It does help actually, to post the whole context of Hank Green supporting sex workers
Raise your hand if youâre just incredibly fucking tired of people taking things the Green Brothers say out of context to make fun of some of the straight white dudes that use that privilege to their advantage to help marginilized people.
The Green brothers speak out about racial injustice, financial inequality, homophobia, housing issues (including homelessness), mental illness (ESPECIALLY John, who has gone through intense depression and anxiety in the past), and many other topics.
They provide dozens of free resources for students online, specifically Crash Course, and every year during the holidays they donate thousands of dollars to multiple charities.
They actively acknowledge their privilege and use it to lift other people up and provide resources for those who donât have the same privilege.
Iâm sure many people donât know this, but John and Hank CREATED VidCon. Theyâre the reason VidCon exists today. They were some of the ORIGINAL YouTubers, and theyâre one of the only platforms on YouTube that has stayed true to their original content idea.
People LOVE to hate on them. They love it. John was sent so many death threats and harassed so much that he gave up all social media but YouTube for a long time. The reason? People claimed he was glorifying cancer (which if youâve actually READ the book, he doesnât) and that he was a âpervertâ for writing about high schoolers (as if LITERALLY every single book about a high schooler isnât written by someone older than 18 I mean Jesus Christ people). Hes spoken on this a couple times but stopped because people just ignored him and dragged his name through the gutters.
The hate on Hank is, from what Iâve seen, fairly recent - he was kind of the forgotten brother for a while. Until he published a book where the main character was bisexual. And he said positive things about trans people. And then suddenly âHank Green is just a dumb man and his opinions are trash.â Almost like people didnât like that the âscience manâ was openly supportive of homosexuality
The Green brothers acknowledge when they get things wrong. They speak out on injustice, on inequality, and they always, ALWAYS try to do whatâs right. They are some of the most wholesome straight white men Iâve ever come across in life in general, and it infuriates me that people reduce them to âokay? okayâ and âoh didnt he do Crash Course?â
I feel like people ignore the fact that if you only let minorities support minorities⊠We are going to be drowned out. Let straight white cis dudes be respectfully supportive of whatever helps, and stop stuffing your fingers in your ears because theyâre not âoppressedâ.
Reblogging because people on this site still think itâs fun to bully people who literally did nothing wrong
