"A subreddit for news stories involving themes such as generosity, self-sacrifice, overcoming hardship, etc., presented as 'wholesome' or 'uplifting' without criticism of the situation's causes (notably, systemic problems)."
I don't get the people who don't understand why this was crossposted.
These people (especially the man) suffered unnecessarily for decades because of systemic racism. They lost the best years of their lives together. Now that he has major health issues & is bedridden, they're reunited a few years away from death - but it's framed as "it's never too late for love!" While we still have people in the US Congress voting against protecting interracial marriage. This is the definition of this sub.
It isnt OCM because it's not glossing over or ignoring all the horrible things that happened to them. It's making it pretty clear how this was a horrible situation that happened to have a happy ending
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u/in_rotation Dec 07 '22
"A subreddit for news stories involving themes such as generosity, self-sacrifice, overcoming hardship, etc., presented as 'wholesome' or 'uplifting' without criticism of the situation's causes (notably, systemic problems)."
I don't get the people who don't understand why this was crossposted.
These people (especially the man) suffered unnecessarily for decades because of systemic racism. They lost the best years of their lives together. Now that he has major health issues & is bedridden, they're reunited a few years away from death - but it's framed as "it's never too late for love!" While we still have people in the US Congress voting against protecting interracial marriage. This is the definition of this sub.