Post by politicidal on Feb 27, 2019 16:05:11 GMT
Okay...first off, it's not always over a Disney movie. So you're wrong right off the bat. Did people really forget already that Rotten Tomatoes has worked to throw the DCEU a bone multiple times between BVS, SS, and Justice League? Even delaying the RT score for Justice League just a few more extra days right up to when it was released? Just to promote some stupid web series on top that. Or have I missed the news and Disney finally bought DC comics?
Second, are people stupid enough to think that Rotten Tomatoes which is a private company with its rules and user terms of service was gonna let people run rampant like that. And not retaliate? It's like with any other website, like good ol' IMDb classic and we all recall what happened there in the end.
It's because of toxic fandoms that movie news and review websites are going down the shitter.
And while you're right about the sites being private and not obligated to afford their customers First Amendment rights, doing so and silencing consumers' ability to share their opinions about a corporate product is absolutely the definition of censorship and not a thing to be praised on the technicality that they're a private business; that distinction doesn't absolve them of the moral ramifications of their actions, just the legal ones. So addressing the latter doesn't mean you've successfully argued the former. You know?
ETA: er -- "innit"?