I disagree since the stigma comes from people who think anyone with an anime pic is automatically racist - which isn’t true, especially since I’ve seen a lot of anime pfps who are normal online. This whole “anime pfp bad” nonsense stems from the anime fandom - especially K-On - somehow being a magnet for the far-right and antisemites of all people. One theory I have is that anime fits well with their reactionary vision of the world similar to 40k.
-anime pfp bad
even when i’m such a weeaboo, i know that anime is not as conservative as the far-right loonies try to make it, i mean:
-dragon ball is about a low class warrior surpassing the nobility, a space realtor and a fascist scientist
-evangelion is about fighting god and the angels because “human spirit”
-ranma 1/2 is about people identifying themselves as another beings
-some of the most popular subgenres are based on LGBT issues: yuri or yaoi
and futanari-the otaku subculture is a…subculture: something isolated and criticized by the mainstream conservative average japanese, but dank memery makes people think crazy-ass ideas
Nice take.