deskgum
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It was easier to watch such things in the past because the frequency it occurred seemed roughly proportional to reality. Every once in a while in real life you might expect to see a LEGBUTT+ person. There was a trans "woman" in a recording studio class I took in college one semester. They weren't everywhere in everything all of the time. Similarly, every once in a while there'd be some chick who was kind of tough and into doing dude things (usually on account of growing up with brothers or something).I even had some folk going "it's not woke just because it's got LGBTQ scenes in it!"
The point being, when that crap showed up once in a while in movies and TV it seemed more reasonable at the time. But when it is obviously mandated to be in everything all of the time in service of some agenda - particularly when they're removing or sidelining popular characters to make room for the DEI versions, it's hard to give them the benefit of the doubt. There's not some huge supply of modern entertainment that has a normal cast with normal heroes to provide a strong anchor for the occasional experimental deviation. It's just all deviant all the time.
A lot of stuff that might have gotten a pass from normies in the past as something like an interesting curiosity instead nowadays just contributes to the fatigue audiences seem to feel. Again, because there's nothing else. It's the only thing we're offered. All of the time. Even if something seems fine, there will be some DEI crap sprinkled in there somewhere.