Guest Post: Examining One Reaction to the James Gunn Controversy

Shortly after James Gunn issued his sincere apology for an ambiguously satirical post on his blog that was rediscovered by fans in the wake of his appointment as the director of Marvel Studio’s Guardians of the Galaxy, The Mary Sue received a letter in our inbox from a writer for another major entertainment blog. It contained what we thought were some very well put thoughts on the reaction against the reaction against Gunn’s post. We asked her if she would be comfortable publishing a form of the letter on the site, and she assented as long as she could make a few edits for the new format and that it would be anonymous. Things were delayed a bit by the holidays and revisions, but without further ado, here’s her post.

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    And the right to never, ever have to THINK about what’s offensive and/or apologize after thinking
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    THIS: “When I wrote a follow-up article about the apology, the commenters in the forum did an abrupt 180. Whereas before...
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