[TheJaz]

I feel like I'm dredging things up since this thread sorta died, but someone asked about the timeline for the Kimura posts before, and now I beleive that I have the answers

According to Kyoudai Express and the info they gathered, apparently the image of Kimura in black face is from 2018

While the one of him mocking lip plates is from 2020

Not sure exactly what their sources are for this, but at the very least 2018 lines up with when people I've talked to remeber first seeing it show up online

And it appears to be true that there has never been any apology or acknowledgment at all, at least not any known one

So it seems worth reiterating: This isn't smth someone unearthered that he did a decade ago, it's recent, as well as a recurring trend over time

So all in all, I just still fail to see why there's any pushback against the argument of "this guy should not be playing a super hero for kids"

If you're going to watch the show that's fine, but why is anyone defending this guy, or trying to argue what he did "isn't that bad"?

It just makes no sense to me

If you understand that what this guy did was bad but can still watch the show that's totally fine, but if you need to rationalize that his behaviour is somehow okay to justify watching the show, just stop

To be honest, if you're trying to rationalize or normalize ANY actor's shitty behaviour to justify to yourself why it's okay to watch a show, please take some time to evaluate if that's a healthy way to be thinking