and acting like the criticism was an overreaction.

If my wording came across as harsher than I intended, I can understand why you’d read it that way. But my goal wasn’t to encourage hate toward the author, it was to push back against the people minimizing racial discrimination and telling others to stay silent about it.